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Take Our Survey on AI in Architectural Design and Win a 0 Amazon Gift Card!
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Take Our Survey on AI in Architectural Design and Win a $500 Amazon Gift Card!

By Zarkon Group,

For architects looking to stay at the forefront of their profession, embracing cutting-edge technologies is key. Arguably the hottest topic in this realm is artificial intelligence (AI), with emerging AI-powered tools promising to revolutionize creative workflows and practice as a whole. However, the rapid evolution of these tools and their implementation makes it challenging to uncover the true state of AI in architecture today — and understand how AI might shape the future of the industry.

To this end, Architizer has partnered with AEC software developer Chaos to launch a new global survey in an effort to gain valuable insights into the present and future possibilities of AI in architectural design. This survey has been created primarily to gather perspectives of architects and other designers who have begun experimenting with AI in their daily workflow.

As a token of appreciation, one lucky respondent will win a $500 Amazon gift card courtesy of Chaos! (Terms and conditions apply). The survey is open until February 9, and should take no longer than 10 minutes for participants to complete. Hit the button below to get started:

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Help Us Measure the Impact of AI in Architecture

In collaboration with Chaos, this industry survey aims to capture insights about how architectural firms are currently integrating AI into their design processes and their expectations for the future. Your participation will contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the industry, influencing the direction of AI implementation in architectural design.

The survey will delve into various aspects, including demographic details of you and your firm, the types of projects you specialize in, your experience with current AI tools and techniques in use, and which stages of the design process AI is impacting most.

Additionally, we seek your views on the future of AI in architectural design, exploring potential advancements in collaboration, design tools, cost-effectiveness, ethics and the impact of AI on creativity and innovation.

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Benefits of Participation

By participating in the survey, you not only contribute to the collective knowledge of the architectural community but also gain valuable insights into the present and future trends of AI in architectural design. The results will be summarized in a white paper, shared exclusively with survey respondents, providing benchmarks and information to enhance your firm’s approach to AI-driven design.

Moreover, your participation automatically enters you into a draw to win a $500 Amazon gift card, providing a fantastic opportunity to invest in tools, resources, or treat yourself to something special.

We encourage you to share this article with your colleagues and peers in the architectural community. The more responses we gather, the richer the data, and the better insights we can offer about the present and future of AI in architectural design!

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How to Participate

Participating in Architizer and Chaos’s AI in Architectural Design Survey is easy. Simply click here to access the questionnaire. Endeavor to ensure that your responses accurately represent your firm’s practices and opinions, as far as possible.

Architizer and Chaos invites you to contribute your insights on AI to help move the profession forwards. Your responses have the potential to inform the trajectory of AI implementation in the industry, identifying areas for improvement and innovation.

We value your participation and appreciate your dedication to advancing architectural design with AI. Begin the survey today and be part of envisioning the future of architectural innovation!

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Take Our Survey on the Future of Architectural Visualization and Win a 0 Amazon Gift Card!
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Take Our Survey on the Future of Architectural Visualization and Win a $500 Amazon Gift Card!

By Zarkon Group,

Architectural visualization plays a crucial role in bringing designs to life and communicating ideas effectively. As the industry continues to evolve, it is important to gather insights from professionals like you to understand the present landscape and envision the future of architectural visualization.

In partnership with Chaos and Enscape, Architizer invites you to participate in a global industry survey to share your experiences and perspectives. As a token of our appreciation, one lucky respondent will have the chance to win a $500 Amazon gift card! (Terms and conditions apply).

The survey will open very soon (click here and sign up to the newsletter to be one of the first to know when it’s live!) and should take no longer than 5 minutes to complete.

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Help Shape the Future of Architectural Visualization

Built in collaboration with Chaos, a world leader in 3D visualization technology, this key industry survey aims to capture valuable insights about architecture firms’ visualization workflows, together with their expectations for the future. By participating, you’ll contribute to a comprehensive understanding of the industry, which will help shape the direction of architectural visualization tools and technologies.

The survey covers a range of topics related to your firm and its visualization practices. Some of the key questions include demographic details of you and/or your firm, the types of work you specialize in, the visualization techniques and tools you utilize, the stages of the design process where you employ visualizations, and your experiences with real-time rendering software.

Additionally, we explore your views on the future of architectural visualization, including potential advancements in collaboration, design tools, cost-effectiveness, accessibility, and immersive technologies such as virtual reality.

