Life of an Architect

JULY 6, 2014

This isn’t anything that I haven’t said in one form or another several times on this site … but I was struck by something the other day that made me pause and think about it and it’s relevance to how I practice architecture – or at least how I want to practice architecture. Cheers, Do you want to be an Architect?

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Schematic Design Sketching Design Diagram 109

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 20, 2022

Situated in an ecological belt of the Songshan Lake district, the new campus sprawls over a wider site area of 137,273 sqm. Nick Cordingley, Design Partner commented: “Our design for the new campus is deeply rooted in the natural environment of the site, offering a people-oriented, sustainable and technology-driven campus.

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Technology Technology Diagram Design 98

Landscape Architecture Magazine

APRIL 16, 2025

Original sketch of the Luther George Park renovation and expansion design. Its shape and siting derive from the landscape plan, particularly a series of landforms that create sloping lawns, as well as an early diagram that SMM principals Wes Michaels and Emily Bullock, ASLA, made following a community engagement session.

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Modern Sketching Diagram Events 63

Architizer

MAY 11, 2023

From sketching the earliest of ideas to unveiling new worlds in digital landscapes, many tools have revolutionized the way we work and transformed how we communicate our ideas. Bidding adieu to the delightful chaos of the napkin sketches, programs like AutoCAD and Vectorworks become our new best friends.

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Visualization Architect Sketching Schematic Design 103

Community Architect Daily

FEBRUARY 1, 2024

The proposed buildings could be placed anywhere in the world; what about this site in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor has shaped the buildings? In all, UDAAP members once again told MCB and lead architect Gensler that revisions were needed to their highly debated plan to redo the city's iconic Inner Harbor site. What will people do there?

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Sketching Design Masterplanning Concept 92

Architizer

JULY 5, 2022

Whether 2D or 3D, they can give an insight into the varying heights within a model, site conditions, function, material use, light mapping and more. The tutorial then moves to Illustrator where we learn how to layer the base image and the shadows and then add humans, manipulate the site and play with line weights. Sketchy Drawings.

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Photoshop Technique Diagram Visualization 98

Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Dezeen Competitions: Re:Form New Life for Old Spaces invites designers to choose a neglected, used or abandoned site anywhere in the world and give it a new purpose. The competition challenges designers to embrace adaptive reuse and propose a new purpose for a previously used site. No professional qualifications are required.

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Space Diagram Sketching Residential 70

Bustler

OCTOBER 10, 2023

Beam Camp is looking for the following: • Proposals from creative individuals with big ideas, including but not limited to Artists, Engineers, Architects, Builders, Filmmakers, Musicians, Designers, Technologists, etc. •

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Architizer

SEPTEMBER 7, 2022

Using real data from Woods Bagot timesheets over the period of one year, this diagram postulates the gains in productivity that AI could provide by automating repetitious tasks across different project phases. With careful design supervision, an algorithm can produce sketch-like illustrations of space and mood in minutes.

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Design Visualization Concept Diagram 123

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 10, 2022

Site Plan Diagram Diagram Diagram Plan Diagram Diagram Sketch Model The post Prince Bay Taiziwan by 10 Design first appeared on aasarchitecture. The unrivalled access of amenities has further exemplified exactly what sets Prince Bay Taiziwan apart from all others.

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Diagram Zoning Design Sketching 52

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 10, 2022

Site Plan Diagram Diagram Diagram Plan Diagram Diagram Sketch Model The post Prince Bay Taiziwan by 10 Design first appeared on aasarchitecture. The unrivalled access of amenities has further exemplified exactly what sets Prince Bay Taiziwan apart from all others.

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Diagram Zoning Design Sketching 52

ArchiDiaries

APRIL 2, 2022

Site location. Site conditions. In the initial site survey, the client took us to the site and some completed projects. There was an existing R&D office building in the southwest corner of the site, which had re-shaped the site from the original square to an L-shaped one. Formal diagram.

