Why Social Media is Important for Architects The Influence of Social Media on ArchitectureAs an Architect, the communication channels used with clients vary. In the past these primarily consisted of personal face to face meetings, email and phone contact. Today social...
The demise of manual drafting Moving office recently I came across many of my manual drafting implements that were essential tools in my early architectural career. Sadly, most of these are now largely redundant as computers have usurped their role. Unlike today’s CAD...
Following on from last year’s review of emerging design trends, this update details some of the current and projected styles that you can expect to see in new residential projects being designed and built in 2019. Building Form Whilst the replica Hampton’s style is...
In Part A of this guide (read here), drawing conventions governing sheet sizes and defined views were explained. This second and final instalment explains measuring techniques and how to interpret drafting annotations, symbols and graphics used in architectural...
Do you struggle to make heads or tails of architectural drawings? Whilst Architects learn early in their training how to create and read architectural drawings, and some school curriculums offer technical drawing lessons, the average lay person may never have been...