Aptly named, this house for a landscape photographer and outdoor enthusiast challenged DA to make the most of its setting with a minimum of means. In this post, we share some of the high and low-tech tools we used to realize this vision.
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Part of the fun of being an architect is the wide variety of tools we use, from pencil sketches and cardboard models, to computer renderings that are so detailed they can be mistaken for a finished building.
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In architecture school, I remember a fellow student telling me he had his design figured out “all in his head.” At the time, I was impressed...and a little envious. Since then, I’ve realized that design needs to take place in more than one mind’s eye.
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We toured a project with a friend, walking from room to room, discussing design features, assessing daylighting, and even drawing on the walls. And neither of us was “there”!? We were in Seattle and our friend was in Sun Valley.
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We recently asked around our office, “what is your favorite design tool?” and we want to share the responses. While we all have our favorites that we use every day, it can be eye-opening to see how someone else uses a different tool or in a different way.
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