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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. Plus, I like the visual contrast of the abstract diagrams next to the realistic illustrations of the site.

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Visualizing the World, Visualizing Change

A Daily Dose of Architecture Books

Neurath was director of the International Foundation of Visual Information and used the Isotype (International System of Typographic Picture Education) system to "teach through the eye." In 1939, Otto Neurath's Modern Man in the Making was released by Alfred A. No wonder one review calls it "the ultimate simplification of reality."

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Muda Architects completes circular museum dedicated to traditional Chinese medicine

Deezen

Its circular form spans land and water and is designed by Muda Architects as a giant Taiji diagram, or yin-yang symbol, to represent the philosophy of holistic traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). It traverses the building's three storeys and is illuminated by skylights. The photography is by Arch-Exist unless otherwise stated.

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Cedrus Residential Building // Cedrus Studio

Architizer

As shown in the diagrams the design started with a solid mass which was later broken into separate levels and a distinctive timber awning was added to the top in order to achieve maximum visual impact. Cedrus Residential Building Gallery. The post Cedrus Residential Building // Cedrus Studio appeared first on Journal.

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View Corridors

SW Oregon Architect

They are meant to preserve visual connections between key landmarks, natural features, or other important elements of a cityscape. In the context of urban planning, municipalities implement view corridors through zoning regulations, building height restrictions, and other planning measures. Vancouver view corridor diagram.

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7 Top AI Tools for Generating Smart Architectural Plans

Architizer

Architizer’s Tech Directory is a database of tech tools for architects — from the latest generative design and AI to rendering and visualization , 3D modeling , project management and many more. Architects follow the process of uploading a simple “shell” of their building, showcasing the overall usable space in each floor.

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Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet: O

SW Oregon Architect

Olive Plaza (my photo) This is the next in my Eugene/Architecture/Alphabet series of blog posts, the focus of each being a landmark building here in Eugene. Many of these will be familiar to most who live here but there are likely to be a few buildings that are less so. The building must be extant so you or I can visit it in person.