The Spaces

MARCH 30, 2022

It’s part of Balenciaga’s Raw Architecture concept, which sees retail spaces stripped back to the extreme, designed to be closer to construction sites and abandoned spaces. London’s sketch says goodbye to pink with new interiors by India Mahdavi and Yinka Shonibare. Read next: Berlin’s LOK6 is dipped in a terracotta colour palette.

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Deezen

AUGUST 7, 2023

The vernacular building techniques of north and south India combine in Hybrid House, a house with rammed-earth walls designed by Sketch Design Studio. Architecture office Sketch Design Studio designed and built the three-bedroom house in Alwar, a city located beside the Aravalli mountains in the northern Indian state of Rajasthan.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 9, 2018

Sketching is a hot topic regardless of the people having the discussion, but I have learned over the last nine years of writing this site that sketching is one of the more hotly contested topics. A friend of mine gave me a handful of tips that made a fundamental change to how my sketches appeared.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

Furniture brand Herman Miller Gaming has collaborated with Brooklyn multimedia art studio Faile on 12 "interpretations" of the brand's Embody Gaming Chairs, which will be "inducted" into its archives after a New York exhibition. McNeil and Miller treated the chairs as "art objects".

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Deezen

JUNE 21, 2024

Dezeen School Shows: a fashion collection made from reused materials that explores themes of womanhood is included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Arts University Plymouth. Also included is a shoe design inspired by biomaterial research and an animation project promoting engagement with natural environments.

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Stephen B Chambers Architects

DECEMBER 1, 2023

Takashi Murakami "Bacon: Scream" (detail), 2019, by Takashi Murakami in acrylic, gold, and platinum leaf on canvas on aluminum frame by Asian Art Museum, San Francisco When we were in San Francisco recently, Chambers Architects visited the Takashi Murakami (Japanese, b. 1962) exhibition at the Asian Art Museum.

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SW Oregon Architect

JANUARY 14, 2024

The series is my meditation on the awesome reasons why I was and continue to be attracted to the art of architecture. The process of design involves brainstorming, sketching, and experimenting with different ideas. By drawing parallels between unrelated concepts, they address aesthetic and functional aspects through innovative means.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 13, 2025

Her insights on the emotional impact of space, the importance of authenticity in storytelling, and the art of creating compelling proposals offer valuable lessons for small firm architects looking to grow their businesses. Architects know that design influences how people feel, but this concept can also be applied to marketing.

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Architizer

JANUARY 2, 2025

One day you might be sketching initial designs, the next youre sitting in on client meetings or even overseeing construction on-site. In my experience, small firms often handle projects of manageable size, allowing me to see the entire design process from concept to completion while ensuring the work feels meaningful and rewarding.

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Hotel Designs

NOVEMBER 6, 2023

Hotel Designs In conversation with: Wei Xiao (萧威), Founder of Zhengyin Art In conversation with: Wei Xiao (萧威), Founder of Zhengyin Art Zhengyin Art has been dedicated to creating original, elegant artworks that elevate a space. HD: How have you, or your vision, changed since you start creating public art?

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Architizer

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Mikael Bergquist Arkitektkontor © Åke E:son Lindman Mikael Bergquist is an architect SAR/MSA with a degree from KTH, Stockholm and the Art Academy, Copenhagen. It’s the natural attitude of arts and crafts, whether it’s about knitting a sweater or building a house. Beauty occurs as a consequence of the work.

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Deezen

MAY 5, 2022

Dezeen School Shows: a photography project that explores feelings of nostalgia and a restaurant design that contrasts rustic and contemporary elements are included in Dezeen's latest school show by students at Kendall College of Art and Design. Kendall College of Art and Design.

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Architizer

FEBRUARY 15, 2024

Architectural rendering is not a foreign concept. During the Renaissance, Italian architects such as Leon Batista Alberti, Filippo Brunelleschi and Donato Bramante used axonometric sketches and carefully hand-drawn perspectives to communicate their designs. Explore the complete library of categories here.

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 22, 2014

Home / Blog / #ArchiSketch #ArchiSketch Bob Borson — June 23, 2014 — 22 Comments As an architect, I tend to communicate through sketching – which is starting to make me a bit of a relic. The rest of my afternoon is starting to look up – all that’s missing is a beer Hashtags used: #sketching.

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30X40 Design Workshop

MAY 23, 2022

I hope it inspires you to leverage the 'language of construction' and to treat your drawing practice as an art form too. Concept Sketch. In this video, I'm sharing my process and paying it forward. Walls, Doors, + Windows. Wall Poch é + Material Hatches. Floor edges + Medium Weight Lines. Color washes + toning.

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The Spaces

MAY 12, 2022

‘I’ve never really done a “normal” art exhibition in a normal space,’ says Australian artist CJ Hendry. But the thing that has changed is the concepts are getting bigger; I want to tell a bigger story, and I enjoy scale.’ Australian artist CJ Hendry. ‘That’s what I needed at this stage.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

AI text-to-image software like Midjourney, DALL-E and Stable Diffusion has the potential to change the way that architects approach the creation and concept stages of designing buildings and products, experts say. Whenever I'm sketching with a pencil, I don't worry if the column or whatever is in exactly the right place," Kudless told Dezeen.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 11, 2023

Early conceptual sketch by Gehry, 2006 © Frank O. Gehry Your early sketch for the building remains an iconic example of creative conception. My sketches don’t come out of thin air. The sketch is trying to capture that energy. Respecting that history was very important to me.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 16, 2022

Despite the justified controversy surrounding AI art, architects need not worry about being usurped by software that can generate images of buildings, argues Will Wiles. The first is that art made by artificial intelligence (AI) is here to stay. The second is that AI art will remain controversial, and rightly so.

