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Stacking Diagram: How to Allocate Uses Floor by Floor
A stacking diagram assigns each use in a brief to a level, and gives total area and building height. How to build one,...
Sinan Ozen6 Mins read
Figure-Ground Diagram: How to Draw and Read Urban Fabric
A figure-ground diagram reduces a city to built mass against open space. How to read it, put a number on it, draw it...
Sinan Ozen7 Mins read
Sun Path Diagram: How to Read One and Use It in Design
A sun path diagram shows where the sun sits all year for one latitude. How to read it, plot obstructions, and size an...
Sinan Ozen8 Mins read
Matrix Diagram in Architecture: How to Map Space Adjacencies
A matrix diagram, or adjacency matrix, maps how every space in a building should relate before you draw a plan. This guide covers...
Sinan Ozen8 Mins read
Foster + Partners to Test Robot Swarms Building Timber from the Top Down
Foster + Partners wins €4m EU grant to build robot and drone swarms that assemble timber structures top-down.
illustrarch Editoral Team2 Mins read
Oscar Niemeyer’s Cathedral of Brasília: The Hyperboloid Concrete Hymn
The Cathedral of Brasília reads as a single gesture, yet it stood roofless for a decade and waited twenty more years for its...
Furkan Sen7 Mins read
Notion Alternatives for Architects: 7 Tools That Fit Studio Work
Notion works until a studio needs fee tracking, phase budgets and timesheets. This breakdown covers seven alternatives, from free local-first note tools to...
Furkan Sen7 Mins read
Why Every Practice Ends Up With Five Versions of the Same Revit Family
Let’s learn why Revit family libraries accumulate duplicates, break schedules and slow models, and how clear authorship and parametric logic restore control
illustrarch Editoral Team5 Mins read
