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Stenciling goes all the way back to the beginning of art history, predating even the paintbrush. Cav e paintings from 35,000 years ago feature hand tracings of prehistoric humans made with blown pigment. Through the millennia, the technique has waxed and waned in popularity and prestige, perhaps reaching its apex during the Edo period in Japan…
Given the proliferation of digital tools and time-saving software now available, some believe archit ects no longer draw or sketch as they used to. With this visual series, we are out to prove otherwise by delving into the sketchbooks of designers, revealing some hidden gems in drawing, painting and sketching along the way. To be considered…
When starting out in a young firm, understanding architectural fees and knowing how much to charge i s crucial, yet the information offered on this subject is incredibly fragmented and inconsistent.
The debate over technology in architecture is seemingly endless, with certain questions igniting the fires of forums across the internet each and every time they are put forward: Apple or PC? Revit or ArchiCAD? Rhino or 3ds Max? IPhone or Android? The list goes on and on, but these questions are never truly answerable unless…
Michael Riscica is a licensed architect from Portland, Oregon, who has been advancing the profession with his blog YOUNG ARCHITECT. Michael has written extensively about the architect exam and wrote the book How to Pass the Architecture Registration exam. Recently, Michael has been bicycling across America during the summer of 2016. I’m not an Architect;…
As the global circulation of people, information and goods transforms, the world is becoming a small er place, and as a result, notions of belonging have become destabilized. Home was once the place for one’s roots, a symbolic source of familiarity and the collective accumulation of memories. However, since pushing mobility to the extreme, our understanding…
While it is far from pretty, this building’s responsiveness to present and future programmatic needs may turn out to be a theatrical masterstroke.
Summer may be coming to an end soon, but we’re going to continue celebrating seasonal fun with a loo k at some newly completed hospitality projects and their standout products, plus a crop of recent products for making getaways, lounges and recreational venues more welcoming, stylish and comfortable. PROJECT HIGHLIGHTS Bronte RestaurantWe recently raved about new…
While climbing up the U.K. national rankings over the last 20 years, the University of Hertfordshire has also been busy developing an ambitious plan to completely reimagine its two campuses. After years of planning and months of construction, the first major part of this redevelopment was completed in March: a brand-new science center, by architecture…