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Win tickets to Beaux Arts Ball 2024: HEAT

2024-09-10T18:40:00-04:00

Next Friday, September 20th, the Architectural League of New York is hosting its annual Beaux Arts Ball. This year’s event will be themed HEAT and examine the challenges that climate change imposes on the built environment as its subject, asking those in attendance to imagine a better future relative to how the current "foundation of extractivism, carbonization, anthropocentrism, and technocracy are put under increasing pressure."

The event takes place inside the Turbine Hall of the new Herzog & de Meuron-restored Powerhouse Arts venue in Brooklyn beginning at 9:00 PM. The space will feature a special installation piece related to the theme designed by Olalekan Jeyifous, lighting design by Joel Fitzpatrick Studio, and a live set from DJ Tara. Be sure to dress festively and prepare to dance the night away!

Thanks to The Architectural League, Archinect is giving away five party tickets to five of our readers.

For a chance to win a ticket, leave a comment below naming your favorite rec...

Win tickets to Beaux Arts Ball 2023: SEA CHANGE

2023-09-18T13:32:00-04:00

It's that time of the year again as the Architectural League of New York prepares to host its big annual Beaux Arts Ball on Friday, September 29. This year's festivities are organized under the 2023 theme of SEA CHANGE, which the League describes as a "call to collective action" to celebrate "circularity, reinvention, and the interdependence of planetary ecosystems and the built environment."

Brooklyn Navy Yard will host the Ball again, featuring an immersive installation by local studio CO Adaptive and lighting design by Joel Fitzpatrick and Ken Farmer. DJ Lina will keep the dancefloor packed and rumps shaking.

Thanks to The Architectural League, Archinect is giving away five tickets to five of our readers!

For a chance to win a ticket, leave a comment below naming your favorite recent architectural project, social movement, or technological innovation that truly represents a sea change, and briefly describe why you chose it. Only your first comment will count. Each winner will rec...

Win a copy of Sandfuture, Justin Beal's revealing biography of World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki

2022-06-23T17:43:00-04:00

Admirers of World Trade Center architect Minoru Yamasaki in search of a hot beach read this summer look no further! We’re giving away a copy of Justin Beal’s engrossing title Sandfuture, recently published by The MIT Press, wherein the prolific career and perplexing obscurity of the late Japanese designer is threaded across 256 pages to an eventual conclusion that asks several essential questions about architectural history, the art market, and changing face of the city in a technically precise novelistic tone.

By avoiding a simple shot-for-shot retelling of the different formative events and pivotal moments comprising the arc of Yamasaki’s still-debated five-decade-long career, Sandfuture builds from the scrapheap of a bygone era into an accurate reflection on contemporary life in post-9/11 New York City, beginning with the author’s own retelling of the infrastructure damage that occurred during Hurricane Sandy.

Image: The Century City Plaza in Los Angeles (courtesy of Walter P. ...

Win a copy of 'Buildings in Print,' a new book that compiles 100 of the most 'influential' and 'inspiring' illustrated architecture books

2022-06-02T11:05:00-04:00

Longtime Archinectors will surely recognize the name John Hill as the writer behind one of the oldest architecture blogs on the internet, A Daily Dose of Architecture (changed to A Daily Dose of Architecture Books in 2019). In addition to 23 years of covering architecture and related books online, John has also authored a number of books covering a wide variety of architectural topics. That said, he is arguably one of the most qualified individuals today to author his latest title, Buildings in Print: 100 Influential & Inspiring Illustrated Architecture Books.

Buildings in Print, as the title gives away, is a top-100 list of carefully curated print titles, from Corb's 1923 Vers une architecture to Reinier de Graaf's 2017 Four Walls and a Roof. Consider it a cheat sheet for building the ultimate architectural library.

The book is broken down into nine categories of books: manifestos, histories, education, houses & housing, monographs (architects), monographs (buildings), exhibitions...

Win a copy of “The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces”, a new book by Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian!

