The growing presence of biomimicry in architectural design takes the spotlight in Hypernatural: Architecture's New Relationship with Nature, authored by architecture and materials academic experts Blaine Brownell and Marc Swackhamer from the University of Minnesota. Published by Princeton... View full entry

In the latest giveaway on Archinect, Dwell gave away two sets of 3-day passes to their Dwell on Design Los Angeles trade-show, which opens tomorrow at the Los Angeles Convention Center through Sunday, May 31.After Archinectors commented on what they're looking forward to most in the event, the... View full entry

We're excited to announce that we're giving away two sets of 3-Day Passes (4 tickets total) for the fast-approaching 2015 Dwell on Design, taking place at the Los Angeles Convention Center in downtown Los Angeles on May 29-31. If you haven't registered for the event yet, why not take a shot at... View full entry

In Archinect's latest book giveaway, we received over 100 responses for MORPHING: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers. Authored by Design Topology Lab founder Joseph Choma, Morphing is a pedagogical guide that can help architects, designers, students, and... View full entry

MORPHING: A Guide to Mathematical Transformations for Architects and Designers is not your high school math coursebook. Authored by Design Topology Lab founder Joseph Choma, Morphing is a pedagogical guide that can help architects, designers, students, and whoever is interested in the topic to... View full entry

In our most recent giveaway, Archinectors had a chance to win a copy of "Archibet" by architect and illustrator Federico Babina, whose popularity has grown due to his quaint illustration series that combine his love for architecture and drawing.With only 26 letters in the English alphabet and... View full entry

Architect and graphic designer Federico Babina has become popular for his whimsical illustration series that fuse together his love for architecture and drawing. This includes his "Archibet" series, where famous modernist and contemporary architects like Alvar Aalto, Luis Barragán, Herzog de... View full entry

We're excited to announce the three lucky winners of Archinect's giveaway contest in collaboration with Tiny Modernism.In order to win one of the adorable architectural toddler t-shirts and baby onesies, we had asked you to tell us which dream combination of any four architects would adorn your... View full entry

With the holiday season now officially upon us, the annual gift shopping panic has quickly picked up steam — and knowing how notoriously hard architects and designers are to shop for, doesn't make things any easier.One of our favorite gift ideas 'tis season are the adorable architectural toddler... View full entry

Written by Yale University lecturer and practitioner Carter Wiseman, Writing Architecture: A Practical Guide to Clear Communication About the Built Environment is a guidebook recently published by Trinity University Press that discusses the techniques of writing architecture that is accessible and... View full entry

As we know, having the ability to communicate ideas behind an architectural design is crucial in the architectural profession. But perhaps what's more important is knowing how to write about architecture in a way that is accessible and appealing to non-architectural folks as well, considering that... View full entry

We're excited to announce that we're giving away two Design Trade 2-Day Passes for the upcoming 2014 Dwell on Design, taking place in New York for the first time at 82Mercer in SoHo from October 9-11. If you haven't registered for the event yet, why not take a shot at winning a free pass? (And if... View full entry

We're excited to announce the two lucky winners who will get to attend the Architectural League of New York's Beaux Arts Ball 2014: Craft, happening at the historic Weylin B. Seymour's in Brooklyn, NY this Saturday!The winners are:Brian P., NYCGeorge D., NYCCongrats to you both! Hope you (and your... View full entry

The Architectural League of New York's Beaux Arts Ball 2014: Craft on September 20 is coming up! Tickets to the festive event are currently on sale, but guess what: Archinect is giving away two pairs of tickets to two lucky readers! (two tickets for each winner)TO ENTER THE GIVEAWAY: In the... View full entry

We have some winners to announce for a couple of our recent book giveaways.A copy of A Place in the Sun: Green Living and the Solar Home is en route to the following lucky Archinect readers:Madelene M. in New York, NYZach M. in Chicago, ILMatthew W. in Somerset, NJDaniel D. in Dallas, TXWendy A... View full entry