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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

One upside of working many jobs is that you get to experience all sorts of different project types, firm sizes, and management techniques. Number 1 [drum roll please …………… ] Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me April 7, 2014 Ever wished your sketches looked like mine?

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Architectural Graphics 101 – Line Weight

Life of an Architect

I am fairly consistent with my use of line weight, and it doesn’t really matter if I am sketching or working digitally. I typically work with 3 line weights when sketching (because I’m not completely crazy) and 5 when I am drafting digitally.

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What to Get an Architect for Christmas [2018]

Life of an Architect

While this would get more use by an architect that tends to sketch more, I still believe that it is useful to any architect. You can get smaller sizes of this exact lightbox, but the larger is best for an architect who likes to sketch, draw or design in a non-digital format. This is also a fairly portable item because it is so thin.

Architect 101
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Modern Steel Trellis

Life of an Architect

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos … these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. The drawing above was my original concept sketch from June 2015 – pretty simple and direct … and a little unrealistic.

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Bruce Slorach puts a microscope on native Australian flora

Habitus Living

His use of fibre, stitch, print, and mixed media techniques breathe new life into traditional textile methods, in a celebration of Australian nature through texture, light, colour, and form. Details Bruce Slorach, Native Deities Woollahra Gallery, Redleaf, Sydney Wednesday 3 May until Sunday 28 May, 2023 Bruce Slorach bruceslorach.com.au

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Advice for a young Architect

Life of an Architect

For more thoughts read You’ve Got Mail – September 2015] 2.) Presentation Skills – Tips and Techniques – October 2013] 9.) Sketching – various] Bonus 11.) Don’t send an email for everything, it will live forever and get sent to people you might not have intended to read it.

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10 Best Architecture Firms in Costa Rica

Architizer

Besides designing buildings that harmoniously blend with the surrounding environments, architects use locally sourced materials and sustainable technologies such as rainwater harvesting systems, solar power and natural ventilation techniques, prioritizing the country’s sustainability and preservation of its natural heritage.