Elif Ayse Sen is a senior architecture writer at illustrarch. A trained architect with a B.Arch from Altınbaş University, she covers interior design, architecture schools and education, and residential design, and has written hundreds of articles for the publication.
A focused look at architecture portfolio layout, from setting up a column grid and choosing margins to pairing typefaces and building a readable...
A practical look at the best software to learn in architecture school, covering SketchUp, Revit, AutoCAD, Rhino, ArchiCAD, and rendering tools, with a...
A plain-language look at construction documents architecture, tracing the path from schematic design through design development to a fully detailed set of working...
A practical comparison of SketchUp vs Rhino for architects, covering push-pull versus NURBS modeling, the Grasshopper parametric workflow, rendering options, learning curve, and...
A practical look at architectural programming, the pre-design phase where architects gather requirements and turn a client brief into a clear set of...
Estadio BBVA, the Steel Giant of Monterrey, frames the Cerro de la Silla mountain behind its north stand. A look at the Populous...
In the 19th edition of our Inspirational Stories series, KOOP Architects shares how a cooperative working model, a deep respect for place and...
A step-by-step look at how a bubble diagram organizes a residential brief into zones, sized room circles, and adjacency links, then how that...
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