article thumbnail

View Corridors

SW Oregon Architect

This is not a regulated view corridor. 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.

article thumbnail

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. The spatial data can then become visually represented through graphs, charts and geo-referenced locations placed on a map.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

Trending Sources

article thumbnail

Saltbox Geometry

Jane Griswold Radocchia

My diagrams here are for a simple generic New England saltbox. He probably began with the 5th diagram. The diagram is to scale; it is 16 ft. His first diagram is entitled "Typical framing details.". Here is the diagram for easily finding the center line of the square. Here is a diagram for the Rule of Thirds.

Diagram 52
article thumbnail

Illuminating your path to energy efficiency

BD+C

Visual + Biological cues Photo courtesy Design Collaborative Lighting provides us with both visual and biological cues, both the ability to visually navigate through a space and to take in our surrounding environment. We’ve got some tools, resources, and next steps to guide you through this process.

article thumbnail

It’s Gen-AI, Baby!

Ronen Bekerman

The mere presence of advanced text-based AI agents, voice AI agents, and visually stunning AI avatar agents operating freely in our digital environment is sufficient to illustrate this idea. Regulation and governance. Each of these techniques has unique characteristics that can be harnessed for architectural visualization.

article thumbnail

Jacobs Creates Dramatic Intrigue through Spatial Overlapping and Use of Light at Kirkwood Performing Arts Center

Architizer

The parti diagrams revolved around the duality of the experience: light lobby/dark performance space, See/Be Seen, reality/fantasy, tension/release – translated as clear/opaque, heavy/light, smooth/textured… a balance of opposites. The curtainwall mullions were laid out in a staggered pattern for visual interest.

Art 96
article thumbnail

University of Southern California presents 10 architecture student projects

Deezen

It acts as a sponge, absorbing water and releasing it as needed and serving as a visual representation of the scarcity of this vital resource." I began by acknowledging that current architectural education and practices remain strictly within regulated parameters. This 'square' thinking limits the possibilities of design.