Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 10, 2014

What is it like to be an architectural intern? Let’s pretend that you’re an architectural intern … highly educated, extremely dedicated and yet – not an architect. In the end it seemed that all parties came to a solution that would allow for an outdoor deck and a proper air supply. Does it suck?

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Architecture San Jose Decking Meeting 95

Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 18, 2013

His greeting might be: “Do as I say, and let me tell you a story about proper design and documentation process. Actually, these last two days are sort of a mad scramble to clear the decks prior to being off for the next two weeks! And oh yea, have a happy holiday!” Happy Holiday to you as well! Send to Email Address.

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Policies Software Decking Resources 106

Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 3, 2014

In the above photo, I have jumped down into the crawl space to document a few things. I asked the contractor about why there were so many framers working on this one area and it’s because they were there to install the decking on the floor of the main house but had to wait on the city inspector to show up (he was running late).

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Decking Flooring Standards Architecture 85

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 2, 2017

Apparently, I am a glutton for punishment because Architectural Graphics 101 the series is back after an unreasonably short time to discuss window schedules. These are windows that are built from standardized window sections and are cut to size on the job site … they do not “come out of a box” so to speak.

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Architecture Decking Study Standards 63

Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 13, 2013

This is the project that I will be featuring as we go through the design, construction document, and construction process. On the right hand side of the image above is the master bedroom wing and deck. Since I’ve come over to the office, we are in the process of changing a bunch of the existing standards.

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Software Standards Decking Policies 86

Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

In addition, we made the deck both bigger AND smaller at the same time (that’s the kind of architectural magic we perform at my office). We also redesigned the deck off the master bedroom so that there was a generous seating area available. We made the deck area here considerably larger and added a seating area.

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Software Decking Tools Policies 83