The Metropolitan Museum of Art has opened "Gothic by Design: The Dawn of Architectural Draftsmanship," the first major exhibition to present Gothic architectural drawings as both technical and ...

In the fast-paced world of construction, precision and accuracy are of the highest value. Imagine investing significant time and resources into a construction project, only to discover discrepancies ...

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 ...

Author Jordan Kauffman documents an important moment in recent history when architecture reasserted its cultural status through the showcasing of particular drawings. The episode begins in 1972 with ...

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 ...

One of the most valuable deliverables from a design and construction project are the as-built drawings (often referred to interchangeably as record drawings). These will be referenced throughout the ...

Our era of the Anthropocene is one of never-ending casualties: Humans perish under “once in a generation” weather events nearly yearly, and species collapse is all around us. Meanwhile, Architecture ...

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 - ...