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Benefits of Participating

By responding to the survey, you’ll not only contribute to the collective knowledge of the architectural community but also gain insights into the practices and trends in architectural visualization. The results will be summarized in the form of a white paper, which will be shared first with survey respondents. The report will provide valuable benchmarks and information for professionals like you to enhance their visualization workflows.

Furthermore, your participation enters you into a draw to win a $500 Amazon gift card, which could be a great opportunity to invest in tools, resources, or treat yourself to something special.

We encourage you to share this article with your colleagues and peers, including anyone you know who works in architectural visualization. The more respondents we receive, the richer the data, and the better insights we’ll be able to offer about the present and future of the industry!

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How to Participate

Participating in the Chaos / Enscape + Architizer Survey is easy. Simply visit [survey link] to access the questionnaire. The survey should take approximately [estimated time] to complete. Please ensure your responses accurately represent your firm’s practices and opinions.

Conclusion: Architizer invites you to contribute your insights to the Chaos / Enscape + Architizer Survey on the future of architectural visualization. Your responses will shape the trajectory of the industry and help identify areas for improvement and innovation. Don’t miss the opportunity to win a $500 Amazon gift card! We value your participation and appreciate your dedication to advancing the field of architectural visualization. Start the survey today and join us in envisioning the future of architectural visualization!

Disclaimer: The survey is organized in partnership with Chaos, who will provide the $500 Amazon gift card to one randomly selected respondent. Participants must comply with the survey terms and conditions to be eligible for the prize. Restrictions apply; see: http://amazon.com/gc-legal

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Aggressively Passive: Why Fierce Brand Competition Is a Huge Win for Green Architecture
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Aggressively Passive: Why Fierce Brand Competition Is a Huge Win for Green Architecture

By Zarkon Group,

Michael Ingui is a partner at Baxt Ingui Architects and the founder of Passive House Accelerator. The Accelerator is a catalyst for zero-carbon building and a collaborative media platform for practitioners, developers, and manufacturers working to create better buildings through Passive House design and construction.

We are in an incredibly exciting time as architects, designers and builders. Every day a new high-performance product enters the market, existing products are modified to perform better, and new solutions are identified. This is true whether the project is new construction or a retrofit, single-family or commercial. As the marketplace has expanded, more developers and owners have realized that they can build buildings that are healthier and more energy efficient with lower embodied carbon than in the past. Thanks to the growing competition and innovation within the market, these products also cost far less than they once did, and the kinds of sourcing difficulties that high-performance buildings experienced even five years ago are becoming a thing of the past, which has further contributed to the robust growth in the sector.

One of the most telling signs about the health of the emerging green building industry is the accelerated growth of Passive House construction across North America. Since 2014, the number of projects annually certified by Phius, one of two organizations through which one can obtain Passive House certification, has more than tripled. Meanwhile, the square footage of Phius-certified projects doubled from 2021 to 2022 — from 600,000 to 1.2 million square feet. This is in addition to the 37.5 million square feet of usable area certified by the Passive House Institute as of January 2023.

Left: Before, Right: After, Photography: John Muggenborg 

This would have been unthinkable less than a decade ago when Baxt Ingui Architects designed our first Passive House in Manhattan. Many of the challenges we faced were a lack of available materials and difficulty sourcing products. Passive House-quality windows on a brownstone receiving a full façade restoration was a first, and it required a public hearing. The window company, Zola Windows and Doors, collaborated with the Landmarks Preservation Commission and us to create a window they could approve. This helped pave the way for many successful Passive House projects to come. We are spoiled with the current options for readily available stock and custom skylights that meet Passive House standards, along with multiple interior and exterior shading options. For our first several Passive House townhouses, we were saved by a New Jersey-based custom skylight company, Fiore Skylights, who was able to help us work through many of the details we were doing for the first time on this project.

These kinds of growing pains stifled the growth of the high-performance building industry in North America. Design teams and manufacturers were hesitant to fully embrace what was often seen as an immature market. The lack of early adopters only compounded problems with access to materials and limited product options. Within the last few years, this hesitancy has eroded as sourcing networks have expanded and knowledge about the benefits of Passive House and high-performance construction has become more widespread. Consequently, the flood gates are now opening, and we are seeing loads of new high-performance products enter the market.

