Young Architect Guide: How To Design and Draw Construction Details

Eric Reinholdt Eric Reinholdt

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Designing a sheet of details from start to finish for a custom, one-of-a-kind fireplace. Eric shows you everything involved in bringing a design concept through to construction. He discusses how to develop and reinforce the design concept using details, how he lays out his drawing sheets, how you can use code constraints to shape your designs, why using consultants is so important and you’ll learn how he takes an idea about form and experience and translates it into a set of construction details.

The design itself involves a residential project that ‘floats’ across the ocean. This theme translates into challenging and exciting interior details, including a statement chimney that floats over a hovering boulder (taken from the site!).

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Eric Reinholdt is an architect, founder of the residential architecture practice, 30X40 Design Workshop, author of Architect + Entrepreneur, innovator of progressive practice models, and the creator of the eponymous YouTube channel, 30X40 Design Workshop. From his remote island studio, Eric makes videos about architecture, designs simple, modern homes, and shares his process online.

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