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FEBRUARY 6, 2024

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MARCH 17, 2021

With its thirty years of history, eleven past editions and a total of more than 1700 submitted projects from all over the world, the Grand Prix architecture competition organised by Casalgrande Padana is once again open for submissions. www.casalgrandepadana.it.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 1, 2022

Construction Drawings are the documents architects use to convey architectural intent - size, location, quantity - and learning how to properly prepare them is getting harder and harder. The post Ep 99: Construction Drawings first appeared on Life of an Architect. Continue reading Ep 99: Construction Drawings at Life of an Architect.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2019

While we can’t help you clean out your closet by purging, thanking, or folding your clothes, Architectural Ceramics can help you clean your tile floor or backsplash. For information on installing or cleaning glass tile, visit AC’s Learning Center and use the document titled: Glass Tile Installation & Cleaning Instructions.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2019

The award formula, appreciated and consolidated in previous editions, allows for knowledge and evaluation of the best of architecture and international design over a five-year period in the residential, public, commercial or industrial sectors.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 23, 2013

Home / Life in General / Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Letters from a traveling Architecture Student Bob Borson — October 24, 2013 — 38 Comments 23 years ago, as a fourth year architecture student, I spent the Fall semester traveling around Western Europe soaking in all the architectural wonders I could find.

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APRIL 14, 2019

I have found over the years that I prefer to retain landscape architects who do the design and prepare the documentation for the general contractor to contract and install – I like the separation of responsibilities. Consultant Service Fees Interior Designer – provide a great service but can add significant costs to a project.

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JUNE 27, 2018

Offering a cornucopia of what’s new in art, architecture, interior design, furniture and decor, fashion and technology, it has a strong focus on the sleek, the innovative and even the thought-provoking. Filtering her cravings through the blog, it served as a platform for documenting her style evolution.

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MAY 15, 2016

This is a perfect example of record photography documenting what went where … what I like to call, the “Triple W” ( I just made that up) The houses that we are getting built these days are a lot more weather tight that they used to be.

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MAY 21, 2015

We need a document to help make our case to our supplier that we did not get what we ordered. A: Unfortunately, no such document exists, at least as an industry consensus document. Our purchase order clearly stated “select” material was to be supplied. What we received is definitely not select.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 20, 2019

Pull up a chair, order your favorite drink, and let me tell you about architecture in the “ real ” world. There is a reality check waiting for most graduating architects … Practicing architecture for 99.9% of the architects out there means something other than designing – at least what you think design means.

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

DECEMBER 3, 2014

Image Source: Domoney Architecture. This means hiring more than one person or possible an entire architecture firm—in turn costing you more money. Architectural jobs can get messy! Roadblocks are going to happen during architectural work, so be patient and have a plan established. Image Source: M- Architecture.

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APRIL 9, 2018

Architectural sketches typically fall into two distinctive camps (other than “Great!” These two seniors (Bethany and Lauren)are both going to college in the Fall to continue their architectural educations but until that time comes, we get them for a few months. and we have them build some models for us.

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Floor Covering News

APRIL 16, 2024

More than 50 CEU-approved programs and workshops will be accessible exclusively to registered NeoCon attendees and will feature speakers from leading associations, universities, architecture and design firms and top media outlets, as well as experts in workplace, sustainability, emerging technology and more.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

The production of cement tile is documented as far back as the 13th century in France and Portugal with some early installations still in in remarkably good condition. Waterworks’ Promenade collection is rooted in classical architectural inspiration and artisanal traditions which add timeless beauty to a modern lifestyle.

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NOVEMBER 15, 2018

The marble base creates a low center of gravity to stabilize the tree and a natural background to document your cats. Say goodbye to your abominable, beige monstrosities, this is a cat tower that you will want to display. The wood slats and floor plates have overlapping openings that will keep you and your cat entertained for hours.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 24, 2021

The amount of documentation that is going into our residential sets grows with every project, and I think it's a problem. Do architects draw too much? The post Do Architects Draw Too Much? first appeared on Life of an Architect. Continue reading Do Architects Draw Too Much? at Life of an Architect.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

A while back I wrote a post titled “ Architectural Interns ” where I stated: Other than slowing things down, interns aren’t very useful in small firms because we run fast and lean. I’m Travis Schneider; born in 1992, raised in Dallas suburbia, and three years into a five-year undergraduate degree in architecture at UT Austin.

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JULY 2, 2014

As a result, I spent half of one day documenting the existing conditions in the house. As I was drawing, I kept saying “This isn’t architecture … this is a diagram. ” Although, it did look a little like architecture. Your house will not look like this.”

