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A+Awards Jury Welcomes 8 Creators Leading the Architectural Knowledge-Sharing Revolution

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David Drazil Founder of Sketch Like an Architect ; Published Author; Teacher David Drazil is an architect who loves to sketch. David is also an author of three books on architectural sketching. He’s the founder of the SketchLikeAnArchitect.com and a teacher with more than 15,000 online students in his courses.

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The Layman's Guide to Classical Architecture

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With intricate and lively sketches, he explains the classical orders of architecture that were created by Vitruvius around 100 AD. The book contains a large number of Terry’s drawings and sketches from travels, as well as linocuts. Also included are his drawings of such quintessential examples of the use of classical orders as St.

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Alison & Peter Smithson: Hexenhaus

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PUBLISHER'S DESCRIPTION : In 1984, German furniture-maker Axel Bruchhäuser reached out to architectural duo Alison (1928–93) and Peter Smithson (1923–2003) with a playful letter ostensibly written by his cat and addressed to theirs. A plan dated 2020 in the book locates no less than 31 interventions carried out over nearly 40 years.

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Glenn Murcutt: Touch the Earth Lightly

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Brown Asia Pacific Culture and Architecture Award (2003) Praemium Imperiale (2021). Initial Sketch. Initial Sketch. Initial Sketch. Initial Sketch. Philosophy and Media. High-Profile Projects. Read on for a comprehensive outline of each house, their floor plans, and Murcutt’s initial drawings. Kempsey House.

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Virgil Abloh exhibition at Brooklyn Museum includes a full-scale house

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The Brooklyn Museum iteration of the show specifically highlights Abloh's contributions and commentary on the architectural practice, including early architectural sketches by the fashion designer, who initially trained as an architect. "He The exhibition showcases a variety of Abloh's work across different disciplines.

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Serpentine Pavilion 2023, London, UK

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A new soundscape for the Pavilion Dawn chorus has been created by artist and composer Tarek Atoui, based on Lina Ghotmeh’s sketches, architectural materials and Atoui’s ongoing research on classical and rural Arab music. Photo: Iwan Baan, Courtesy: Serpentine.

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Frank Gehry's The Grand skyscrapers open in Los Angeles

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The Grand complex occupies a full block in downtown Los Angeles directly across the renowned Walt Disney Concert Hall , which Gehry completed in 2003. To complement this, the Rockwell Group included a teak panel wall inlaid with a "scribble" based off of Gehry's sketches for The Grand. Top: the two towers of The Grand.