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

Apple has publicly unveiled the Apple Vision Pro, which the company describes as a “revolutionary spatial computer that seamlessly blends digital content with the physical world.” The device is set to be available for purchase in the U.S. early in 2024, with a starting price of $3,499. Image... View full entry

The Israeli startup SWAPP has raised $11.5 million in funding for its solution for the streamlined creation and management of architectural construction documents. The platform, which has now raised $18.5 million since its founding, describes itself as providing clients with “AI-powered... View full entry

Autodesk has unveiled a new software program that integrates automation and artificial intelligence-powered insights. Autodesk Forma is described by the company as an “industry cloud” that will use AI to “simplify the exploration of design concepts, offload repetitive tasks, and help... View full entry

An immersive new VR experience tool developed by Arup called VR95 is helping architects and urban designers immerse themselves in the unique perspective of children in the hopes of creating a better environment for them to dwell in. Arup feels this is an important venture as... View full entry

This post is brought to you by Enscape Enscape’s in-house architect and 3D artist, Samir Mujovi, explains that a big part of his job is creating projects for the company's product releases. These projects get used in Enscape's promotional materials, including the videos that have... View full entry

Following last week’s look at an opening for an Architectural Designer at Vessel Technologies, we are using this week’s edition of our Job Highlights series to explore an open position on Archinect Jobs for an Assistant Professor of XR Technologies at Arizona State University. Based at the... View full entry

A new metric measuring the amount of carbon reduced in reuse projects is changing the way practitioners of the built environment can quantify the success of retrofit projects of all types and sizes.  Architecture 2030’s new CARE (Carbon Avoided Retrofit Estimator) Tool is a way of providing... View full entry

At the Smart City Expo World Congress in Barcelona, MVRDV’s computational design arm MVRDV NEXT, multidisciplinary planning organization Superworld, and the Municipality of Rotterdam announced RoofScape, a software that visualizes potential uses for rooftops in Rotterdam.  RoofScape was... View full entry

Arup has announced the creation of a dataset which catalogs the whole life carbon emissions of buildings in its portfolio. The dataset, unveiled to coincide with COP27, has so far calculated the emissions for almost 1,000 Arup projects across 30 countries. The data represents an effort by Arup to... View full entry

Earlier this month, we used our Job Highlights series to ask the question: ‘What does a building scientist do, and how can architects become one?’ Our vehicle to answer this question was an open position at Boston-based Payette, whose search for a building scientist to join the practice... View full entry

This post is brought to you by Enscape. Visualization from Enscape just keeps getting better. The latest version of the fast, simple real-time visualization plugin, Enscape 3.4, is more powerful and user-friendly than ever. With intuitive new feature updates, the most recent release empowers... View full entry