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Industrial Diagram Warehousing Sketching 52

Architizer

MARCH 25, 2024

Chaos Enscape includes features such as site context , a tool that can add real-world topography and building data to the scene, orthographic views and BIM information for every model component as well as a vast library of assets and materials. The rendered 3d models can be easily navigated through VR headsets such as Oculus or HTC Vive.

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Architecture Environment Technology Technology 89

aasarchitecture

JUNE 2, 2023

Image © MCA This vision and diagram extends into the design of the rest of the house: on the second floor, through a new spiral wooden staircase and a new circular bathroom, while in the basement through an oval, fully equipped projection room. Source by MCA.

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Diagram Housing Deconstruction Sketching 52

Life of an Architect

JANUARY 20, 2019

The practice of architecture is more than sketching on trace paper, parti diagrams, deciding what pens to draw with, and Instagram-worthy job-site photos. There is a reality check waiting for most graduating architects … Practicing architecture for 99.9%

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Schematic Design Architecture Sketching Diagram 85

aasarchitecture

JANUARY 20, 2022

Situated in an ecological belt of the Songshan Lake district, the new campus sprawls over a wider site area of 137,273 sqm. Nick Cordingley, Design Partner commented: “Our design for the new campus is deeply rooted in the natural environment of the site, offering a people-oriented, sustainable and technology-driven campus.

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Technology Technology Diagram Design 52

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 8, 2015

This was the very first “Top Ten” list I ever wrote and in some ways, this is the most important article on my site. The practice of architecture is more than sketching on trace paper, parti diagrams, deciding what pens to draw with, groupies, and last-minute trips to Vegas.

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Architect Architecture Student Architecture School Diagram 112

Architizer

DECEMBER 4, 2023

When you buy through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Aimed at anyone who loves drawing buildings, it encourages the user to imagine their own creative solutions by sketching, drawing and painting in the pages of the book. Architizer Journal is reader-supported. Learn more. Ho ho ho-ld on a minute.

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Architect Design Inspiration Sketching 137

Architizer

AUGUST 2, 2022

Fort 137 – The clients sought an environmentally conscious home with a direct relationship to its site to function as a base camp for their active lifestyle. Rocks excavated from the site were used so that the building blends into the ecology while minimizing waste. Project Status: Built. Year: 2021. to learn more about this project.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Entrants should pick a real or imaginative site within their home country. How to enter Submission requirements include: Four A2 landscape-orientated presentation board with renderings, plans, sketches, diagrams, and other presentation techniques to explain their proposal.

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Development Developer Architecture Diagram 57

Deezen

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

Submissions are judged based on their ideas participants can choose any site location, real or imaginary, as well as the size of their structure. Proposals can be submitted individually or by teams of up to four individuals. Full details can be found by downloading the competition brief here.

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A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

FEBRUARY 20, 2023

They can serve as vehicles for exploring ideas, as in Benedikt's book on the Kimbell; they can serve as repositories for the many sketches, drawings, and photographs produced about a place; or they can exist somewhere in between on such a spectrum between critical analysis and laudatory presentation.

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Housing Deconstruction Restoration Diagram 102

Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

Participants should choose a theoretical site within their own country and are encouraged to incorporate cultural, environmental, and social contexts into their designs. This competition serves as an opportunity for participants to showcase how thoughtful design can support individuals facing the most challenging phases of their lives.

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Home Diagram Sketching Information 52

aasarchitecture

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

Designed with nature and for nature, it harnesses the beauty and diversity of the landscape by locating and curating a site-specific program of events anchored on Sicily itself. The new site plan emphasises the historic traces by reviling hidden, isolated and unique details as well as natural paths and void spaces within the groves.

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Architecture Restoration Diagram Site 52

BD+C

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

Our design process involves early project musings where we investigate potential concepts born out of critical certainties in the program and site, as well as not so obvious certainties that interest us—the project “truths.” Diagrams, hand-drawn sketches, physical models (many!),

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Building Sketching Sustainability Concept 52

Shades of Grey

MARCH 11, 2023

This diagram from over 30 years ago describes the origin of the previous architect's confusion. Third sketch in this series. Probably a lot of sketches before the way to achieve regularity popped up. But I can't really see that happening. Wrapping the corner when the grid is 7 by 5. it was more of a geometry puzzle.