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

AUGUST 13, 2013

“Kerabond T is the perfect mortar for use with the new large-format tiles and thin-tile panels that the architectural and design community is currently specifying for their eco-sustainable qualities.”.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2021

Schematic Design This step is where the architectural company starts creating a building design concept after examining your wishes. At this stage, the architectural design team begins to explore design concepts to get a general feel and look of the project. This is done to give you more accurate estimates at the early design stages.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Home / Career / Surviving Architecture School Surviving Architecture School Bob Borson — December 16, 2013 — 49 Comments Despite what you might hear, architecture school is terrific. It’s architecture not emergency surgery, mix in some hobbies during the weekend. What about those poor souls?

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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. A day in the life of an Architectural Intern … and by “day”, I mean 39 hours. Does it suck? Sweet, that’s where I parked.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2019

In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas School of Architecture. This is a fairly mundane task and if I could take that algorithm and simply run it over and over again until I get a pattern I like, I could then have a seamless transition to my construction documents.

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CTDA's Tiledealer Blog

JULY 24, 2012

Then I specialized in architectural and contractor sales, and specified and sold many larger architectural projects. I had been a Certified Ceramic Tile Consultant (CTC) through the CTIOA since 1979 and a Certified Construction Document Technologist through CSI since 2000. What does the training consist of?

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Tile Talk

DECEMBER 18, 2012

They want to help document, record and preserve the collective history that is ours. MYD | architecture + design. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. These moments warm my heart. I am reassured that people do want to preserve well-crafted design and they value the history of a very special place. 3 days ago. 1 week ago.

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DECEMBER 5, 2015

By her own admission, she’d never claimed credit for the murals which were installed in 1961, when she was working for the architectural firm of Pereira & Luckman. Once completed, she was called to Madrid for further study before finding herself back in the states, working in architecture. “It Photo: Frank Ockenfels 3/AMC.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 7, 2014

Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Architectural Studio – 4 Questions Bob Borson — May 8, 2014 — 30 Comments A large percentage of the articles I write on this site are the result of receiving the same sorts of questions over and over again. Home / Do you want to be an Architect?

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OCTOBER 30, 2013

Home / Architects / Architectural Tricks of the Trade Architectural Tricks of the Trade Bob Borson — October 31, 2013 — 55 Comments Architects have all sorts of mannerisms and processes in place that seem to transcend their time and place. First, place the document face side down. mattwardman Folding an 8.75

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OCTOBER 9, 2018

These are the sorts of drawings an architect will create for you This email exchange also typically includes some insight that they have already tried reaching out to other architects, and IF they received a callback, they would typically be told that the architecture firm wasn’t taking on any new projects at the moment.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 6, 2014

Home / Graphics / Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Architectural Sketching or How to Sketch like Me Bob Borson — April 7, 2014 — 70 Comments Architectural sketching is becoming a thing of the past – at least that’s how it seems to me most days. It’s kinda freaky to be honest.

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StoneDimensions

JANUARY 19, 2015

There is only one place where I can find that this is documented, and that is in the National Building Granite Quarries’ (NBGQA) Specifications for Architectural Granite. A: The basic rule of thumb with which I’ve always been familiar is that any cladding panel exceeding 100 lbs. (45 In paragraph 3.6

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Freshome Design & Architecture Magazine

MAY 18, 2019

Other manufacturers choose to participate in programs like the Environmental Product Declaration (EPD), which is a document that lists out the environmental impact of a product. These groups can connect you with resources like places to shop and how to find real sustainable wall coverings. You can search a supplier directory here.

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

That’s a long time to work at developing the skills it takes to practice architecture. … kids will take a chance. People have their own tools, mores, and values for setting priorities and, as a result, most people view the finished result of “Architecture” without considering the process of creating architecture.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 27, 2013

I stand by that comment and think that clean and easy to read architectural drawings do more than just make me feel good about my artistic side, they help convey information to the people you are creating the drawings for in the first place. Architectural Tricks of the. 006″ (all cut non-architecture, furniture etc) 4.

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The Perfect Bath

FEBRUARY 26, 2014

Richard Cheek, exhibition curator and author of the accompanying book, is a photographer who records the visual history of America’s architecture as well as a bibliophile. The exhibition was dense with interesting material and the book is a great document for anyone interested in the evolution of American house design books.

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Tile Talk

JUNE 25, 2013

This year Wayne and I began a blog at our website for collaborations (http//nutmegdesignsart.com), documenting work in progress, our commissions and the process of being a Dynamic Duo. MYD | architecture + design. Architectural Ceramics: Tile+Mosaic. Our most recent house number order was from someone who saw a photo on my blog.

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