Ever wanted to see what architectural drawings look like, this is the post for you. A look at the modern cabin project we just started - and a look at several sheets of architectural drawings.
Wow.

If you are the sort of person who likes to look at architectural drawings, this is your lucky day.At least I hope that after you read today’s post you think this was your lucky day. I’ve decided that one area that I am hoping to focus on over the next year is better, more valuable, architectural content … and for me, that means I am going to try to take things in a more technical direction. While I don’t consider myself the most technical of architects, I do consider that aspect of the profession as part of my skill set from a design consideration. I put considerable effort into thinking about how something is going to be built as part of the design process – rather than determining how something should look and then sort of reverse-engineering my way backwards into the solution.At any rate, today is the first of these more technically minded posts and I thought I would use a cabin project that I have been working on for some time as one of the vehicles for showcasing this information. But to start that process off, we need to talk about two things:The project itself, andThe role that drawings play in this process Let’s start by running through a quick description of the project.This is my cabin project … and I mean “my” in e...