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The Commercial Design Process: How it Works in Cape Town

DesignScape Architects

However, specific local regulations and restrictions that impact the design process will vary from country to country. Research is an essential part of any design journey, so let's outline what you'll learn in this blog, so you can feel more comfortable when you start a design project.

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The Best Architect Exam Prep Resources

The Architect's Guide

Project, Planning, & Design (PPD). Project Planning & Design (PPD) is an exam that tests your ability to design sites and buildings. It should be called “Schematic Design.” This exam is five long hours of you applying all of your critical design thinking to show that you can properly design a project.

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Competitions: The International Competition of Open Call for the Creative Scheme of Cuihu Sports Centre

Bustler

The project geographic position is superior, locating on the middle-west bank of the Pearl River Estuary, with Guangzhou Nansha New District in the north, Zhuhai Hengqin New District in the south, Shenzhen Qianhai New District in the east connected by Shenzhen-Zhongshan Corridor, and Zhongshan Torch Development Zone in the west.

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Competitions: Design Competition of International Islands and the Future Residence

Bustler

For detailed regulation conditions, please see competition documents – site planning and su file) Design Requirements. The contents of the design shall meet the requirements for the schematic design, including but not limited to architectural function composition, site plan, elevation, renderings, etc.

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100 Women to Watch in Architecture

Architizer

This elegant complex includes rehearsal spaces and public zones in addition to a central performance area, celebrating the sense in which theatre is a community. As Director of Interior Architecture, Ashley is responsible for managing hospitality projects through all phases of design. Gabriela Etchegaray.

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Successful Project Planning for Small Firm Architects (Transcript)

EntreArchitect

Phase one of the of that project might be, let’s say schematic design and we’re going to say it’s gonna take three months and it’s going to be worth 30 percent. You don’t have time to be an expert and things like taxes and regulations and the old school payroll providers, they just don’t get it.