Pruitt–Igoe was a large urban housing project first occupied in 1954 in St. Louis, Missouri. Living conditions in Pruitt–Igoe soon bega...

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Louis Kahn My Architect: A Son's Journey is a documentary film by Nathaniel Kahn on his father, Louis Kahn (1901-1974), deta...

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Drafting Leads Since everyone uses leads with varying amounts of pressure and the need for depth in architectural plans and renderings...

Intro Over the many years of creating architectural boards for school there are a few main issues I noticed while learning to creat...

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Objectified is a feature-length documentary film on industrial design, directed by Gary Hustwit . It examines the role of everyday non-l...

Trojan Goat - by Pakesh Patel From 2000 to 2002, architecture and engineering students at the University of Virgina worked on the first...

BIQ House Rendering - src Hamburg, Germany - The 15 unit Bio intelligent Quotient (BIQ) House, part of the 2013 International Building...

Designers: Amale Andraos, Dan Wood P.F.1 - © Elizabeth Felicella Public Farm One, by WORK Architecture Company, was the winner of th...

Kitchen with Standard Cabinets - Source Kitchen cabinet sizes are largely standardized. Unless you are dealing with custom kitchen...

My Architect: A Son's Journey is a documentary film by Nathaniel Kahn on his father, Louis Kahn (1901-1974), detailing the architect...

Streetscape by Jigsketch Architectural sketches come in many types though the street can be considered a very important aspect of any b...

Pencil Grading Chart Pencil cores are generally made of graphite mixed with a clay binder which creates easily erased grey or blac...

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Lineweights in CAD can be a bit difficult until you learn the tricks. At my school they taught us that you can set up lineweights in two ...

Hand Rendered Elevation Elevations are an important part of architectural design. There are many ways to create elevations. You can ...

5th Avenue New York City In Jane Jacobs ’ book, The Death and Life of Great American Cities , she discusses the particular nature of c...

The Social Life of Small Urban Spaces