2020-08-18T11:15:00-04:00

Craving more inspiring books about architectural film studies? Eager to learn more about the ever-intriguing relationship between architecture and film? Don't miss out on “The Architecture of Cinematic Spaces”, the latest volume by Mehruss Jon Ahi and Armen Karaoghlanian, the editors of online journal Interiors. Thanks to the book's publisher Intellect Books, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

This 96-page book takes an academic, graphic approach to film studies, combining critical essays with original architectural floor plan drawings detailing the production design of iconic 20th and 21st century films like “The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari”, “Rope”, “Le mépris”, “Playtime”, “2001: A Space Odyssey”, “Home Alone”, “Panic Room”, “A Single Man”, “Her”, and “Columbus”. Each chapter features an original floor plan of a key scene in each film.

Whether for scholarly research or just for fun, this page-turner inspires us to pay closer attention to the stories the...

Create kirigami paper models of Le Corbusier's iconic works with this step-by-step guide — and win a copy of the book!

2020-01-23T12:26:00-05:00

For all you diehard Le Corbusier fans or architectural model enthusiasts out there, you don't want to miss out on the upcoming Le Corbusier Paper Models: 10 Kirigami Buildings to Cut and Fold, which will be released on February 4. Thanks to Laurence King Publishing, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Authored by design director and kirigami paper artist Marc Hagan-Guirey, this step-by-step guide teaches you how to create 10 of Corbusier's iconic works using the cutting and folding art of kirigami, a variation of origami. You'll learn how to create paper models of: Villa Savoye, Maison Citröhan, Villa Stein-De Monzie, Maison de Week-end, Maisons Jaoul, Unité d’Habitation, Maison de la Culture, Villa Sarabhai, High Court Chandigarh, and the Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts.

Villa Savoye. Photo courtesy of Laurence King Publishing.

High Court Chandigarh. Photo courtesy of Laurence King Publishing.

Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. Photo courtesy of L...

Win a copy of “Lair,” a book that explores the architecture of iconic movie villain abodes

2020-01-09T11:24:00-05:00

Co-authored by Miami-based architect Chad Oppenheim and editor Andrea Gollin, “Lair” is an entertaining dive into the designs of villainous hideouts in iconic films and explores the question of why so many of them live in such architectural splendor. The book marks the first title of Tra Publishing's Design + Film series. Thanks to Tra Publishing, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Fifteen films are highlighted in the book, including “Blade Runner 204”, “Ex Machina”, “The Spy Who Loved Me”, “The Incredibles”, “Dr. Strangelove”, and more. Printed on stark black pages, “Lair” takes a look at these seductive, edgy abodes through original architectural illustrations and renderings by Carlos Fueyo, photographs, essays, film analyses, interviews, and more.

Photo courtesy of Tra Publishing.

It also contains interviews with film production designers, directors, and other top industry professional...

Win a copy of “Trajan's Hollow” by Joshua G. Stein!

2019-12-03T13:13:00-05:00

“Trajan's Hollow” is a new book by Joshua G. Stein — founder of Radical Craft and co-director of the Data Clay Network — that sheds new light on the historic Trajan's Column, one of ancient Rome's great monuments that has been obsessively documented by archaeologists and historians for centuries and visited by tourists from around the world. Thanks to ORO, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Intrigued by Piranesi's iconic engravings on the Column and “the perennial tension between classical geometry and picturesque ruin,” Stein compiled his research into a book that exposes and renders new material qualities of the Column that have long been overlooked. The book “proposes a new ethos of scanning and replication, saturating digital technologies with an expansive material awareness to amplify the projective capacity of historical inquiry.” Plus, it features written contributions from David Gissen, Michael J. Waters, and Michael Swaine.

Courtesy ORO Edition...

Win tickets to Beaux Arts Ball 2019: WAVE

2019-09-25T12:29:00-04:00

The Architectural League of New York is ready to kick off the 2019 Beaux Arts Ball: WAVE, a yearly benefit party that supports their programs. Continuing their multi-year residency exploring the Brooklyn Navy Yard, the Ball takes place this Friday, September 27 at the Shed 269 building, which was used as a subassembly unit and is currently part of Agger Fish Corp.