One of the most critical components to any high-performance construction project is the air barrier. When we began doing Passive House construction more than a decade ago, it was extremely difficult to source fluid-applied membrane air barriers in the U.S. Oftentimes, the only product that was readily available was manufactured by Sto Corp. Sto continues to be one of the air sealing products of choice for many, but now they have been joined by several others, including Intelligent Membranes, Partel, Rothoblaas, Prosoco and Pro Clima.

Finish Photography: Peter Peirce

Creating more airtight envelopes is certainly integral to improving building performance and pursuing Passive House certification, but it plays a more important role in buildings than you might think at first glance. Airtightness is a crucial part of the building’s wall system because it keeps the conditioned air inside separate from the unconditioned air outside. This translates into the lower heating and cooling costs associated with Passive House design.

Air sealing is also important from the perspective of occupant health. Rather than haphazardly finding pinholes and other seams or cracks through which to travel, all air that enters the building is directed through mechanical ventilation systems — another feature of Passive House construction. When outfitted with a filtration system, these ventilation systems can provide a constant supply of fresh air for occupants that is free of pollutants and allergens. For people with allergies in high pollen areas, this can be life-changing. For those who live in areas where wildfires are common, a more robust system outfitted with charcoal filters can keep their homes virtually smoke-free.

All-in-one mechanical systems (known as energy recovery ventilators [ERVs] or heat recovery ventilators [HRVs]) are currently available that provide not only mechanical ventilation, but also heating and cooling. What is truly impressive about these systems is their size. Products that have been developed by manufacturers like Minotair and Ephoca can fit in a closet. While this may seem undersized at first glance, when a building has been properly insulated and air sealed, the amount of energy it needs for heating and cooling drops precipitously. Therefore, the need for enormous mechanical systems disappears. Sometimes you don’t even need the heat at all. This winter, I only had to turn on the heat in my own Passive House certified home in Brooklyn for a few nights.

Finish Photography: Peter Peirce

Relatedly, the growth of heat pumps has been truly remarkable. Though they’ve been built by enormous manufacturers like Mistubishi, Daikan, and Fujitsu for years, they are becoming increasingly commonplace in new construction and retrofits. Rather than using natural gas or oil, heat pumps use electricity to efficiently heat and cool spaces, which helps reduce operational carbon emissions, particularly when paired with onsite and renewable energy generation. The same is true for electric and tankless water heaters, which will probably soon become industry standard.

The market for high-performance windows has also become exceptional, particularly in New York. In 2014, high-performance windows had to be ordered from Europe and there were only a few companies in the business of doing so. Moreover, most builders had never installed high-performance windows systems. Consequently, design options were limited, prices were outrageous, and months-long delays were inevitable.

Today, there are nearly two dozen high-performance window companies that include Zola Windows, Ikon Windows, Innotech Windows + Doors, EuroLine Windows, and Wythe Windows. Competition between these manufacturers is leading to innovations that are not only making high-performance more affordable, but also more varied. For designers, this means more options with respect to materials (wood, aluminum, or uPVC), dimensions, and configurations — including double hung. Builders are also far more accustomed to installing these systems and the process has gone from complicated (and sometimes contentious) to routine.

Another major change is that Landmarks Commissions have become more accustomed to high-performance retrofits. As I noted above, including a Passive House window on a townhouse just a few years ago almost always resulted in a months-long public hearing process. New York City’s Landmarks Preservation Commission was clear about what window companies had to achieve in order to be approved at staff level, and thankfully, window companies were able to successfully meet those requirements. This has been a significant game-changer, because window selection often drives the decision to pursue Passive House.

Finally, as the components that are necessary to make buildings more efficient become increasingly commonplace, a new generation of manufacturers is beginning to move beyond the problem of operational carbon and looking to how materials choices affect embodied carbon and human health. With respect to the former, this means using natural or recycled materials and manufacturing them without the use of fossil fuels. With respect to the latter, this means manufacturing products that do not release volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and harmful other chemicals during the beginning phase of their lifecycle (a process known as off-gassing).

Given the exponential growth in the high-performance marketplace that we’ve seen in just the last ten years, I believe the next decade is going to be defined by product innovation, improvements in sourcing, and new materials that ultimately make buildings healthier and more sustainable.

