Practice: Tools

When I consider all the software programs that I’ve had to learn in order to practice architecture, the one that I always think fondly of is SketchUp.

Humans fundamentally drive the narrative in architectural visualizations.

The LIX Pen demonstrates real progress in 3D-printing technology and better use as a professional to ol rather than just a novelty.

While modeling, rendering and post-production capabilities are always increasing, realism is not alw ays proportionate to our ability to produce it.

We have compiled a list of software tricks, efficient workflows and choices in Rhino to make your wo rkflow that little bit smoother.

There was a time when no self-respecting rendering would allow itself to be seen in public without a zeppelin hovering somewhere in its desaturated sky.

Are sketches still the first and purest manifestation of an idea, or have hand drawing skills been i rrevocably demoted to nothing more than architects’ points of personal pride?

In the world of computing innovation, there were some pretty outrageous unveilings in 2016, with Sam sung’s rollable display and Microsoft’s vast touchscreen Surface Studio among the highlights. Slotting in at the more experimental end of the spectrum comes Razer’s Project Valerie, a laptop that boasts not one but three 17-inch 4K screens. Revealed at CES…

One of the most disregarded happenings in the world of architecture today is that computer networks controlling the buildings and infrastructure architects design are regularly being hacked. This tends to go under-reported, because it often involves private companies concerned for their public images, and untreated, because these systems are coordinated by various parties that have…