Thanks to The Architectural League, Archinect is giving away five tickets to five of our readers!

From First Wave to Nouvelle Vague to New Wave, this year's theme celebrates and reflects on these pivotal cultural movements throughout history.

For a chance to win a ticket, leave a comment below naming your favorite design or architectural "wave" movement and why you chose it. Only your first comment will count. Each winner will receive one ticket. Deadline is this Friday, September 27 at noon, Eastern Time.

Attendees to this year's Ball will get to enjoy an evening of festivities amid an original, immersive installation in...

Win a copy of “Architecture and Modelbuilding”, a guide to help sharpen your model-building skills

2019-06-20T12:04:00-04:00

Eager to update your knowledge on the art of model-building? The book “Architecture and Modelbuilding: Concepts - Methods - Materials” is a guide that illustrates the possibilities of the medium and also explores its past and future. Thanks to publisher Birkhäuser, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Authored by Alexander Schilling, an architect and lecturer at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), the book builds on its successful predecessor “Basics Model Building”. This latest volume offers practical tips, techniques, simple explanations, and specific examples — with an abundance of photos, of course — for different work stages and tasks.

Courtesy of Birkhäuser.

Presentation and Views. Courtesy of Birkhäuser.

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Want a chance to win a copy of “Architecture and Modelbuilding"? Fill out this survey by the deadline on Friday, June 28th, end of day. Five paperback copies of the book are available to win. Winners will b...

Win a copy of “Reprogramming the City”, a book that explores new possibilities in existing city design

2018-12-14T13:00:00-05:00

Time for a book giveaway! Archinect readers have a chance to win a copy of “Reprogramming the City”. Authored by writer and urban strategist Scott Burnham and designed by Samantha Altieri, this new book presents a collection of real-world examples of how existing urban elements can be redesigned to perform alternate functions or even take on completely new roles in the city.

Chapter 2: Shelter + Housing. Photo credit: Reprogramming the City.

Chapter 4: Energy + Ecology. Photo credit: Reprogramming the City.

The 214-page book features over 40 projects based in numerous cities across 17 countries — from billboards in Lima that were repurposed to generate clean drinking water, to bus shelters in Umeå, Sweden that swapped their advertising lights for light-therapy tubes to give commuters a mood boost during the dark winter months. Projects are thematically organized into five chapters: Food and Water; Shelter and Housing; Health and Wellbeing; Energy and Ecology; and Renewal and Recovery....

Win the latest Grids & Guides Notebook for Visual Thinkers!

2018-10-15T12:00:00-04:00

In need of a fresh sketchbook to jot down all those ideas? Princeton Architectural Press has released the latest version of their popular Grids & Guides Notebook for Visual Thinkers — now in a classy navy! Thanks to Princeton Architectural Press, Archinect is giving away five notebooks to our readers!

Photo courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press.

Bounded in a navy cloth hardcover, this 160-page notebook features eight distinctive grid designs interspersed with various scientific diagrams — including golden ratio constructions, simple machines, a chart of unit equivalents, optics, and even cell biology.

Photo courtesy of Princeton Architectural Press.

Want a chance to win the “Grids & Guides” notebook? Fill out this survey by the deadline on Thursday, October 25, end of day. Five notebooks are available to win. Winners will be announced in t...

Win 2 tickets to Beaux Arts Ball 2018: Vector

2018-09-17T14:21:00-04:00

The Architectural League of New York is getting ready to host this year's Beaux Arts Ball, a benefit for their programs taking place September 28 at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. Attendees will enjoy a night of festivities around the site-specific installation, 16 Salt Tarps, Half Red Half White, a response to this year’s theme and the Navy Yard’s history by Landing Studio.

Thanks to The Architectural League, Archinect is giving away two pairs of tickets to three of our readers!