Judging for the 11th A+Awards is now underway! While awaiting the Winners, learn more about Architizer’s Vision Awards. The Early Entry Deadline on May 5th is fast approaching. Start your entry today >

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10 Architects Who Can – and Should – Win the Pritzker Prize
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10 Architects Who Can – and Should – Win the Pritzker Prize

By Zarkon Group,

Judging for the 11th A+Awards is now underway! While awaiting the Winners, prepare for the upcoming Architizer Vision Awards, honoring the best architectural photography, film, visualizations, drawings, models and the talented creators behind them. Learn more and register >

The 2023 Pritzker Prize has been announced and the winner’s reveal was met with mixed reactions. While some lauded the timeless elegance and simplicity of Chipperfield’s designs, others questioned why the institution would choose to elevate the “safe choice” and what values that conveys. For those in the latter camp, who met the announcement with a sigh, part of the constructive commentary was brainstorming architects who they’d like to see win.

While the Pritzker’s culture of naming a single figure rather than the teams of professionals who work to produce contemporary architecture remains questionable (the rules explicitly state that the prize must go to “a living architect or architects, but not to an architectural firm”), there are arguments for celebrating industry visionaries whose creative leadership guide the profession. Indeed, the prize is meant to “encourage and stimulate not only a greater public awareness of buildings but also inspire greater creativity within the architectural profession.” That said, the definition of architecture does not simply encompass buildings (scroll to see some landscape architects who have certainly “produced consistent and significant contributions to humanity and the built environment through the art of architecture.”).

Architizer’s A+Awards program was founded with the precise aim of countering the culture of starchitecture, which erases the very foundation of architectural practice: collaboration. However, we also believe in thought leaders, and the following selections exemplify the spirit of what we celebrate: architecture that builds a better future.

Marina Tabassum

Left: Marina Tabassum Kaethe17, Marina-tabassum-pimo-2023 (cropped), CC BY-SA 4.0; Right: Bait Ur Rouf Mosque অজ্ঞাত, বায়তুর রউফ মসজিদ, CC BY-SA 4.0

Climate, materials, site, culture, and local history are hallmarks of Marina Tabassum’s output. Her Dhaka-based studio was founded in 2005, and the Bangladeshi architect’s most famous work, the Bait Ur Rouf Mosque epitomizes the approach that she takes across her diverse oeuvre. There, a symphony of light sings in a rhythm of unexpected beams and bursts against the exposed terracotta walls. It’s pure poetry. But then, there are her more practical designs like Khudi Bari, a modular mobile housing unit that is light weight and easy to assemble and specifically designed for climate victims in her native Bangladesh. Hers is an architecture rooted in the past and built for the future. We need celebrate this type of innovative and humanitarian approach to design over and above the monumental and symbolic.

Tatiana Bilbao

We live in a time of crises. While the term “Housing Crisis” is used universally, the plagues most countries in distinct and different iterations. Mexico City-based architect Tatiana Bilbao has a long history of engaging with this crisis as it manifests in her hometown. Since having worked as an adviser for the Ministry of Urban Development and Housing in Mexico City for two years early in her career, Bilbao has acted as a leader of architectural discussions and research into affordable housing  — and not the anonymous cookie-cutter type that might come to mind. Beyond affordability, her designs consider how to build sustainable communities that are rooted in their locale. Tell me this doesn’t “demonstrates a combination of those qualities of talent, vision, and commitment,” that the Pritzker awards.

Kongjian Yu

While architectural enthusiasts outside of China may be less familiar with landscape architect Kongjian Yu, it’s time they started reading up. The founder of Turenscape has been on the forefront of adapting cities for a changing climate, and a longtime advocate of reversing assumptions about urban and regional development planning. Having coined the term “Sponge City,” his body of work is driven by an ecological approach to recovering the natural landscape of cities, and working with water rather than against it. While these projects may be rooted in ecology, the designer’s touch for adding a flare of tasteful manmade drama in a natural environment underlines the root belief of his studio; indeed, it is embedded in its name. The “Tu” refers to dirt, earth and land. Meanwhile, “Ren” denotes people, man and human beings. Together, “Turen” means earth man. This is the type of thinking all builders today must take.

Jeanne Gang

The world’s tallest woman-designed building, St. Regis Chicago, was constructed by Jeanne Gang and her studio. When it was completed in 2020, the tower that it overtook gain its title was none other the Aqua Tower, which was designed by the same architect. This simple fact speaks volumes about Jeanne Gang’s ambition, which is paired with seemingly limitless creative energy. Her contribution to 21st century skyscraper is undeniable, so it is fitting that she is based in Chicago, where the typology was first invented. Studio Gang’s portfolio is not limited to highrises, however, (although her team has masterminded plenty more innovative towers). For example, their latest adaptive reuse project makes a hopeful statement about the future while their addition to the American Museom of Natural History is an signifiant contribution to museum typology.

