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Archinect's Guide to Job Titles: Model Maker

Archinect

When beginning architecture school, a student is introduced to four basic design elements: Point, Line, Plane, and Volume. An architectural model serves as the physical manifestation of a design proposal. The process for designing a building requires these four elements to operate.

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Surviving Architecture School | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. What happens when you are actually still in school? What about those poor souls? Happy surviving!

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Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series

Life of an Architect

Primarily among these activities is that I like to sketch out my ideas rather than relegating it to a computer program. In my hand-drawn version, I would have to hand this sketch to the installer … which I could actually do and it still wouldn’t take that much time, but it is a matter of scale.

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Is This the Most Beautiful Architecture School Project Ever Designed?

Architizer

Many of the details of her proposal — including the striking wallpaper designs — are inspired by Morris’s own sketches and textile designs. In terms of architectural inspirations, the project possesses a resemblance to Carlo Scarpa’s Brion Cemetery , a moving project defined by pristine concrete forms and reflecting pools.

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Sketch Paper | Life of an Architect

Life of an Architect

Home / Heard around the architectural studio / heard around the architectural studio #010 I can’t find any sketch paper. newyoker tracing paper is a tool for recording and most importantly refining architectural ideas. newyoker tracing paper is a tool for recording and most importantly refining architectural ideas.

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The Highrises Collection

SW Oregon Architect

Back in 2015, a passion for photography sparked when he moved from his small hometown just outside the city to Philadelphia to begin architecture school at Drexel University. Chris’s visual art developed alongside his growing skills as a designer, and this architectural influence is integral to his work.

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Life of an Architect – Best of 2014

Life of an Architect

Number 2 Your Projects from Architecture School are Silly September 4, 2014 Projects in architectural school tend to be somewhat outrageous – designing something to exist on the dark side of the moon isn’t all that unlikely. But what is the point of designing these incredibly odd and silly projects?

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