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Studio Lessons 101: Diagrams

May 9, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Studio Lessons 101: Diagrams

After a week full of various studio reviews, I have realized how essential diagrams are to the presentation of one’s architectural ideas. While they may not hold a large place within the practice of … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Architecture School, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, Schools of Architecture, Studio Lessons 101 Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design, design studio, Graphics

Master Thesis Presentations

March 10, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Master Thesis Presentations

So I have spent the first part of this week in ten-hour days of project reviews. These are Masters of Architecture candidates who are conducting their master's thesis presentations. I have been in … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architecture School, Design Studio, Education, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, architectural studio, Architecture School, design studio, Graphics

Architectural Detail Books

February 24, 2022 by Andrew Hawkins 1 Comment

Architectural Detail Books

As an architect, you need to understand details, and one of the easiest ways to expose yourself is by referencing Architectural Detail books. There are a large number of books out there that focus on … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Andrew H, Architect Skills, Design, Graphics, Life in General Tagged With: Architects, architectural technology, Architecture School, books, details, Graphics

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

February 14, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Architectural Redlines on an iPad

On and off for the last two weeks, I have been reviewing and redlining drawings for one of our residential projects. I wrote about this process a few weeks ago in a post titled Design Process - … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Sketches - The Series, Design, Design Studio, Graphics, My Work, Residential, Sketching Tagged With: a day in the life, architectural sketching, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect, sketching

Design Process – Redlines

January 31, 2022 by Bob Borson 2 Comments

Design Process – Redlines

There are a few things that I know with absolute certainty ... Leprechauns are jerks, people will tell me if I don't call out the vapor barrier in my sketches, and seeing redlines will cause PTSD. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architectural Graphics - The Series, Design, Graphics, Residential Tagged With: architectural studio, being a part of the design process, design studio, Graphics, Residential Architect

090: Architectural Graphics

December 12, 2021 by Bob Borson 1 Comment

090: Architectural Graphics

Graphics are the language that architects use to communicate intent to the people we serve. We draw to explain our designs, we draw to explain what material we want to use, we draw to articulate how … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Architect Skills, Architectural Graphics - The Series, Episodes, Graphics, Life in General, Podcast Tagged With: Architects, Architecture School, design, Graphics, Podcast

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