MVRDV (Winy Maas, Jacob van Rijs, and Nathalie de Vries)

Market Hall by MVRDV, Rotterdam, Netherlands

Since it was founded in 1993, this Rotterdam-based studio have been challenging public perceptions about what architecture can be and how it can evolve our definition of what a city is. Mixing typologies, upending formal expectations and urban relationships, and pushing the envelop of construction possibility, MVRDV does work that is anything but safe. Each project in their porfolio is delightfully unique, also challenging the traditional notion of an architect or firm developing an identifiable style. Instead, their projects are deeply rooted in an analysis of how buildings can activate (or re-activate) the urban fabric and the public, resulting in architecture that is place-specific, even if not rooted in tradition (subverting a common preconceived notion about contextual design). They also model how urban density does not need to come at the cost of traditional community bonds.

James Corner

As a path breaking landscape architect who has already been the first of his ilk to receive a handful of awards traditionally reserved for building designers, James Corner is well positioned to be the first landscape designer to win a Pritzker. His New York-based firm, which takes his name, crafts urban environments that are more than just green spaces; in addition to ecological benefits, his designs are undergirded by a deep concern with the social and the economic. Cornfield was at the forefront of thinking about post-industrial landscapes, and designs such as his famous High Line (in collaboration with Diller Scofidio + Renfro and Piet Oudolf) positioned him as a leader in the field, and redefined how the broader public view landscape architects and architecture. Since then, his firm has continued to push the bounds of public and industry understanding about urban public space and ecological remediation, reimagining aging infrastructure as “places to enchant.”

Frida Escobedo

Having skyrocketed to global fame in 2018 when she was named the youngest architect ever invited to design the Serpentine Pavilion (and only the second woman to do so), it should come as no surprise that Frida Escobedo is on this list. However, this is not why she deserves to be given the Pritzker. When she was named to takeover the MET wing design from this year’s laureate, the museum director Max Hollein put it best, saying “In her practice, she wields architecture as a way to create powerful spatial and communal experiences, and she has shown dexterity and sensitivity in her elegant use of material while bringing sincere attention to today’s socioeconomic and ecological issues.” Beyond the museum addition, her portfolio ranges from hospitality and hotel restoration to interior commercial projects to residential design — all commissions that are the bread and butter of most architects, making up the fabric of the everyday, as opposed to the big-ticket cultural projects typical of starchitects.

Sir David Adjaye

For many architects and critics, the question is not whether Sir David Adjaye will win the Pritzker, it when. As the best-known Black “starchitect,” the Ghanaian-British designer’s buildings range from the Nobel Peace Center in Oslo, Norway to the A+Awards-winning Winter Park Library and Events Center in Florida. The Pritzker was founded with the aim of celebrating figures who “stimulate a greater public awareness of buildings,” and Adjaye did just that with the design of the ​​National Museum of African American History and Culture in Washington, D.C. Yet, if Adjaye received the award it wouldn’t be for just one building. In addition to collaborating with numerous artists and the considerable output of community-oriented work in his portfolio, Adjaye’s designs are also materially distinct, representing a visionary way to think about construction.

Toshiko Mori

Left: Image via Toshiko Mori Architect Right: House in Connecticut II, New Canaan, CT Photo by Paul Warchol Photography

The Japanese-born and New York-based architect Toshiko Mori made a name for herself by her poetic takes on modern architectural style, deely rooted in research that produced material innovation and common-sense sustainability. Through her eponymous firm over the past four decades, she has constructed beloved buildings around the world and built a career as an industry leader through her dedication to pedagoy. While the Pritzker recognizes built output, and not thought leadership, from becoming the first female professor given tenure at Harvard to her investigations into sustainability in design on World Economic Forum’s Global Agenda Council on the Future of Cities to her advocacy for community engagement through Architecture For Humanity, her positive impact on the profession shouldn’t be taken lightly. These research interests are also visible in her built output, including THREAD: Artists’ Residency and Cultural Center where Mori used parametric design to expand the structural possibilities of the vernacular African home. 

