Throughout history, drawing has been the essential medium of conveying architectural ideas, operating on multiple levels, from the practical application of serving the construction process to the more ...

Here’s why the analog tool is making a comeback—and how a simple pencil stroke is reshaping the future of design.

As computers have increasingly eclipsed the notion of pencil-in-hand, has the art of the architectural sketch been lost to the ages? Drawing from Practice, Architects and the Meaning of ...

Returning after a two-year hiatus, RECORD’s Cocktail Napkin Sketch Contest was founded in 2010 to showcase the passion and skills of a diverse group of architects and designers and honor the legacy of ...

Adriano Marinazzo, scholar-in-residence at the Muscarelle Museum of Art at the College of William & Mary, has discovered what he believes to be Michelangelo’s first sketch of the Sistine Chapel. After ...

Turn your hand-drawn sketches into polished digital drawings! Learn the essential steps to scan, clean up, and enhance your architectural sketches in Photoshop — a must-know workflow for students and ...

A professional architect, Eric Reinholt, talks about the points for efficient drawing and tips on how to draw ideas and draw sketches as drafts of paintings. Mechanical pencil with a thickness of ...

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The ability to draw well is one of the most coveted skills in architecture. Unfortunately for those without an innate gift for sketching, it's also one of the most difficult to learn—even if it can, ...

A 1975 graduate of the University of Texas School of Architecture, Phil Pokorny says he began drawing “as soon as I was able to grasp a pencil.” In his winning sketches, he depicts a stubby, nearly ...