RESOURCES

First Day Set-Up

Wifi:

  • Public: "O4A Public" = A!!4Arch

  • Private: "O4A Office" = pr!vat3O4A

Microsoft 360 Set Up

Accounts to Set-Up

  • Software: You will receive welcome emails from these for you to setup your accounts. You will need to install Revit and Adobe.

  • Carshare: Uber, Modo and Evo, you will receive instructions for signing up to the company account.

  • TR-Trades: Our printing go to place. You will cc’d in an email for your login information.

Email Signature

You will receive an introductory email, copy signature and substitute with your information. Outlook > Settings > Signatures > Create one for New Messages and one for Replies/Forwards.

New Email:

Replies/Forwards

Resources

Tutorials

Frequently Asked Questions

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  • If the hinges are on your Left side, and the door is pushing away from you, it is a Left Hand (LH) Swing.

    If the hinges are on your Right side, and the door is pushing away from you it is a Right Hand (RH) Swing.

    If the hinges are on your Left side and the door is pulling towards you, it is a Left Hand Reverse (LHR) Swing.

    If the hinges are on your Right side and the door is pulling towards you, it is a Right hand Reverse (RHR) Swing.

O4A Library

Books

  • Architectural Diagrams 1 and 2 by Miyoung Pyo

  • Scale: Open I Close: Windows, Doors, Gates, Loggias, Filters by Anette Hochberg

  • Materials for Design

  • Building Construction Illustrated by Francis D.K. Ching

  • Manual of Section by David J. Lewis, Marc Tsurumaki, and Paul Lewis

  • Climate and Architecture by Torben Dahl

  • Materials, Form, and Architecture by Richard Weston

  • Urban Landscape Architecture by Vranckx, Bridget

  • Construction Contracts and Specifications

  • The Diagrams of Architecture by Mark Garcia

  • Dare to Sketch: A Guide to Drawing on the Go by Felix Scheinberger

  • Architectural Research Methods by David Wang and Linda N. Groat

  • Why Buildings Stand Up by Mario Salvadori

  • Toward Sustainable Communities by Mark Roseland

  • 100 things

  • Density Projects by Aurora Fernández Per and Javier Arpa

  • Thinking Architecture by Peter Zumthor

  • Transmaterial 3: A Catalog of Materials that Redefine Our Physical Environment by Blaine E. Brownell

  • Color Drawing: Design Drawing Skills and Techniques for Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers by Michael E. Doyle

  • Sun, Wind, and Light: Architectural Design Strategies by DeKay Mark and G. Z Brown

  • Site Analysis: Diagramming Information for Architectural Design by Edward T. White

Books

  • Problem Seeking: An Architectural Programming Primer by William Peña

  • Alvar Aalto by Aurora Cuito

  • The Barefoot Architect: A Handbook for Green Building by Johan van Lengen

  • The Vancouver Achievement by John Punter

  • Celebrating Excellence in Wood Structures

  • Which "Aesthetics" Do You Mean?: Ten Definitions by Leonard Koren

  • The Concise Townscape by Gordon Cullen

  • City of Glass by Douglas Coupland

  • Drawing for Architecture by Léon Krier

  • The 46 Rules of Genius, The: An Innovator's Guide to Creativity by Marty Neumeier

  • Architecture: Form, Space, and Order by Ching, Francis D. K.

  • Precedents in Architecture by Michael Pause and Roger H. Clark

  • Material Strategies by

  • Out of Site by

  • Architectural Graphics by Frank Ching

  • Dictionary of Architecture by John Fleming

  • Green, Greener, Greenest: A Practical Guide to Making Eco-Smart Choices a Part of Your Life by Lori Bongiorno

  • 101 Things I Learned in Architecture School by Matthew Frederick

Magazines

  • Work in Progress

Materials

  • Work in Progress