This year’s theme, Vector, celebrates the flow of ideas, goods, and people through global networks of communication and exchange. For a chance to win, follow us on instagram @archinect and leave the #BeauxArtsBall18 hashtag in the comment section of an image on our account that best represents this year's Vector theme by Friday, September 21st, 12 PM EST.

Only your first comment will count. Three winners will be announced next Monday, September 24. Best of luck!

Tickets start at $100. 21+ only. Festive attire...

Win a copy of Joseph Choma's “Études for Architects”, a book of pedagogical design games for architects

2018-08-08T12:25:00-04:00

Design Topology Lab founder and architectural educator Joseph Choma is back with a new pedagogical book called “Études for Architects”, which comes a few years after his acclaimed “MORPHING: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers”.

If you're a new student to design or maybe you want to refresh your skills, this book features a series of pedagogical games that architects can play as a means to design. Thanks to publisher Routledge and Joseph Choma, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Photo courtesy of Joseph Choma.

Written in straightforward text and featuring explanatory diagrams, the book's learning objectives include: computational thinking and making; introduction to design as an iterative, reflective, and rigorous process; ideas of continuity and discontinuity; and understanding the bias and constraints of analog and digital tooling. It also includes compelling examples of student work to e...

Win a copy of “Making LA Modern: Craig Ellwood—Myth, Man, Designer”!

2018-06-14T11:58:00-04:00

An icon of California midcentury modernism, architect Craig Ellwood exemplified refined decadence — whether it was his lifestyle or the luxurious spaces he designed throughout Southern California in the 1950s and '60s. “MAKING L.A. MODERN: Craig Ellwood—Myth, Man, Designer”, edited by designer Michael Boyd, is the first book in over a decade to examine the architect's glamorous life and design legacy. Thanks to publisher Rizzoli New York, Archinect is giving away five copies to our readers!

Featuring Ellwood's photographic collaborations with Julius Shulman and others, this hardcover, 240-page book explores the architect's brand of “playboy architecture”, depicted in the nostalgic, dreamy paradise of midcentury Los Angeles — palm trees, Herman Miller furniture, the Pacific Ocean, fashion models. His minimalist, glamorous designs suggested the coveted laidback lifestyle of ...

Win a copy of “Mobitecture: Architecture on the Move”!

2018-04-25T12:11:00-04:00

Mobile architecture has been around for centuries, yet it's as popular as ever today. Looking for some design inspiration? “Mobitecture: Architecture on the Move” is a fun little reference book that spotlights a vast collection of architectural designs that roll, inflate, pop up, slide, and float — from the whimsical and the practical, to the rustic and the deluxe. Thanks to Phaidon, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Authored by Rebecca Roke, this 320-page, hardcover book features over 250 projects worldwide. Projects are organized into eight chapters based on their primary means of mobility: Human, No Wheels, One & Two Wheels, Three Wheels, Four Wheels, 5+ Wheels, Sleds+, and Water.

Mobile Kitchen, Geneva University of Art and Design, Switzerland, 2013. Steel framing, plywood, plasterboard, wheels, kitchenware. Photo credit: Emmanuelle Bayart.

Walking Shelter, Sibling, Australia, 2008. Polyester, rope, plastic buckles. Photo credit: Tin&Ed.

Bicycle Tear...

Win a copy of “The Complete Zaha Hadid” expanded and updated edition!

2018-03-30T12:00:00-04:00

Zaha Hadid was a force to be reckoned with throughout her illustrious 40-year career. From her early experimentations to her posthumously completed buildings, over 200 of Hadid's projects are surveyed in a newly expanded and updated edition of the book, “The Complete Zaha Hadid”. Thanks to publisher Thames & Hudson, Archinect is giving away five copies to our readers!

Prepared in collaboration with Zaha Hadid Architects, the hardcover book features an introduction by Aaron Betsky, dean of the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture. “Zaha Hadid boldly explored,” Betsky writes. “She slowed down and accelerated the rhythms of everyday life, and she subjected her environment to the surgical exposition of architecture as a form of representation.”

