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What did you miss in 2015?

Life of an Architect

In reverse order ( based on view count, not awesomeness) : #10 Architecture in the Real World … Sorta Published : 23 February 2015 Views : 15,721 Why You Should Read it : What is it like to be an architect? 9 Architectural Sketches – Keep or Throw Away? What if they can sketch “well enough”?

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‘Ellie the Elephant’ Playhouse – Winner’s Profile

Life of an Architect

It took one week to come up with different ideas and sketches. Once I decided on a theme, I did an initial sketch and then it took three days to make changes and finalize everything. When the competition started, I had a lot of ideas and sketches, but my nephew inspired the elephant idea (he has a stuffed elephant named Ellie).

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You Should Design Everything

Life of an Architect

The sketch above was the initial idea that I had – a “trophy” like, vertically oriented keepsake. This would then sit on top of a block of wood to give it additional weight and height while possibly providing a location where I could engrave that year’s information.

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Samuel Ross designs textured toilet that is "closer to a sculpture"

Deezen

Coming from the world of fashion, where he worked under Virgil Abloh at Off-White before founding his streetwear brand A Cold Wall in 2015, Ross sees the partnership as an opportunity to bring a new perspective to traditional sanitaryware. And this was about having a sense of risk and elastic thinking applied to a functional category."

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Movie Theater Playhouse – The Construction Drawings

Life of an Architect

The sketch above is one of the very first ones I created when I started thinking about what sort of playhouse I would design this year. Pretty simple sketch and idea, but make no mistake about it, these playhouses can be deceptively complicated little buildings – at least they are the way I do them.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

Life of an Architect

As I was reviewing my list with my wife, she informed me that slow cookers are old school and these days, the smart buy is on the “Instant Pot” I clearly took this as a challenge because I then spent the next hour reading articles comparing instant pot versus slow cookers. I am a pro (or at least now I can look like one).

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(Re)making the Grade

Landscape Architecture Magazine

North of the student union, a new, permeable plaza provides space for events as well as informal gatherings. While LBA sketched out potential schemes for the quad, however, another piece of vehicular infrastructure near the historic center of the campus emerged as its own problem area. By Timothy A. Photo by Denmarsh Studios/LBA.