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A Tool for Easy Architectural Sketching With the Power of BIM

ArchDaily

Courtesy of Snaptrude Sketching has always been an essential part of the architect’s creative process. Pei drafted his preliminary design for the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art on a cocktail napkin. Modern architectural sketches combine design intent with data and constraints. Case in point, architect I.M.

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Kith releases New Balance trainer informed by Frank Lloyd Wright sketches

Deezen

Kith founder Ronnie Fieg has teamed up with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation to release a New Balance sneaker that was informed by Wright 's utopian Broadacre City sketches. Called New Balance Made in USA 998 – Broadacre City, the shoe is a celebration of American architect Wright's sketches.

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Frank Gehry creates architecture-informed handbags for Louis Vuitton

Deezen

Named Louis Vuitton x Frank Gehry, the collection contains bags informed by the Canadian-American architect's buildings and by animals. Above: Capucines BB Shimmer Haze (left), Capucines BB Analog Bag (centre) and Capucines MM Concrete Pockets (right) were informed by Gerry's architecture.

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Five Ways to Revolutionize the Exploration, Design, and Creation of Buildings

ArchDaily

Courtesy of Codesign Architecture encompasses a comprehensive design process that incorporates various steps and considerations for transforming abstract ideas into well-designed and functional projects. As the most impactful part of the process, the concept design stage is where the shape of a project comes together.

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National Portrait Gallery unveils logo based on 19th-century sketch

Deezen

Illustrator Peter Horridge has created a logo for The National Portrait Gallery in London based on a sketch by the gallery's first director. The logo (right) is based on an 1893 sketch by the gallery's first director (left) The bespoke logotype, which was hand-drawn by Horridge, features the entwined NPG initials of the gallery.

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Sketching the Housing Crisis

Landscape Architecture Magazine

A pandemic sketchbook becomes a prompt to design activism. Daniel Winterbottom, FASLA, sketching outdoors. He calls urban sketching a public act, one of vulnerability and frustration balanced with unique opportunities for dialogue, discovery, and fulfillment. Text and images by Daniel Winterbottom, FASLA.

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Hand-Drawing Versus AI Tools: I Sketch, Therefore I Am

Architizer

Sketching is a thinking tool that reflects one’s knowledge and emotional interpretation. The outcome of sketches is not necessarily a final product but a representation of ourselves engaging in a process, who we are, and how we think: I sketch, therefore I am. City skyline sketch. Synagogue sketches
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