THE COMPLETE ZAHA HADID Expanded and Updated, 2018. Published by Thames & Hudson.

THE COMPLETE ZAHA HADID Expanded and Updated, 2018. Published by Thames & Hudso...

Win a Copy of “WORKac: We’ll Get There When We Cross That Bridge”!

2018-03-01T12:00:00-05:00

In their latest “duograph”, as WORKac co-founders Amale Andraos and Dan Wood call it, “WORKac: We'll Get There When We Cross That Bridge” revisits the firm's formative projects that shaped their practice to what it is today. Thanks to The Monacelli Press, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Encased in a hardcover accented with bright colors and various paper stocks and page sizes, the book spotlights WORKac's core principle since its founding in 2003: an “utterly personal, ongoing conversation about what architecture could become,” Andraos and Wood write in the introduction.

Anthropologie, Dos Lagos retail store. Photo: Bruce Damonte.

Stealth Building. Photo: Bruce Damonte.

Some of the projects include the biodegradable Public Farm 1 at MoMA PS1, the first two buildings of Edible Schoolyards NYC, an addition to the Blaffer Art Museum in Houston, their proposal for the Beirut Museum of Art, and the Kew Gardens Hills Library expansion in Queens that was fina...

Win “Mass Timber: Design and Research" by Susan Jones!

2018-02-06T12:00:00-05:00

“Mass Timber Design and Research” by architect Susan Jones, the owner of Seattle-based atelierjones, is a handy resource for learning about the emergence of Mass Timber construction technology in the U.S. Thanks to publisher ORO Editions, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

The book presents years of research by Jones' firm, her family, and her University of Washington students. As a prominent voice in the Mass Timber dialogue in the U.S., Jones' book starts with the story of her family's sustainable forest practices that have been going on for three generations.

Tree tenderers. Photo courtesy of ORO Editions.

Vaagen Brothers Lumber. Photo courtesy of ORO Editions.

Photo courtesy of ORO Editions.

The book delves into Pacific Northwest forestry, timber and Cross-Laminated Timber manufacturing practices and carbon analysis, and carbon comparisons between standard building construction assemblies and technologies.

It concludes with model buildings designed ...

Win John Cary's book, “Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone”

2018-01-22T12:00:00-05:00

Esteemed designer and entrepreneur John Cary created the book “Design for Good: A New Era of Architecture for Everyone” to bring attention to impactful designs that address critical issues of inequity and accessibility, as well as challenge the widespread assumption that good design is a luxury. Thanks to publisher Island Press, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

The book starts with a foreword by philanthropist Melinda Gates. “Great design is not a finite resource; it is a choice we can all make by listening more, empathizing more, and demanding more for humanity,” Gates writes.

The book highlights 20 human-centered projects from around the world that not only demonstrate how design can elevate communities, but how it can be achieved. It features in-depth interviews with designers, clients, and users, alongside full-color photographs.

St. Jerome's Children's Centre in Murunyu, Nakuru, Kenya, by Orkidstudio. Photo: Odysseas Mourtzouchos.

Women's Opportu...

Win Fairy Tales Architecture Competition Volumes 1-3!

2018-01-05T12:00:00-05:00

Over the last five years, the Fairy Tales Architecture Competition by Blank Space has surely made an impact, welcoming everyone from students to Pritzker Prize laureates to write their very own architecture-themed story. From the pragmatic and poignant to the fantastical and snarky, Fairy Tales Architecture Competition Volumes 1-3 lets you re-read your favorite tales or discover a story you might've missed the first time. In collaboration with Blank Space, Archinect is giving away five sets of Fairy Tales Architecture Competition Volumes 1-3 to our readers!

Designed by Bruce Mau Design, each volume revisits the 2014-16 competitions. Each paperback book features the winning entries and a delightful selection of notable submissions in full-color illustrations.

“A Thousand and One Nights” by Xinran Ma.

