Five Site Findings That Actually Moved the Drawings
A worked corner-plot site analysis: the desk study, the site visit, the five findings that survived filtering…
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Clean Plans, Sections and Elevations Out of Rhino
A practitioner's workflow for getting drawable 2D linework from a Rhino model: layer setup, clipping planes, Make2D settings, cleanup and line weights.
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Curvature Analysis: Which Facade Panels Will Cost You
Use Gaussian and mean curvature in Rhino to sort a free-form shell into planar…
- Parametric
Twinmotion From Scratch: One Still and One Walkthrough
A first Twinmotion project in one session: import and scale checks, three material fixes for the plastic look…
Carlo Scarpa: What His Junctions Actually Do
A practitioner's reading of Carlo Scarpa's details — the declared joint, the stepped setback, drawing at 1:1…
The Weekly 20-Minute Sweep That Catches Slipping Jobs
A repeatable twenty-minute Monday review for small practices: four fields per live project…
Draw a Stair in Plan and Section That Won't Get Redrawn
Set the riser count, test going, pitch and headroom, then draw it: break lines, UP arrows, dashed overs…
- Drafting
Set Up Revit So Enscape Renders Right First Time
Revit-side setup for Enscape: appearance assets, true north, section boxes, view templates…
Clean Maya Topology for Towers That Smooth Predictably
Why quads, edge loops and holding loops decide whether a tapered tower smooths crisp or lumpy in Maya…
- Parametric
Get a Hero Still and Video Out of Twinmotion in One Sitting
A current-build Twinmotion workflow: import and scale check, the three fixes for plastic materials, real sun angles…
What the Bauhaus Actually Taught — And What You Inherited
The Vorkurs, the workshops, three directors in fourteen years — a straight account of Bauhaus teaching and which…
First 90 Days in an Architecture Job: Off the Redlines
A three-phase plan for the first ninety days in practice: learn the office conventions, earn one piece of owned scope…
- Studies and career
Why Your Timber Renders Look Like Plastic Planks
Three material-specific reasons CLT and timber-frame renders read as plastic — grain direction, missing end grain…
How to Chase Unpaid Fees and Suspend Work Properly
A staged escalation for architects 60+ days unpaid: reminder wording, formal notice…
Revit Sheets and Title Blocks That Issue Consistently
Why Revit drawing packages come out inconsistent, and how shared parameters, view templates…
How to Write a Site Analysis Report People Actually Read
A findings-first structure for site analysis reports, with before/after examples of weak vs decisive statements and a…
Set Up Illustrator Like a Drawing, Not a Canvas
Artboards, layers and guides decide whether your Illustrator plan survives revisions.
- Drawing + Making
Price Your Feasibility Stage So It Isn't Free Work
How to scope, price and invoice a feasibility or pre-app stage as a paid standalone deliverable…
The Part 3 Oral Exam: What the Panel Is Really Testing
How RIBA Part 3 examiners probe whether you actually ran the project, the traps that sink candidates in the…
- Studies and career
Model a Curved Slatted Facade in SketchUp Without Drift
Slice the mass instead of arraying fins: a SketchUp workflow for curved slatted facades…
- 3D Modelling
How to Read a Gothic Cathedral Ceiling From the Floor
A field test for naming the vault above your head — groin, rib, tierceron, lierne or fan…
The Fee Proposal That Stops You Losing on Price
A page-by-page structure for an architect's fee proposal: staged fees, three service options, exclusions…