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What to Consider When Choosing Roofing Materials?

ArchDaily

It uses many aspects within its context: space, program, tectonics, and gesture, which refers to the stroke, the drawing, and the design. Perhaps the quick sketch that comes to mind when talking about gesture is that of shelter: a cut or elevation, with human scale, of vertical enclosures and coverings.

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Sketch Design Studio reinterprets south Indian traditions for Rajasthan house

Deezen

The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. Architecture office Sketch Design Studio designed and built the three-bedroom house in Alwar, a city located beside the Aravalli mountains in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

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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. These were designed specifically for the space. The Gallery at Sketch is now covered in warm yellow hues.

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Ten Zaha Hadid Design products that go "beyond a simple translation from sketch to object"

Deezen

Amongst the large array of pieces currently exhibited at the Roca London Gallery, we have chosen 10 items very different in scope, materials, and price yet sharing the same common denominator in terms of having a truly intertwined design and fabrication process," Yao and Kutay told Dezeen. The product was launched in 2017.".

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Architectural Sketches – Sketchapalooza II

Life of an Architect

Truthfully, I don’t really care which one you prefer, although I have a strong preference for hand sketching and feel that I could successfully argue that unless you are a sole practitioner, there is considerably more upside to pulling out your trace paper and rolling up your sleeves. Which meant pulling the trace paper back out.

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A?lvaro Siza designs tiled mural for Space Copenhagen’s Porto restaurant interior

Deezen

A ceramic mural by Álvaro Siza is at the heart of this rustic restaurant interior in Porto , Portugal, designed by Space Copenhagen. The focus on the local area is reflected in the studio's design choices N atural materials like stone, marble, brass and oak were used throughout the interior.

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Sketching Details for a House (my analog + digital process)

30X40 Design Workshop

Sketch with me in this video as I design custom details for the Outpost project. And, quite often, if I'm stuck on a design brief, I’ll zoom in and begin sketching a detail. Starting informally with a sketch allows me to be free and fast with ideas and it leads me to other threads I hadn't anticipated.