This guide covers a workflow that moves from project parameters to generated floor plans, 3D perspective views, exterior design exploration, and site context visualization, using AI tools in place of preliminary CAD and rendering work.

The eighth edition of the international architecture festival in Buenos Aires will take place on the weekend of July 18 and 19, featuring a revamped format to adapt to the current situation and bring architecture to citizens during this atypical 2020. Virtually, Open House Buenos Aires will open the doors to 16 examples of the city's architecture, which will be presented through live streams conducted by their architects and those who inhabit their spaces. From your screen, you will be able to discover, learn about, and reflect on various themes surrounding the city and its contemporary and historical heritage.

The Swiss family company SWISSFINELINE specialises in the manufacture of large glass surfaces for windows, doors and railings that allow a view of everything but the structural elements.

This project is defined as The Songshan Lake Science and Technology Convention Center. It aims to set up an exclusive platform for Scientists, technologists and financial figures in order to optimize the Conference service in Songshan Lake Park. Meeting activities are different, such as high-level sci-tech conferences, forums, academic symposia, product launch and the like. Meanwhile, through crossover interactions among scientists, technologists, financial figures and artists, it is intended to drive development of  Science and Technology innovation industry by Fintech industry. It will provide a unique Sci. & Tech. communication venue with special aesthetics and artistic quality.

Draw In Order to See is the first book to survey the history of architectural design using the latest research in neuroscience and embodied cognition.

The D1 swivel chair family designed by Stefan Diez for Wagner keeps users moving with its innovative joint mechanism, while fundamentally changing our conception of how office chairs look.

We are on the cusp of the second great age of space exploration.

Outer space has always captured the imaginations of the public. New advances in technology (including comet landings, the Orion Spacecraft, and large scale social experiments leading to exploration of Mars) mean that outer space is no longer a place only astronauts will get to experience – but something you and I can experience within our lifetimes

Jonk travels the world looking for abandoned places. Today, he has visited more than one thousand and five hundred of them in almost fifty countries on four continents. To be touched by a place, he needs to see that only time passing had an impact on it, without any human intervention: cracked walls, peeling paints, rusted iron and nature taking over.

The festival attracts between 50-100.000 audiences every year to a public program of guided tours, film screenings, debates, seminars, workshops and exhibitions focusing on architecture and urbanism.

There are many ways of designing environmentally-responsible and resource-efficient structures and cities, with amazing innovations and advances introduced every day. These include everything from smart homes and photovoltaic glass to centrally organized power networks, modular building, and even self-healing bio-concrete.

The 14th Annual SAN FRANCISCO DESIGN WEEK (SFDW), which attracts annually 60,000 visitors from around the world, is returning this year as the first regional virtual design festival. The all-online program kicks off June 15-25, celebrating with the provocative theme “Intentional Distortions” which is now more relevant than ever.

The Earth is in a chaotic and confusing state right now, with the future of our society not entirely clear. But in a world of COVID-19 and climate change, now is the time to reflect on the positive aspects of humanity and its many great achievements.

Part of the CAC’s “What’s Next” series • Rush University Medical Center is uniquely suited to contain infectious diseases and respond to surges that occur during public health crises. What lessons does it offer for architects of future hospitals?

Part of the CAC’s “What’s Next” series. Going beyond the typical lecture or panel, this workshop lays out clear-cut steps for preparing your office for a returning workforce under social distancing guidelines.

FutureNow is a competition created with the future in mind, future that is already here! The current situation related to forced social isolation has changed our professional life, we are convinced that it will also change the way of thinking about designing functional spaces. Show us what you think the space we experience every day, perfectly reflecting the mobility between work and private life, should look like.

AIA Austin in partnership with Design Voice, Women in Architecture-Austin, Emerging Professionals and Latinos in Architecture propose Force-Majeure, a design competition that addresses contemporary issues that are impacting our lives during this pandemic.

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As an important birthplace and practical realization of the concept of "Lucid waters and lush mountains are invaluable assets", Lishui has assumed the responsibility of exploring the construction of contemporary ShanShui cities. With this background in mind, we hope to build upon Lishui’s status as a “traditional Chinese ShanShui city” to organically combine the spirit of Chinese ShanShui together with contemporary waterfront urban development concepts. The goal is to methodically construct a Shanshui city spatial framework in order to set a model image for this city typology, to create a new ShanShui city lifestyle, and to explore contemporary, sustainable urban planning strategies.

In the course of the Cold War, architects, planners, and construction companies from socialist Eastern Europe engaged in a vibrant collaboration with those in West Africa and the Middle East in order to bring modernization to the developing world. Architecture in Global Socialism shows how their collaboration reshaped five cities in the Global South: Accra, Lagos, Baghdad, Abu Dhabi, and Kuwait City.

The Blank Slate develops a handbook, ‘Back to Work: Rethink Reevaluate Retrofit for Safer Workplaces’ of post-lockdown guidelines and design interventions for workplaces to adapt to the ‘new normal’