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Lachie McKern

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24 in-depth video lessons across 6 modules, plus a downloadable PDF handbook, covering everything I wish I'd known from day one of architecture school.

  • Development, production + outputPresentation, designing vertically, working across scales, layering sketches
  • Verbal presentation + narrativesThe tunnel vision trap, and the speech that can undo your project
  • Design + graphic communicationRendering, a strong graphic style, the small details that make posters stand out
  • Time management + design studioWhy time spent doesn't equal quality, and the common misconceptions about studio
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  • Order, form + functionStructure, designing for the program, and why your portfolio is your best friend
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