What do architectural drawings do? Convey visual information about the design of buildings. This much is certain. They do much else besides. They can be idiomatic and ideological, they can express the ...

Sketching has always been an essential part of the architect’s creative process. Case in point, architect I.M. Pei drafted his preliminary design for the East Wing of the National Gallery of Art on a ...

Roughly 4,150 years ago, in modern-day Iraq, a Mesopotamian king named Gudea commissioned a sculpture of himself. In it, he is depicted as an architect, with his hands clasped over a tablet showing an ...

There is a nostalgia associated with sketching in the architecture profession. But is sketching still an integral part of the design process? Sharpen your pencils and pull out your favorite pen, ...

Arkio is a collaborative VR tool built for quickly sketching architectural ideas and for reviewing designs with a group. In addition to a focus on speed, Arkio also aims to be cross-platform and easy ...

Watch the full live sketching process unfold in this engaging timelapse! See every stroke, adjustment, and technique that goes into creating a detailed architectural sketch from start to finish.

Master quick architectural tree sketching in this digital tutorial! Learn how to create expressive trees in under 30 seconds to enhance your architectural drawings, presentations, and concept designs.

In a barely lit room outside the La Jolla Historical Society gallery, kept cool from the humidity outside, architect Laura Ducharme Conboy guides 12 high school-aged aspiring architects through a ...

Kath demonstrates sketching with a huge advantage: the timer! If you don’t like the location or the results, you wasted only 25 minutes of your life and have lots of time to do another! Pocket ...

In this digital age, masterful draftsmanship and hand drawing are less of a requirement when powerful high-tech tools are at the disposal of architects and interior designers. Clients can now see ...

Returning after a two-year hiatus, RECORD’s Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest was founded in 2010 to showcase the passion and skills of a diverse group of architects and designers and honor the legacy of ...

Don't miss the opening reception of Sketching the Surface: Exploring the New York School of Interior Design Archives and Contemporary Pattern Design on Thursday, September 25 at 6 pm, at the NYSID ...