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Architonic

OCTOBER 11, 2022

Founder Hugo Volpei came up with the idea of a ‘design toilet’ after visiting one of London’s most-talked-about restaurant interiors, Sketch, with its highly artful and decorative dining concept.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 27, 2023

The store's concept draws from the brand's Californian origins as well as European influences, which is reflected in the lighting , furniture and materials. We imagined this new concept design layout as open as possible, which can be compared to a gallery." This creates exciting results and provides a new outlook on design.

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Deezen

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

While the founder of the contemporary British brand Toogood identifies herself as a designer, with work spanning interiors , objects, furniture , clothing and art , her practice is often referred to as multidisciplinary. I like working in interiors, objects, furniture, clothing and art," she told Dezeen.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 6, 2024

Parade Ground, Chelsea College of Arts, 16 John Islip St, London SW1P 4JU Design You Can Feel by ASUS Zenbook and Dezeen Dezeen has collaborated with electronics brand ASUS to curate Design You Can Feel, a major exhibition for LDF.

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Portland Architecture

DECEMBER 12, 2022

Daniel Toole: I became interested in architecture in junior high by receiving a book on Frank Lloyd Wright given to me by my aunt, an art teacher in Vancouver, Washington. All these experiences, along with backpacking on travel fellowships, and combing used bookstores for art and architecture books have made me who I am today.

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DesignRulz

JUNE 18, 2023

Start with a central concept or theme and branch out to related topics, connecting them with lines. Doodles and Sketches: Let your creativity flow by doodling and sketching on a whiteboard. Educational Diagrams: Whiteboards are highly effective for visualizing complex concepts.

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Architizer

OCTOBER 13, 2022

Sketching and illustration are excellent tools for idea forming and concept development, while using CAD for spatial planning is fundamental during the design process. The post The Art of Rendering: 6 Soon-To-Be-Built Projects by World-Renowned Architecture Firms appeared first on Journal. Interested in next year's program?

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aasarchitecture

JUNE 22, 2023

The Buffalo AKG Art Museum is both. Our ambition for the extension was not only to expand the complex to accommodate the museum’s growing art collection and diversifying programs, but also to reconnect it to the park and city and establish a new openness to public activities. Source by OMA and Shohei Shigematsu.

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Deezen

MAY 17, 2023

Read: Art is "the medium I want to express myself in" says Samuel Ross At the entrance to the gallery is Border – a low coffee table made from fired wenge wood, aluminium and powder-coated steel. In an in-depth interview earlier this year, he told Dezeen that fine art is something he will do "forever".

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 11, 2013

The only real difference I have picked up on is the concept of the “Fair Test” A Fair Test requires that only one of these variables be changed while all others remain constant but there are far too many esoteric variables in play on most architectural projects. Pingback: Architecture and The Art of Getting it Wrong |.

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Deezen

APRIL 18, 2024

Photos sit in large handmade screens After taking a couple of weeks to come up with an idea, Lynch came back with a sketch for A Thinking Room that was sent to the famous theatre Piccolo Teatro in Milan. "When I went to visit him he was polishing a desk and I said what are you doing? And he said, 'I do furniture. I build furniture.'"

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 18, 2014

” October 26th, 2012 “This is what my office did for lunch” #beer and napkin #sketches. August 10th, 2013 “concept assembly sketch for a modern house I will feature on LoaA” #vegetativeroof. August 23rd, 2013 “and so it begins … #design #sketch #architect” #architecture.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 20, 2017

Getting your line weights correct is 37% science, 59% art, and 22% personal preference … unless you work in my office and my preference will eventually become your preference. I am fairly consistent with my use of line weight, and it doesn’t really matter if I am sketching or working digitally. But where to start?

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 22, 2016

Everyone knows the correct answer is the egg … and by “egg” I mean “floor plans” I posted a sketch last week of an elevation study and was asked a simple question: do I design the floor plans first, or the elevations? For me, I start with the generic concept of how I want the building mass to work.

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Deezen

OCTOBER 14, 2024

American University in Dubai Institution: American University in Dubai School: The Centre for Research, Innovation and Design (CRID), School of Architecture, Art and Design (SAAD) Tutor: Dr Georges Kachaamy School statement: "Virtual Designs at the CRID: Pioneering the Future of Design Innovation Through VR.

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Deezen

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The exhibition, which was curated by Johnson, explores the conception of the surrealist movement in the 1920s and the impact it has had on the design world ever since. The exhibition features nearly 350 pieces of art, design, photography, fashion and film. The exhibition is segmented into four themes.

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 27, 2023

Whitehead and Cluroe came up with the concept based on their own experiences of trying to break into the design industry and being made to feel like outsiders. The participants were selected across design, art and fashion because Whitehead and Cluroe "didn't want to enforce boundaries in that way".

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Deezen

SEPTEMBER 8, 2022

School: The Center for Research, Innovation and Design (CRID) , School of Architecture, Art, and Design. School statement: "The Center for Research, Innovation and Design (CRID) is the first and only authorised VR sketch training centre and Gravity Sketch certified centre in the Middle East and North African (MENA) region.

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