Design + sketching tips, shortcuts + an in-depth exploration of the process residential architect - Russ Tyson - uses to design award-winning homes. Using a recently completed project as an example, we deconstruct the steps he takes with every new project from site analysis, to client engagement and budgeting and how he makes those all-important first marks on the blank page.

Russ is an incredibly talented designer, illustrator and principal at Whitten Architects in Portland, Maine. See more of Russ' work here: https://www.whittenarchitects.com/

Timestamps:
00:00 Introduction "The Dark Arts"
00:44 Russ' architectural sketches
01:09 How can we draw like you?
01:28 Favorite tools + drawing advice
02:40 Sketching shortcuts
05:11 Typical Workflow
07:18 Lines on Paper
08:35 Reference Project + Process
10:23 Site Analysis
12:02 How many schemes do you show the client?
13:40 Inventing a design narrative
15:09 What do you present to the client?
16:17 Clients + Boats
17:03 Easter Egg
17:51 Choosing between schemes (the why)
19:50 Site diagrams + massing
22:13 "Draw as small as possible"
23:44 My favorite color
23:45 Finished Project Photos
24:41 Budget Discussions
25:35 When to engage the Contractor
26:01 Book Recommendation
26:55 More Project Photos
27:42 What an architect brings to the design process

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