Mariam Kamara

Left image: Mariam Kamara, Mariam Kamara OTRS, CC BY-SA 4.0; Right image: HIKMA – A Religious and Secular Complex by atelier masōmī + Yasaman Esmaili, Dandaji, Niger Photo by James Wang 

If Mariam Kamara were to win the Pritzker next year, she wouldn’t be the youngest laureate in the prize’s history (that bar was set by Ryue Nishizawa was aged 44 in 2010), although she’d be damn close. The founder and principal of atelier masōmī, in Niamey Niger and the Seattle-based collective united4design, is known for harnessing low-cost, local materials, including raw earth and recycled metal. One example of this is her Hikma en Dandaji, a building that has been lauded for its sustainability specs and that draws on local construction techniques and evolves them. Bringing three programs—a mosque, a library and a community center—under one roof, the Kamara’s design bringing “secular knowledge and faith” together “without contradiction.” Perhaps she needs time to build out her portfolio before the Pritzker comes her way, it would be thrilling to cast the spotlight on someone “designing culturally, historically and climatically relevant solutions to spatial problems inherent to the developing world.”

Judging for the 11th A+Awards is now underway! While awaiting the Winners, prepare for the upcoming Architizer Vision Awards, honoring the best architectural photography, film, visualizations, drawings, models and the talented creators behind them. Learn more and register >

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10 Narrative-Driven Architectural Drawings Win the “Storied Drawing Awards”
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10 Narrative-Driven Architectural Drawings Win the “Storied Drawing Awards”

By Zarkon Group,

The Winners and Commended Entries of this year’s One Drawing Challenge, Architizer’s hugely popular architectural drawing competition, have been announced, showcasing the power of drawings to communicate complex ideas about the built environment.

Among 100 exceptional finalists, there were some standout examples of how drawings can be a medium for telling stories — not only about our built environment but also about our wider world. As illustrated by our entrants, an architectural drawing has the power to reveal new perspectives about the impact of architecture on society, communities and individual people.

In honor of this power, we’ve introduced a series of new, narrative-driven awards for this season’s One Drawing Challenge, called the “Storied Drawing Awards”. As selected by Architizer’s Editorial team, the authors of the following drawings each merit special attention for their creative approach to crafting images in response to a series of narrative prompts:

  • Utopian Vision
  • Dystopian Warning
  • Fantasy Island
  • Sci Fi Streetscape
  • Sustainable City
  • Political Narrative
  • Climate Change Future
  • Awe-Inspiring Atmosphere

And a further two, as defined by our entrants:

  • Architectural Assemblage
  • Impossible Space

Without further ado, explore the detailed and imaginative Winners of the 2022 Storied Drawing Awards, and get inspired for your own architectural sketches, paintings, models and beyond:

“Ever Given Ever After: Suez Canal Obstruction Rethought“

By Manuel Ragheb, ppp Architekten

Storied Drawing Theme: Political Narrative

“In March 2021, an Evergreen container ship blocked the Suez Canal waterway for six days. In a scenario in which the ship had never managed to leave the canal, people in need of homes would have brought their lives aboard. While the Egyptian government has been dragging people out of their homes in Warraq and Sinai as development plans move forward, people are forced into poorly planned habitats that pay no real attention to people’s needs or their economic activities.

Not only are people entitled to the right to shelter, but also to one that guarantees a high life standard with consideration to the way people earn their livings. Urban development plans should target local inhabitants rather than investments that disregard the human factor. Only then, people can be part of a better urban future. The mural portrays people building their own homes on board the container ship.”

“Towards a New Venetian Landscape – An Inhabited Linear Infrastructure“

By Nicolas Coppieters and Gabin Sepulchre, Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve

Storied Drawing Theme: Sustainable City

Detail

“Venice being one of the most famous city in the world, we are all aware of its biggest problems: the perpetual flooding and its exposure to mass tourism. But there is another considerable problem in Venice and its lagoon: an ecological crisis. During a year, we tried to find a solution to solve all its problems by creating an inhabited linear infrastructure.

Its foundations were created like a dam to control the “acqua alta” phenomenon, its first floor used for the new seaweed production, and the upper floors to welcome workers and Venetians fleeing their overcrowded city. We reviewed a lot of ancient linear cities to create a new ecological one (in its conception and purpose). We tried to find the right balance between industrialization and human happiness. Our handmade drawing, summarizing a full year of work, was made with the Pointillism technique and was 1788mm x 841mm.”

