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SKETCHING MEMORIES

Shades of Grey

This Caricature is from 1974, sketched in my little pocket notebook from memory. How I wish I could sketch like that now. This must be from 1993 when I was fresh back from Joburg where I completed my architecture studies (years 5 & 6) This project was drawn up by hand, but I did these perspective studies using Autocad.

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"Our focus extends to building long-term relationships, not just acquiring talent," says Studio Piet Boon

Deezen

Continuing the Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Dezeen talks to Studio Piet Boon's chief design officer Roland Kokkeler and studio manager Tim Vogel about the changes in skills required to work in the design industry. Sophie Chapman: Can you discuss your recent and upcoming projects?

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"A variety of perspectives only makes for a stronger team" says Burberry

Deezen

For the next interview in our Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, we spoke to Ben Ayres, lead architecture designer at fashion label Burberry , about the architecture side of the brand and its recruitment needs. Alice Laycock: What projects do you tend to work on as lead architecture designer and what have you been working on recently?

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"The architectural profession is in constant evolution"

Deezen

As part of Dezeen Jobs: How We Recruit series, Elisa Vago, a partner at Matteo Thun , discusses the routes applicants take to land roles at the studio. Alice Laycock: Please talk me through the type of projects the studio delivers. Elisa Vago: We now have a dedicated human resources manager focused exclusively on recruitment.

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V&A's Tropical Modernism exhibition explores "the politics behind the concrete"

Deezen

Nkrumah, who sometimes sketched designs for the buildings he wanted on napkins, created the first architecture school in sub-Saharan Africa to train a new generation of African architects, and this institution has partnered with us on a five-year research project into tropical modernism."

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12 Architectural Masterpieces That Never Were

Dwell

For Atlas Of Never Built Architecture , Goldin and Lubell made a shortlist of 5,000 unbuilt projects from the 20th and 21st centuries they felt were significant, then painstakingly whittled it down to 350 interesting, grand, and architecturally and historically significant projects to feature.

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Hayward Field // SRG Partnership, Inc.

Architizer

Project Status: Built. The team needed a new world-class stadium that provided quality training facilities to recruit top track athletes, a diversity of amenities to host prominent meets, and an unmatched fan experience with space for up to 25,000 spectators with connection to the action.Phil Knight, co-founder of Nike Inc. Year: 2020.