ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

Drawings by Amin Zakaria. Image Courtesy of Morpholio Trace In the blink of an eye, we've entered an era where architects and interior designers can effortlessly craft 3D floor plans of a room, capturing essential elements like dimensions and furnishings, using the LiDAR Scanner on our iPhone or iPad.

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Archinect

JANUARY 24, 2025

Drawings for three of Holl’s unrealized projects—including the Palazzo del Cinema in Venice (1990) and Porta Vittoria in Milan (1986)—will provide another special incentive for visitors, along with a sketch for the new Ostrava Concert Hall in that his firm previewed in 2023.

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Deezen

JUNE 19, 2024

To mark the launch of Sketches of Seating, a book highlighting the process behind contemporary chair design, co-author Daniel Schofield talks through seven of the most inspiring drawings. Launched during 3 Days of Design , the book aims to answer the question, how do designers use sketching as a tool in the creative process? "I

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Architectural Record

DECEMBER 11, 2023

Meet the winners of our 12th annual Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest, which honors the legacy of hand drawing in architectural design.

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Deezen

JULY 22, 2022

Sketch Design Studio has designed and built a farmhouse in northern India that combines rammed earth walls and a thatch roof with a form inspired by stepwells. This approach led Sketch Design Studio to build Mud House with walls of rammed earth, which was sourced on site and mixed with lime and fenugreek seeds as natural binders.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Cohn is also the director of the popular biographical sketch 'Eames: The Architect and the Painter' from 2011. The film is now available to stream via Amazon, Apple TV, and other services. We included a link as part of our 2024 Holiday Gift Guide.

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Deezen

MARCH 15, 2024

Sketch Design Studio has completed a rural residence in north India that combines a highly ordered facade with a rustic stone interior. Located near the Aravalli mountains in Rajasthan, the two-storey Stone House is built from stone blocks sourced from local demolition sites. The photography is by Purnesh Dev, with styling by Rahul Kukreja.

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Deezen

APRIL 13, 2023

Kith founder Ronnie Fieg has teamed up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to release a New Balance sneaker that was informed by Wright 's utopian Broadacre City sketches. Called New Balance Made in USA 998 – Broadacre City, the shoe is a celebration of American architect Wright's sketches.

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Archinect

APRIL 14, 2025

She is credited with founding the AIA ’s game-changing Architecture + Education program in 2000, and, more recently, published a biographical sketch on the life of the largely overlooked Louise Blanchard Bethune—who became the first female AIA member in 1888—at the culmination of nearly twenty years of research.

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designboom

MARCH 24, 2023

The post andrew bruno publishes ‘one house per day,’ a year-long series of sketches appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. one house per day' compiles a captivating series of 365 reimagined domestic spaces.

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EntreArchitect

JANUARY 17, 2025

The iPad for Architects is Bridging Tradition and Technology For years, architects have been torn between the tactile satisfaction of sketching by hand and the precision of digital tools. Sketches that looked perfect on paper often fell apart in translation to CAD. According to Henry, the journey began out of necessity.

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ArchDaily

JULY 2, 2024

The client came with a preliminary sketch of a square. Completed in 2024 in Mengwi, Indonesia. Images by Indra Wiras. AL Villa is a holiday villa designed with a tropical modern concept located in Pererenan, Bali.

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ArchDaily

DECEMBER 12, 2023

Architectural representation plays a fundamental role both in the design process - from the very first sketches to the finest construction details - and in its presentation to a wider audience.

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Archinect

APRIL 1, 2022

Architect Kei Endo has a fascinating hobby: While traveling, she measures and sketches her hotel rooms, including the furniture and objects within them, in great detail……draws them up with a Rapidograph……and renders them in watercolor.

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designboom

MAY 22, 2024

The post 5-year-old’s sketch turns light mast into luminous bird’s nest installation in estonia appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. velvet and un-like repurpose locally-sourced industrial objects for a playful public art intervention along the port.

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Architectural Record

NOVEMBER 7, 2024

Meet the winners of our 14th annual Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest, which honors the legacy of hand drawing in architectural design.

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designboom

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

The post atelier RZLBD maps democracy’s path in sketch countdown to US presidential election appeared first on designboom | architecture & design magazine. these drawings comment on democracy, highlighting the ongoing, trial-and-error nature that underpins the concept.

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ArchDaily

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

Courtesy of Snaptrude Often admired for its simplicity and ability to clearly communicate via scribbles on an espresso martini-stained napkin, the napkin sketch is perhaps one of the most recognized forms of creative leadership in the industry.

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Architizer

APRIL 5, 2024

Unlike static sketches on paper, augmented drawings can come to life through animations, sound effects and interactive elements. This level of interactivity adds a new layer of engagement and immersion to the creative process, captivating audiences in ways that traditional sketches cannot.

