Architects need some love too. Here's a selection of Valentine's Day cards an architect would approve

2019-02-14T14:38:00-05:00

Whether you're a fan of Valentine's Day or would rather ignore it altogether, the month of February always stirs contemplation of whether or not a friendly greeting is needed. Thanks to ArchDaily's annual Valentine's Day card submissions and PlanningLove.com's urban-planner themed designs there's sure to be a card fit for your special someone.

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Without plans for Valentine's Day and in the Los Angeles area? Join us tonight from 6pm - 8pm at Archinect Outpost where we celebrate the newly published Concrete Los Angeles Maps by Blue Crow Media. Show your love for concrete and the city of Los Angeles! Click here about tonight's event.

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...

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Architects need some love too. Here's a selection of Valentine's Day cards an architect would approve

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