The Art of Rendering: When Architectural Visualization Gets It Right
Enrich creates alternate, often surreal realities by manipulating architecture to his digital will.
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Enrich creates alternate, often surreal realities by manipulating architecture to his digital will.
Aileen Kwun and Bryn Smith’s newly released book Twenty Over Eighty: Conversations on a Lifetime in Architecture and Design is a veritable treasure trove of knowledge from a group of architects who have seen it all. Kwun and Smith’s premise was simple: Sit down with 20 key figures in the profession over the age of…
At Architizer’s 2016 A+Awards gala on May 12th, a series of brilliantly intricate models were unveil ed, built using every architect’s childhood construction toy of choice: LEGO bricks. The scale replicas of these architectural projects — some completed, some under development — were a testament to the creativity of the architectural profession today, but also highlighted…
“I started the business a few days before I turned 30, and I thought I knew everything,” reflects de veloper Ian Gillespie. “That’s how I could start my own business! And then I got to 40 and thought ‘now I know everything.’ But as long as now, at the ripe old age of 50-something, I’ve realized…
“We do not have a disciplinary model that suits the students and paradigms of today,” argues Eisenma n.
Virtual and Augmented Reality might be the talk of our industry right now as more architects and int erior designers use these to give their clients an immersive preview of projects. But now there’s a new way to preview as well as notate 3D models, which can revolutionize how project teams work — and it doesn’t…
In the introduction to her new book One World Trade Center: Biography of the Building, Judith Dupré — the author of the bestseller Skyscrapers — calls its designers Skidmore, Owings & Merrill (SOM) “a firm with unparalleled expertise in skyscraper design.” The practice, celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, recently won numerous A+Awards for projects…
For many design observers the name Pininfarinais synonymous with automobiles. In 1930, Battista “Pin in” Farina founded Carrozzeria Pinin Farina in Turin, Italy, precisely to build one-off and small-batch vehicles for a tight circle of wealthy young people. The new company exhibited Lancia, Alfa Romeo, Isotta Fraschini and Fiat cars at the Paris Motor Show shortly…
“Architecture starts when you carefully put two bricks together. There it begins.” Mies van der Rohe may well have been talking about masonry made from clay, but for many, the origins of their love affair with architecture can be traced back to the satisfying sound of two LEGO bricks clicking together. You’d be hard-pressed to…