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Resources For Writing A Design and Access Statement
You may be asked at some point during your course to write a design and access statement. This post will provide you with some tips and resources to help you write a great Design and Access Statement. What is a Design and Access Statement? A Design and Access...
Top 5 Books for Architectural Drawing and Presentation
If you want to improve your drawing skills, get ideas for styles, and generally be inspired I would recommend you get hold of the...
CV Tool Kit for Architecture Students
Everyone has an opinion about CVs. Often, everyone has a DIFFERENT opinion about CVs. So you need to know from the start, whatever you choose to do when it comes to writing your CV, you can’t please everyone. That’s just the way it is. I’m going to list out some...
Top 10 Eco Architecture Websites
Greenspec was the 'go to' website throughout my degree and it keeps on getting better. Treehugger.com/design Trada - ultimate resource for all things timber Sustainability Hub by RIBA Passivhaus Inhabitat - Architecture Green Building Magazine ECOWAN by World...
10 Tips To Help You Give Amazing Presentations
Before the presentation: In some cases used to condense a whole months worth of work (often more) into a 10 minute presentation. Prepare! Sounds simple but often people just don’t put the time in. Presentations are one of the worst ways to show how little work you...
Presenting Your Site Analysis
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED - CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW VERSION! You may not be asked to present your site analysis information. You may be asked to do a presentation, or perhaps hand in a report. Whichever it may be, here are some tips and ideas to help you get the...
Evaluating Your Site Analysis
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED - CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW VERSION! So you have collected all this information and taken a shed load of photos, now you’ve got to evaluate this information and consider the implications to your design process. As well as considering all...
How to carry out the best site analysis in the class!
THIS POST HAS BEEN UPDATED - CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE NEW VERSION! Here you will find pretty much everything you need to think of when you are carrying out a site analysis for your university design project. What to take with you Depending on the assignment you will...