ArchDaily | Broadcasting Architecture Worldwide https://www.archdaily.com/ Mon, 13 Jul 2026 00:00:00 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://assets.adsttc.com/doodles/archdaily-logo-feedly.svg 026CB6 https://www.archdaily.com/488918/fernando-guerra-on-photography-in-the-internet-age Mon, 31 Mar 2014 01:00:00 +0000 Anne Ishii & Joana Pacheco https://www.archdaily.com/488918/fernando-guerra-on-photography-in-the-internet-age In this interview, originally published by Paperhouses as "Decisive Moment: Conversation With Fernando Guerra", the Portuguese photographer details his career in architectural photography, and how he approaches the art of photographing buildings. As an advocate of free sharing and online publicity, and one of a new breed of photographers who - shock horror - likes to include people in his shots of buildings, Guerra is well placed to explain how the world of architectural photography has changed over the past decade.

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/484706/why-the-blueprint-of-the-21st-century-should-be-open-source Thu, 13 Mar 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Anne Ishii & Joana Pacheco https://www.archdaily.com/484706/why-the-blueprint-of-the-21st-century-should-be-open-source It used to be that when an architect needed a physical facsimile of his/her project, a draftsman would individually draw the schematics by hand. Blueprints were revolutionary in that they streamlined reproduction through technology, yet they were based on a publishing model that was repetitive  — not iterative. Computer Aided Design software, or CAD, streamlined the process even further; however, unlike blueprints, CAD was not based on publishing models, but rather on “technological science.” As such it evolved in a very different way. CAD technology that was initially developed in the 1960s as a proprietary tool for heavy industries—aerospace, automotive and super-computer processing centers— became consumer-oriented in the 1980s when it met the UNIX open platform. The key in its rapid development, dissemination and democratization was exactly this: open technology. 

]]> https://www.archdaily.com/469489/in-defense-of-open-source-design Wed, 22 Jan 2014 00:00:00 +0000 Anne Ishii & Joana Pacheco https://www.archdaily.com/469489/in-defense-of-open-source-design The unspoken truth about housing today? Most of it is ugly - more accurately described as "developed" than "designed."

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