Amin Zakaria, Architectural Designer, Kuching, Malaysia. Image Courtesy of Morpholio Morpholio Trace, the team who brought the architects’ canary yellow trace paper into the digital world, has been on ...

Follow this step-by-step guide to create clear, compelling architectural concept sketches — from initial idea and composition to perspective, linework, and quick shading techniques. Perfect for ...

In the 1956 competition to design the city of Brasilia, Lucio Costa's proposal differed significantly from his competitors'. In contrast with the detailed plans and well-designed perspectives of the ...

The Serpentine's temporary pavilion has been altering the skyline at Hyde Park in London for 15 years, creating a pop-up art venue used for learning, debate and entertainment. This year, the art ...

Returning after a two-year hiatus, RECORD’s Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest was founded in 2010 to showcase the passion and skills of a diverse group of architects and designers and honor the legacy of ...

CAMBRIDGE — “Drawing After Modernism,” which runs at the MIT Museum through Oct. 27, is about a particular kind of drawing and a particular period of after. The museum’s Jonathan Duval curated the ...

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Daun St. Armand forecasts a change in the luxury market in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic. We're not the only ones eyeballing our homes' designs while sheltering in place. Also closely scrutinizing ...

Photoshop tutorial showing how to transform a photo of a building, car or anything else into an architect's blueprint drawing ...

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Architecture began as a practice of design and construction. The word itself is derived from the Greek architektōn, or “chief carpenter.” During the Pax Romana, Vitruvius described an architect as a ...