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Dynamo vs Grasshopper: Which Visual Programming Tool Should Architects Use?
Dynamo automates BIM data inside Revit, while Grasshopper drives complex geometry in Rhino. This comparison covers setup, data model, scripting, plug-ins, cost and...
illustrarch Editoral Team8 Mins read
Section Perspective Drawings: 12 Examples from Students and Studios
Twelve real section perspectives, from an 1868 dimensioned lithograph in Haguenau to Paul Rudolph's Chorley school, RSHP in Shenzhen and student boards from...
illustrarch Editoral Team19 Mins read
How to Optimise Architectural Videos for Better Design Presentations and Online Sharing
Walkthroughs and animations help architects explain a design, but large files are hard to send. Here is how resolution, frame rate, bitrate, format...
illustrarch Editoral Team5 Mins read
Interior Design for Commercial Spaces: Enhancing Functionality and Brand Identity
Commercial interior design has to serve brand, function and regulation at once. Space planning, materials, technology and the legal limits that shape an...
Begum Gumusel4 Mins read
Overlapping Concrete Walls and One Roof Shape a House in Okinawa
IGArchitects built Overlapping Spaces in Okinawa from reinforced concrete walls, columns and a single large roof, producing rooms that are neither fully inside...
illustrarch Editoral Team1 Mins read
Futuro House Production Revived in Finland After Decades-Long Hiatus
A Facebook listing for abandoned moulds led to the first new Futuro House in decades, unveiled at Helsinki Design Week.
illustrarch Editoral Team3 Mins read
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 Ozen7 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
