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MVRDV's first U.S. building creates a 'colorful vertical village' in upper Manhattan

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MVRDV has unveiled final images of the Radio Hotel and Tower in upper Manhattan , marking the Dutch firm’s first completed building in the United States. Color scheme diagram © MVRDV Axonometric diagram © MVRDV “Washington Heights has a unique and exciting character, very different from the other Manhattan nei.

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MIT Site Plans and Diagrams

Visualizing Architecture

I originally was thinking I could accomplish most of what I wanted in Photoshop however I changed my mind and ended up modeling just about everything including the the ground plane textures and paving as well as trees and buildings. I also generated a before and after semi-photoreal illustration of the site plan.

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OMA's Harajuku Quest center performs an urban balancing act in Tokyo

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The 84,000-square-foot mixed-use scheme will contain commercial and cultural functions set within a building form shaped by two differing urban contexts that interact with the site. Concept diagram. Image credit: OMA Concept diagram. Concept diagram. Image credit: OMA Section diagram.

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Flatiron by Works Progress Architecture (W.PA)

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The Portland Flatiron building is a timber framed mixed use building sited at the edge of a sloping triangular site in N Portland. In addition to the unique triangular configuration, the site also sits at a directional shift in the city grid of NE Portland.

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These 8 Video Tutorials Will Help Take Your Axonometric Diagrams to the Next Level

Architizer

An axonometric of an urban plan can be just as important as one showing a specific building. Here, the creator shows how to download a 3D model for a part of a city and turn it into an aesthetic plan that can be used to study the site density, add context or understand circulation. Interested in next year's program?

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SAL floating public building by SOUR

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Building on a site that is at high risk of and requires extensive ground improvements, how might we create a substructure that is naturally isolated from earthquake loads, floods, and rising sea levels? Is it possible to have a building with no foundation?

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Charcoal, Mushrooms, and More Become Building Parts for a South Chicago Artist Residency

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Schafer Park, the site is one of eight farms operated by Urban Growers Collective (UGC). As a participant in the 2023 Chicago Architecture Biennial (CAB), Allen has opened her South Chicago farm site to an architectural collaboration. A diagram shows the structure’s rectangular plan.