http://howtoarchitect.com Architecture Videos that are educational and inspiring. Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:46:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 en hourly 1 http://howtoarchitect.com/video/50-ways-to-design-like-an-architect-pt-5-form/ http://howtoarchitect.com/video/50-ways-to-design-like-an-architect-pt-5-form/#comments Tue, 02 Mar 2010 21:39:28 +0000 dougpatt http://howtoarchitect.com/?p=3177 Watch how form has evolved from the earliest architecture to just about anything goes today.

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]]> http://howtoarchitect.com/video/how-to-draw-like-an-architect-pt-4-the-detail/feed/ 1 http://howtoarchitect.com/video/how-to-draw-like-an-architect-pt-3-the-wall-section/ http://howtoarchitect.com/video/how-to-draw-like-an-architect-pt-3-the-wall-section/#comments Thu, 14 Jan 2010 13:57:00 +0000 dougpatt http://howtoarchitect.com/?p=3133 Doug goes through a typical wall section for the shingle style home he designed and discusses the important aspects of the drawing and what should be described.

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