“Course of Empire” by Aidan Doyle and Sarah Wan (Wandoy Studio)

“Up Above” by Ariane Merle d’Aubigné & Jean Maleyrat

HOW TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY:

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Win a “Concrete New York” map city guide!

2017-11-30T12:00:00-05:00

Explore New York City the (mostly) old-fashioned way with the “Concrete New York” Map, the latest paper architectural map by Blue Crow Media. This unique two-sided city guide highlights a selection of NYC's most celebrated concrete buildings as a gateway to discovering historic gems like Battery Hill at Fort Tilden or contemporary works like Steven Holl Architects’ Hunters Point Community Library or Dattner Architects' Spring Street Salt Shed. Thanks to Blue Crow Media, Archinect is giving away five Concrete New York maps to our readers!

The foldable map includes an intro by Brooklyn-based writer Allison C. Meier, photographs by Jason Woods, and project details of over 50 of NYC's concrete buildings and structures, including Frank Lloyd Wright’s Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, Marcel Breuer’s Brutalist Begrisch Hall, and the Eero Saarinen-designed TWA Flight Center.

Detail of the Concrete New York map. Image courtesy of Blue Crow Media.

Begrisch Hall at Bronx Community College by Marce...

Win LOT-EK's latest monograph, “LOT-EK: Objects + Operations”

2017-11-10T12:24:00-05:00

New York-based design practice LOT-EK showcases their crafty upcycling of ordinary objects in their latest monograph, “LOT-EK: Objects + Operations”. Want to learn more about the practice's design process? Thanks to publisher The Monacelli Press, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers!

Featuring a hardcover designed by MTWTF, the 400-page book was authored by LOT-EK founding partners Ada Tolla and Giuseppe Lignano with architectural writer Thomas de Monchaux.

Qiyun Mountain Camp in Huangshan, China. Photo by Noah Sheldon.

LOT-EK's UrbanScan61. Photo courtesy of The Monacelli Press.

Readers can peruse LOT-EK's built, unbuilt, and in-progress works — such as their shipping container projects — as well as their exploration of ideas. The projects are accompanied by photos from the firm's ongoing URBAN SCAN project, a “raw and observational” photo documentation that “focuses on man-made objects and systems and the way they proliferate, accumulate, overlap and inte...

Win “New Architects 3: Britain's Best Emerging Practices”!

2017-10-03T12:00:00-04:00

Want to brush up on the emerging talent from British architecture? Archinect readers now have a chance to win a copy of the latest volume of “New Architects: Britain's Best Emerging Practices”, thanks to Merrell Publishers.

Cover of “New Architects 3”

Since The Architecture Foundation began the “New Architects” series in 1998, the third edition continues the series' tradition of showcasing new generations of architects. Bounded in a shiny hardcover, “New Architects 3” is a 320-page guide to over 85 young, up-and-coming architecture practices that were selected by a jury of architectural professionals.

Platform 5 Architects, Lewisham Southwark College Business Centre atrium. Photo courtesy of Merrell Publishers.

Invisible Studio. Photo: Andy Matthews, courtesy of Merrell Publishers.

The book presents a comprehensive expert assessment of each featured practice, along with a total of 450 color illustrations of the firms' recent projects and contact details. It also offers an overview o...

Winner of the Instrmnt K-series watch giveaway

2017-09-21T13:00:00-04:00

In Archinect's latest giveaway our readers had the chance to win a brand new K-series watch by Glasgow based design studio Instrmnt. Unlike their previous watches this series has an Italian made NBR compound rubber strap and new colour palette made up of fixed dilutions of 100% black. In case you missed our interview with one of the founders, Ross Baynham read it here now.

The lucky winner is Dylan Davies

Thanks to everyone who participated!

Win “The Structure of Design: An Engineer’s Extraordinary Life in Architecture” by Leslie E. Robertson!

