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Sketching the Housing Crisis

Landscape Architecture Magazine

Daniel Winterbottom, FASLA, sketching outdoors. He calls urban sketching a public act, one of vulnerability and frustration balanced with unique opportunities for dialogue, discovery, and fulfillment. Observation and contemplation of the phenomena and nuances of a scene are critical skills honed specifically through field sketching.

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London’s sketch says goodbye to pink with new interiors by India Mahdavi and Yinka Shonibare

The Spaces

When it comes to dining experiences, London ’s sketch set the bar high when it debuted in 2002 with iconic pink interiors by India Mahdavi, replete with egg-shaped bathroom pods and wry artworks by David Shrigley. Says Shonibare: ‘After Matisse showed Picasso African art for the first time, it changed the history of modern art.

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Drawing Isn’t Dead: How Architectural Sketching Can Thrive in the Digital Era

Architizer

Whatever your preference, designers can undoubtedly benefit from products that blend pen and paper-style sketching with advanced digital tools. The beauty of an app like Spaces is its merging of old-school sketching with modern-day technology. While users sketch, the app works behind the scenes to create a workable building model.

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Yinka Shonibare and India Mahdavi bring "a warm feel of Africa" to London restaurant Sketch

Deezen

British-Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare and architect India Mahdavi have redesigned the Gallery dining room at London venue Sketch , adding site-specific artworks, warm golden colours and textured materials to its interior. The Gallery at Sketch is now covered in warm yellow hues. Warmth is the new colour at Sketch.".

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22.2.2024 Thursday - sorting out site issues

Lines on Paper

Sorting out site issues through two types of communication; drawing and talking. While the most visible of this communication that we see is in the form of drawings and sketches, the majority of it is conducted via the written or the spoken word.

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Sketching the Way We Build

Shades of Grey

The fourth book was never completed, but during the pandemic I decided to recreate some of the sketches using digital methods, mostly SketchBook Pro which used to belong to Autodesk and is still my favourite drawing app for the Samsung Note. More sketches from 1986 when I was a curriculum developer in Zimbabwe. Perhaps a door surround.

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Five Ways to Revolutionize the Exploration, Design, and Creation of Buildings

ArchDaily

Creativity, collaboration, problem-solving, and previous site analysis guide the creation of functional and aesthetically pleasing designs. It concludes with a construction and post-occupancy evaluation. As the most impactful part of the process, the concept design stage is where the shape of a project comes together.

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