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Exploring duality: History and modernity unite in the Cromford Collection

Habitus Living

It was filled with hand-drawn sketches of cast iron valves and pipe fittings that featured decorative details. Named after the very birthplace of the Industrial Revolution in 18 th Century Great Britian, the Cromford collection has unique and thoughtful ties to the historical legacy of tapware, showers and accessories.

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Geometry of the Old First Church Fanlight

Jane Griswold Radocchia

Add regulating lines from the center of the circles to the second ring of circles and center lines in the petals. The proposed design sketch would have been studied, the arcs drawn with a compass using chalk or charcoal, the lines checked, redrawn, the points pinned. These steps are our 2012 solution. as the men drew this.

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The Designers Using the "The Sims" as Architectural Software

Dwell

Leo thinks The Sims helped him become "the guy that did all the plans" at work; becoming the go-to person for layout after an initial sketch of a project was done. Because I kind of got started at an early age making spaces for virtual people, I think it definitely got a head start," he says.

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The Impact of Coronavirus on Architects

DesignScape Architects

It’s no secret that the Coronavirus outbreak of 2020 took the entire world by storm with new regulations and restrictions on everyday life taking its toll on individuals and businesses alike. It has not only changed the way architects work on a day-to-day basis, in the office and with clients, but it has changed the way they design too.

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"Only by embracing AI can you be involved in controlling it" says LookX founder Wanyu He

Deezen

Especially for international studios like OMA, testing is unavoidable because it's impossible to know different regulations from every country." LookX can be used to design buildings and architectural models However, she also suggested that AI could finally spell the end of one of the most basic elements of architectural design – sketching.

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Tips and Tricks from a 3D Modeling and Rendering Assistant

DesignRulz

Artificial intelligence: AI-powered tools and algorithms can help automate certain aspects of the modeling and rendering process, such as generating 3D models from 2D sketches or optimizing render settings for specific environments.

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Les Bains de Saillon | RDR architectes

ArchiDiaries

Materiality and expression: For the new hotel, the first sketch featured a wooden structure of the kind found in Austria. But building regulations at the time set a limit to the number of storeys. So a permanent structure was built in a semi-circle on five levels, displaying the 140-metre façade from the entrance.