2017-09-01T12:00:00-04:00

“The Structure of Design: An Engineer's Extraordinary Life in Architecture” examines the long career of Leslie Earl Robertson, one of the most celebrated structural engineers in modern architecture. Thanks to publisher The Monacelli Press, Archinect is giving away five copies of the book to our readers! Read on for more about the book.

In this personal and accessible chronicle of the engineer's innovative career, Robertson details the partnerships and problem-solving that have forged classics of modern architecture including the IBM buildings in Pittsburgh and Seattle, the World Trade Center in New York, AT&T Headquarters in New York, the Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, the Bank of China Tower in Hong Kong, the Suzhou Museum, the Miho Museum Bridge, and the Shanghai World Financial Center.

Photo courtesy of The Monacelli Press.

Among other key projects, this book delves into the extensive collaborations with titans of architectural practice, as well as leading sculptors of ...

Win a set of “50 Urban Blocks” designing flash cards!

2017-08-24T12:00:00-04:00

50 Urban Blocks is the first in a collection of designing cards (available in English and Spanish) aimed to simplify architectural design, by a+t architecture publishers. This first set of cards contains 50 examples of how to design a block, how to organize space and ultimately how to build the city. Thanks to a+t, Archinect is giving away two sets of the “50 Urban Blocks” cards to our readers!

Image courtesy of a+t architecture publishers.

Each of the 55 13 x 8 cm double-sided cards proposes a possible urban form including measurements and data on density in the city. Their reduced size and individual format mean that it is possible to lay out the 50 urban forms proposed in the pack all at once in front of you — a difficult task in the case of a book or a magazine. This means that architects can compare, order and disorder the cards so as to select the ones which best adapt to their scenario and combine the different forms to design their project. 50 Urban Blocks is especially usefu...

Winners of the “Elastic Architecture” book giveaway

2017-08-21T14:23:00-04:00

In Archinect's latest book giveaway, our readers had a chance to win “Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture”. Authored by Stephen Phillips, SPARCHS principal and an architecture professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the book delves into Kiesler's interdisciplinary research and design practice and its lasting impact.

The five lucky winners are:

Jeff in Little Rock, AR
Richard in Englewood, CO
Philip in Bedford, MA
Michael in Morro Bay, CA
Justin in Knoxville, TN

Congrats to all the winners! Thanks to everyone who participated.

Archidoodle Giveaway - Complete the doodle and you could win the Archidoodle Bundle or a drawing by Steve Bowkett

2017-08-08T05:34:00-04:00

To celebrate the release of Archidoodle Postcards on the 28th August we have launched a competition inviting Archinect readers to share their very best Archidoodle drawings. The winners will be chosen by author Steve Bowkett with the top three receiving an Archidoodle bundle and one lucky winner a doodle of their home by Steve himself.

Save or download the image and complete the form to enter. Deadline 27th August.

Fans of Archidoodle and Archidoodle City can now send their best doodles through the post! 20 postcards containing images from the books can be doodled on and coloured. Share your best bridge design with a friend or wow your relatives with your futuristic cityscape. Archidoodle Postcards is the ideal gift for architects of all ages.

Win “Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture”!

2017-07-28T10:30:00-04:00

“Elastic Architecture: Frederick Kiesler and Design Research in the First Age of Robotic Culture” is the first scholarly book on the architecture of Frederick Kiesler, who was once dubbed as the “the greatest non-building architect of our time” by Philip Johnson back in 1960. Authored by Stephen Phillips, SPARCHS principal and an architecture professor at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, the 384-page hardcover book delves into Kiesler's interdisciplinary research and design practice.

Thanks to publisher MIT Press, Archinect is giving away five copies of “Elastic Architecture” to our readers! Read on for more.

Frederick Kiesler, concept of “expansion.” Saks Fifth Avenue show window, New York, 1929. Photograph by Karl John Worsinger. From Frederick Kiesler, Contemporary Art Applied to the Store and Its Display, 1930.

According to Phillips, Frederick Kiesler “established a new career trajectory for architects not as master builders, but as research practitioners whose innovative means and me...