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Sketching Diagram Education Students 52

Shades of Grey

JULY 31, 2024

Shopping lists, back napkin sketches. Diagrams upon diagrams. There is a great Arcgis-powered site for C+E churches. Like having multiple desktops for your internal working memory. My "BIM pencil" is like that. Revit is the organiser. I am building a map of Hampshire Churches.

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Diagram Sketching Visualization Structure 52

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 8, 2013

I’ve sketched up a typical bedroom to help illustrate what I mean. In this sketch, I’ve rotated the bed 180° so that the head of the bed is opposite the entry and when the occupants are lying in bed, they have a clear view of the door. It’s disturbing and most people unknowingly try to avoid it.

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Architect Windows IT Sketching 110

A4 Architects

JANUARY 30, 2024

This includes the selection of the architect and a feasibility study analysis of the site. Proposed Site Plan (555 Ocean Ave, Newport, RI) If there is an existing building, even if that building is to be demolished, a careful survey of the structure is generally undertaken.

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Schematic Design Architecture Contractor Sketching 52

Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 27, 2017

360 pages of photos, diagrams, the evolution of the museum over time, and much more. As a bonus, even non-architects would like a book like this because it explains the vocabulary that architects use on a daily basis with wonderful sketches that clearly show the subject. It is a beautiful building and a frequent source of inspiration.

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Architect Sketching Residential Housing 81

Deezen

JUNE 8, 2022

They are then challenged with undertaking a deep immersion in the physical site. The image of Knight's project illustrates the starting point– the site.". Experimentation is paramount, through observing, thinking, dreaming, drawing, sketching and crafting, in virtual and 'real' space. Student: Rosalyn Knight.

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Project Architecture Students Landscape 98

Bustler

NOVEMBER 29, 2023

Site Introduction: In the captivating landscape of GuangShan's Longshan Lake National Wetland Park, the vision for Flight Camp as the cornerstone of the country's first child-friendly B&B cluster is set to redefine the concept of rural accommodations. Additionally, submit sketches, work photos, and other relevant process materials.

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Bustler

JUNE 12, 2022

We understand the thought process that stays behind the academic projects, be it a small sketch or a full-fledged project. The submission shall clearly explain the concept/inspiration behind the project (through diagrams, write-ups, etc.) File Name must be- AD_Your Name. Special Guidelines (All other categories) 1.

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Students Diagram Architecture Architecture Student 40

ArchiDiaries

DECEMBER 28, 2021

The site is located in Leopoldstadt and is surrounded by a supermarket, cafés, and eateries. This additional resource folder of this competition contains: Submission Format files in PSD | AI | InDD, Guide to Journal Section + Questions, Site Images, High-Resolution Site Map, and. CAD file of the Site plan. Area: 901 sq.m.

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Students Site Diagram Sketching 52

ArchiDiaries

JANUARY 22, 2022

Use any mediums, video, images, drawings, sketches, models, paintings – and communicate your design. Use any mediums, video, images, drawings, sketches, models, paintings – and communicate your design. Minimum requisite submission are sheets/boards + Cover image containing: Site plan. Sink or swim. 3D views x 4.

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Sketching Students Cities Technique 52

ArchiDiaries

DECEMBER 27, 2021

The centre must not have a negative impact on the site environment on which it is built. The site is located in Shanghai, China. The site is located beside Langshe Green Island. Site area = 12,132 sq.m. CAD file of the Site plan. The aesthetics of the design is as important as its functional layout.

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Students Management Site Environment 52

Landscape Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 8, 2022

I met Maura Rockcastle, ASLA, and John Rasmussen at the Quarry Garden site early one Saturday morning in June. A diagram of the viewsheds for the design’s “outdoor rooms” concept. Sketches and mementos adorn the south wall, including a bright orange mold stamp from Mill 19, an award-winning adapted steel mill project in Pittsburgh.

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