In the 1956 competition to design the city of Brasilia, Lucio Costa's proposal differed significantly from his competitors'. In contrast with the detailed plans and well-designed perspectives of the ...

Brendon Sowerby is the Founder of Next Level Construct. An award-winning end-to-end residential construction company ...

Left to right, top to bottom: AAU Anastas, heneghan peng architects, Níall McLaughlin Architects, Studio Anne Holtrop, Tatiana Bilbao ESTUDIO, Toshiko Mori Architect, Trahan Architects. Image Courtesy ...

Conceptual architecture can be a lot of things. It can be a realistic, yet novel, skyscraper or it can be an extremely unreal imagining seemingly straight out of a science fiction movie. We've seen a ...

Science fiction is full of intriguing structures, from floating cities to organic megastructures that often make us wonder if these types of “buildings” could be feasible in our world. These ...

Architects generate so much creative output at the genesis of a project – studies, sketches and schema – without the intention of presenting it to the public. Conversely, there are any number of ways ...

The AJ’s Sketchbook series is a showcase of sketches and concept drawings by architects and designers. Today’s sketches are by Rory Chisholm, an associate architect at Donald Insall Associates and an ...

The upcoming book launch of the publication Drawings As Language: The Concept Drawings of Richard England on January 22 brings public attention to the Richard England Collection, a body of more than ...

Gleaming high-rises and luxury homes are all well and good, but sublime architectural design usually begins with a drawing. The World Architecture Festival (WAF) aims to celebrate the importance of ...