Architectural modeling is undergoing a transformation as 3D printing enables faster, more precise, and cost-effective creation of intricate scale models directly from digital designs. By replacing ...

Construction isn’t getting cheaper, and demand for space isn’t getting smaller. Architecture 2030 projects the world will add 2.6 trillion square feet of new floor space between 2020 and 2060. Not ...

City of Possibility contains an 18-feet by 20-feet wooden model of Portland’s urban core. Credit: Photo by Taylor Griggs Before ground is broken or bricks are laid on any building, architects get to ...

Architecture is a discipline that evolves through progressive stages, with each phase building upon the previous one. Schematic design, for example, begins with broad concepts and initial explorations ...

Initial sketches in notebooks and tracing paper, conceptual diagrams, perspectives, physical models, and massing studies capture the architectural imagination. But they represent only the beginning of ...