LaForte Classes

05/03/2025

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This is a montage of an experimental SpeedForm sketching study using VR with OpenBrush and MotionCapture. SpeedForm sketching is an approach used primarily i...

04/17/2022

It’s great to see hand drawings from students around the world!

Hand drawing is a pillar within any aspiring architect’s curriculum, so there’s a wide array of some really impressive work by students from all over. Here are 8 incredible architecture student drawings that rival professional work.

03/30/2022

An outstanding application of the “thick origami” project in my 120b class!

01/19/2022

I endorse this!!! Beautiful idea

01/10/2022

That’s cool! Notice every tube is rolled paper! Precision and patience. Masterful!

01/01/2022

A great technique to help with convergence, and can be done in both 1- and 2-pt, BUT you still need to understand the concept of Foreshortening!

12/15/2021

Remember, perspective is ultimately an illusion, but little perspective can go a very long way!

The new experimental 3D crosswalk in Iceland is a pedestrian crossing meant to help slow traffic and enhance safety for those crossing the road.

12/10/2021

LaForte Daily Demos A fun final sketch blast (Graphite, marker, ink, and paint pen on bond paper) to close out the semester, and to always remember…

11/11/2021

This is what happens when the lawyer-developer thinks they know something about architecture. They may know about maximizing investment dollars, but fail epically when it comes to understanding 1. History, 2. Human factors, 3. Human behavior, 4. Psychology, and that’s all well before and beyond the technical requirements of emergency egress, air quality and wellness, that have come about over the decades as a result of fire disasters and more.

Lesson. Remember as a designer—any kind of designer—you have a greater good responsibility, not to be taken lightly or superficially.

Munger’s a very smart, highly intelligent person many can learn some valuable lessons from, but sometimes very smart people don’t know when to stay in their lane of expertise and as a consequence can do real harm.

UCSB: Next time, hire an architect.

11/09/2021

Sketching a Play(ful)ground. Using existing design(s) as reference and inspiration, not direct copying and using rules of perspective: Horizon Line. Relative scale based on human heights. Rotated objects relative to the initial base left and right vanishing points. Marker and ink on letter inkjet paper.