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ArchDaily

JUNE 11, 2024

This is often made explicit in his sketches, as an initial concern, and clearly comes through in the finished works. In projects of various scales, the Genoese architect maintains an essential thread: the implementation of passive architectural strategies, highlighting the importance of these methods for sustainability and energy efficiency.

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Archinect

JULY 3, 2024

The platform claims to convert 2D drawings, sketches, or text-based inputs into life-like visualizations. Gendo, a new AI visualization platform, has launched today following a $1.1 million investment into the product created by London-based architectural designer George Proud with the help of his colleague and software engineer Will Jones.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 4, 2024

Sketch of Bonnet Springs Park / Sasaki. Image © Sasaki “ Landscape architects have started conversations about embodied carbon.

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Enscape

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Enscape's artistic visual modes, Sketch and Watercolor, highlight the general structure of your model, allowing clients to make faster design decisions.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 3, 2025

Schematic design, for example, begins with broad concepts and initial explorations, followed by site analysis, sketches, and 3D models, with adjustments made along the way. Courtesy of PromeAI Architecture is a discipline that evolves through progressive stages, with each phase building upon the previous one.

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ArchDaily

MARCH 13, 2025

Initially, architects used to draw sketches on paper, which later progressed to 2D drawings, 3D digital blueprints, and now BIMthese technological advancements have changed how modern architects approach design by making it more sustainable and efficient.

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ArchDaily

SEPTEMBER 1, 2024

The exhibition's centerpiece is an expansive 500-meter-long steel wire installation that serves as a three-dimensional sketch, framing 12 of Fujimoto’s architectural projects. Marking the first time his work is presented in Denmark, this exhibition offers a glimpse into Fujimoto’s vision, waving together the themes of nature and architecture.

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Deezen

JANUARY 12, 2025

Find out more about Casa da Encosta Photo by Purnesh Dev Stone House, India, by Sketch Design Studio Recycled stone walls rendered in mud and lime plaster define this rural farmhouse completed by Sketch Design Studio in Rajasthan, India.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 2, 2023

A sketch of the temple courtes. Is the Temple creative and beautiful enough to be an artwork in and of itself but simple enough that it doesn’t get in the way or dictate an experience? Will it burn well, and safely? Have the applicants planned for LNT, and considered sustainability in their design and execution?"

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Archinect

AUGUST 19, 2024

The role requires concept generation, hand sketches, design development, ff&e selection, scheduling, producing drawings, coordinating with consultants, budget management, and acting as a client liaison. Qualified candidates will also possess great organizational and communication skills. Newlab at Michigan Central by CIVILIAN.

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ArchDaily

NOVEMBER 4, 2022

ArchDaily has selected the best architecture apps in 2022 featuring technical drawing and modeling essentials, sketching canvas for all levels, construction and management platforms, toolbox apps, and interfaces to get inspiration from. Read on to discover the top applications available on IOS and Android.

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ArchDaily

JULY 5, 2023

Perhaps the quick sketch that comes to mind when talking about gesture is that of shelter: a cut or elevation, with human scale, of vertical enclosures and coverings. Cliff House / Zozaya Arquitectos © Rafael Gamo There are many ways to define architecture, from the most technical to the most poetic. Read more »

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ArchDaily

JULY 13, 2023

Utilizing technologies to revolutionize the nature of design processes, Codesign emerges as a pioneering tool that leverages the power of the iPad and the flexibility of sketching to inform and encourage architects in exploring all the angles and potentialities of their ideas.

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Archinect

DECEMBER 6, 2023

The trove entails drawings, models, and sketches related to his practice Toyo Ito & Associates, Architects (founded as Urban Robot) from 1971 until 1989. The Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) has just announced its acquisition of architect Toyo Ito ’s early-career archive.

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The Architect's Newsletter

NOVEMBER 25, 2024

A new exhibition at the Canadian Centre for Architecture (CCA) in Montreal showcases photography, travel diaries, and sketches from the archives of Arthur Erickson, one of Canada’s most renowned 20th The post Canadian Centre for Architecture debuts <em>Being There: Photography in Arthur Erickson’s Early Travel Diaries</em> appeared (..)

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Archinect

APRIL 5, 2022

Of course, at any point with any of us, there’s always the other side of the coin […] I get the same buzz from designing buildings, working with people, educational workshops, working with the UN heading their Forum of Mayors, engaging with civic leaders, writing, drawing, sketching.

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Archinect

FEBRUARY 21, 2025

New research on disaster recovery from the Urban Institute has given a sketch of the complicating factors dictating the timeline for recovery of communities affected by the Los Angeles Fires.

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Archinect

JUNE 14, 2023

A selection of studio models, drawings, maquettes, sketches, and other objects comprise the Architecture Room exhibition, which is on view until August 20th in the RA’s Burlington House main gallery. Forster’s 1910 masterpiece Howard’s End.

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