This architect crafts detailed illustrations of the hotel rooms she stays in

2022-04-01T17:22:00-04:00

Architect Kei Endo has a fascinating hobby: While traveling, she measures and sketches her hotel rooms, including the furniture and objects within them, in great detail……draws them up with a Rapidograph……and renders them in watercolor.

Endo, a graduate out of the Tokyo University of the Arts with experience as a practicing architect, currently works at an environmental color planning office. Her work as an illustrator has gained acclaim, though, as she’s produced an array of incredibly detailed drawings of the hotel rooms she visits.

Endo’s work can be viewed on her Twitter and Instagram. She also uploads videos of her illustrating process on her YouTube channel “Draw with KEI”.

Video via Draw with KEI on YouTube

"Archimusic" renders famous musicians into characteristic buildings

2014-06-17T17:12:00-04:00

Illustrator Federico Babina from Barcelona looks to some of the world's most influential musicians in his latest series, "Archimusic." Depicted in Babina's signature whimsical style, he architecturally renders 27 familiar names in various music genres like J.S. Bach, Miles Davis, The Beatles, Michael Jackson, Björk, Freddie Mercury, and Radiohead.

Maybe these drawings can spark a few creative notes (pun totally intended) of inspiration.

The buildings surely emphasize the enduring fame of these musicians, with some of them even resembling their physical appearances. Based on mere sightreading, the few measures of notes right below could also perhaps be a hint at the musician's musical personality.

Previously on Archinect news:
"Archibet": if architects designed an alphabet...
André Chiote illustrates the role of iconic buildings in the "urban collective memory"

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This architect crafts detailed illustrations of the hotel rooms she stays in

"Archimusic" renders famous musicians into characteristic buildings