Month: August 2022

ai generated construction documents

Stephen Coorlas, founder of Coorlas Architects based in Chicago, USA, has recently delved beyond the realm of physical architectural design with his experimental project ‘Speculations on AI and Architecture’. This new project attempts to expand the potential of current technological capabilities within the discipline of architecture, pushing it to move forward and adapt with the evolutionary processes of technology. Exploring how artificial intelligence (AI) can be trained to produce architectural details, connections, intersections and assembly sequences, Stephen Coorlas’ study takes a speculative glimpse at Midjourney. The text-to-image generator driven by AI is utilized to create traditional construction documents for modern precast concrete houses, resulting initially in speculative axonometric drawings. He then further experiments with bringing these 2D Midjourney images to life using depth maps and online animation tools, presenting both processes in video tutorials.

all images by Stephen Coorlas

stephen coorlas speculates ai and architecture

A new book by London-based writer Harriet Thorpe and photographer Taran Wilkhu is exploring the very best in sustainable architecture by offering a deep dive into some of the most impressive examples across the city.

Published by Hoxton Mini Press, “The Sustainable City: London’s Greenest Architecture” is offered as a celebration of the architects and designers who are working to ensure their buildings have a positive legacy. The transformative nature of architecture in its most positive sense is profiled throughout, with original photographs by Wilkhu paired alongside Thorpe’s descriptive case studies.

In her introduction, Thorpe says, “Cities hold the key to our sustainable future on Earth. For, at this moment in time, cities present both a pressing problem and a potentially world-changing solution.” She continues, “As much as this book is about architecture, it’s about people, too – those working together to design the city, and

There’s lots of inspiration to be had at the Kirkland Museum in Denver: paintings, sculpture, among a host of other items, to be sure. But the gift of a lamp is what inspired a new exhibition with a familiar name attached.

“Frank Lloyd Wright Inside the Walls” illuminates the relationship between Wright’s architecture — what he’s best known for — and his decorative art, including that lamp.

Around a dozen of Wright’s building projects, including the Imperial Hotel (Tokyo)the Price Tower (Oklahoma)and the Austin House (South Carolina) are represented in the Kirkland Museum’s permanent collection of decorative art objects. But it was the story of the lamp that sparked the idea for this unique exhibit.

The lamp, however, didn’t start out as a lamp, but rather as two separate works of glass art. Frank Lloyd Wright glass expert Julie Sloan recognized the art glass pieces

Stewart Avenue Residence / Brillhart Architecture

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Text description provided by the architects. Located in Miami’s most extreme food zone, this waterfront project by Brillhart Architecture offers a new design aesthetic for elevated coastal architecture. The Stewart Avenue residence not only tackles environmental challenges from an adaptation and resilience point of view but also incorporates inventive architectural devices that offer conceptual, material-based strategies – elevating Miami’s waterfront landscape.

After Brad Herman went through Hurricane Irma in 2017, he knew it was time to build something new. His original 1923 home — located on a canal just 900 feet from Biscayne Bay in a desirable South Coconut Grove neighborhood — had sustained significant damage from hurricanes and tropical storms, beginning with Wilma in 2005, just months after he purchased