Archinect is pleased to reveal the winners of the Generative Futures: AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge!  The competition invited participants to develop creative and original submissions, welcoming various storytelling formats and genres, such as allegories, love stories, horror... View full entry

Ignorance to navigate the maelstrom by Mel Lewis  The Earth is a theme park, fully subdued to oblige us… and well our literate animal friends. Its visual primal beauty, reconstructed from the archeological suggestions of three hundred million years ago, fed into the computer to... View full entry

Blueprints of Belonging: Architecture in the Age of AI by Kyle Branchesi Welcome to the journey of Maria, a young architect, and her AI muse, Calida. Together, they navigate the complex urban landscape of Los Angeles, grappling with a mission far beyond merely building structures. Their quest... View full entry

The Last Flesh and Blood Architect by Juan Manuel Prieto Human-designed and built architecture was dying out. Hans knew this well, for he had followed it all his days, and he clung to it with a love greater than his need. Many times, he had been urged to give up his old-fashioned ways and... View full entry

Dystopian Dreams and Gigabyte Gleams by Mason Miles Forming a representation of a nature-infused city of the future, hybridizing optimism and entropy, the project lends a satirical outlook on the AI city. The images are each accompanied by a correlating haiku, prodding at what the future may hold... View full entry

Maurice's Last Shift by Tim Papienski Just after dawn, as light rain pattered down on the tarps of the construction site, Maurice stepped gently, trying not to land in the mud. As he passed through the guarded entrance, the banner above proudly proclaimed “847 days without a workplace... View full entry

Archinect's Lexicon focuses on newly invented or adopted vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term that was recently cited in our conversation with Molly Wright Steenson on the historic relationship between architecture and artificial... View full entry

Archinect's Lexicon focuses on newly invented or adopted vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term that featured heavily in our recent conversation with Felecia Davis on biases in artificial intelligence. "Positionality" refers to the social... View full entry

Archinect's Lexicon focuses on newly invented (or adopted) vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term that recently found prominence with the unveiling of the new Apple Vision Pro device. "Spatial computing" represents a fusion of diverse... View full entry

Archinect's Lexicon focuses on newly invented (or adopted) vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term that was recently presented in an Archinect feature article on the architectural implications of generative AI tools such as... View full entry

Zaha Hadid Architects has offered The New York Times an insight into how the firm has deployed artificial intelligence in workplace design. Times writer Farah Nayeri spoke with Arjun Kaicker and Ulrich Blum from Zaha Hadid Analytics + Insights (ZHAI) which uses data and artificial intelligence to... View full entry

Archinect's Lexicon focuses on newly invented (or adopted) vocabulary within the architectural community. For this installment, we're featuring a term that has risen to prominence with the advent of generative AI tools such as ChatGPT and DALL-E. "Hallucination" in the context of... View full entry

Following the launch of Archinect's Generative Futures: An AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge, we are very happy to see the first wave of submissions roll in well ahead of the June 12 deadline next week. The competition invites architects, designers, students, and storytellers to imagine the... View full entry

Interested in entering Archinect's Generative Futures: An AI + Architecture Storytelling Challenge? You're not too late yet! With the submission deadline set to next Monday, June 12th, prospective entrants still have one week left to imagine the future of architecture and the built environment... View full entry

A new law is set to take effect in New York City, which will regulate how companies can use artificial intelligence in hiring decisions. Enforcement of NYC 144 will begin on July 5th, 2023, requiring companies using AI software in the hiring process to notify candidates that such software is... View full entry