In order to explain projects and design decisions properly, architects must use often rely on creative representation techniques instead of words. It’s part of the job. The quality of drawings - ...

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 ...

Two years after Steve and April Carvers completed their restoration of the magnificent Redstone Castle, another important piece of its history was preserved in a lower-key project. The original ...

The exhibition Opening Lines: Sketchbooks of Ten Modern Architects features selections from one of the world’s great architecture drawing collections installed in the most important gallery devoted to ...

Illustrator Patrick Lopez spent years collaborating with some of the best architects in the 20th century — Helmut Jahn, Skidmore Owings and Merrill, Johnson and Burgee, among them. Lopez’s ...

Raleigh architect Frank Harmon sketches at least once a day, in a style that’s best described as economical. His lines are spare, a squiggle inserted here or there for punctuation and a splash of ...

(Installation view of works by Brigitte Mahlknecht (left), Judith Saupper (center), William Cordova (right). (Courtesy ACFNY/Luca Mercedes) The Projective Drawing at the Austrian Cultural Forum New ...

On March 29, the Judd Foundation in New York will open its new exhibition on Lauretta Vinciarelli, an Italian artist, architect, and professor. After moving to the United States, Vinciarelli worked ...

We have all seen a floor plan before. They are typically black-and-white, and maybe some room labels, and an occasional furniture piece or two. This has been the norm for just about as long as anyone ...