“Labyrinth”

By Eric Pham, University of Texas at Arlington

Storied Drawing Theme: Fantasy Island

Detail

“This piece recounts a childhood memory of playing video games without being able to understand English. It recalls not being able to read directions, being locked from progressing, and yet never feeling frustrated. Instead, simply playing games deprived of narrative context, viewing them purely as representations of spatial conditions. In the same way, this piece was made entirely in the video game Minecraft, a game that defined a generation by acting as virtual legos. Any child with a copy of this world can explore in an intuitive first-person experience. It is architecture without language.”

“Mycelium Modularity”

By Dustin Wang, Young Guns Studio

Storied Drawing Theme: Climate Change Future

“This drawing illustrates a forest that has been populated with housing pods made out of mycelium, conceptualizing the utilization of this material in modular architecture.

Mycelium, a natural fungi found in forests, can form rigid, water-resistant structures when molded and grown. Possessing a flexible form, this allows for the creation of these pods around trees and hills – existing in harmony with nature, rather than replacing it. The resulting effect are teardrop-like structures, differing in shape as each is hand-built.

In this scene, pollution is the origin of the hazy, grey sky. With plastic and waste reduction having become an everlasting consequence, mycelium is used in this small community of hopeful outliers, being a last ditch effort to slow down the deep-rooted repercussions of the changing climate.

In an inevitable future where the natural lives in the artificial, the increased awareness of the benefits of mycelium, will aid in revitalization.”

“URBAN NET”

By Alena Dolzhikova, A4 Studio

Storied Drawing Theme: Sci Fi Streetscape

“The drawing is a vision of a future city based on the building project design of the A4 Studio.

What if the Architecture we build today would be able to proceed developing into entwined bodies, uniting buildings of the past with future forms? What if buildings could be inhabited with a living organism that flourishes into new forms while adapting to the shape of available structure? What if the livable organism constructing future environment turns the building into so-called a neuron cell?

It would contain all the valuable information, DNA of a particular building. The city organism consisting of cells would create connections — bridges between each other, for a mutual exchange of information. Some their bridges will be thicker, some thinner — depends on the amount of information transporting trough it. The overall connections create an URBAN NET — final but never ending evolving version of the future city.”

“Threshold”

By Kenan Pence and Deniz Calisir Pence, Kenan Pence / Design Office

Storied Drawing Theme: Dystopian Warning

“Threshold: The focal point of the picture is a human standing on the water’s surface, facing the light (referring to the Truth) diffusing from a cracked wall in an uncanny cave. The philosophy of art and visual arts questioning the “reality” and “illusion” frequently refers to Platon’s “the allegory of Cave”. The picture uses a cave metaphor as well as a “the allegory of uterus” referring to the human’s first home which is conceptualized by the curvilinear forms.

In this context, space means “existence”. The picture merges both metaphors to create a conceptual architectural space representing a contemporary critical interpretation. The cave symbolized by the architectural space of the picture has metaphoric shadows that represent illusions built by power. The human at the threshold is left systematically created chaos behind in need of finding new hope.”

“Architecture of Insecurity”

By Seungho Park

Storied Drawing Theme: Architectural Assemblage

“During its rapid growth in the late 1800s, New York City formed most of its current modern city fabric. As a city of immigrants with its own cultural insecurity, New York borrowed the architectural style of its diverse ancestral European roots in an attempt to create a historic urban context. This European influence, combined with the advancing construction technology and socioeconomic factors of the time, forged a unique architectural environment. Architectural elements of different origin, whether ornamental or functional, were melded into New York’s building facades; architectural manifestation of “insecurity”.

The drawing mimics and exaggerates the architectural evolution of the city by displacing and fragmenting the buildings and architectural elements from their origin and context. Does the reassembly of the architectural fragments give us an extreme New York City? Through assemblage and abstraction, what can architects learn from it?”

“More Was More”

By Gregory Klosowski, Pappageorge Haymes Partners

Storied Drawing Theme: Utopian Vision

“This drawing imagines an alternate reality and economic reverie where the Great Depression never happened, a need for stripped to the basics skyscrapers averted, and the stylistic impressions of the era continued to roar for decades onward. This depicts a parallel Chicago, devoid of modernist glassy structures. A staggered stone skyline is a hazy backdrop to airships hovering at startlingly low altitudes.

Flight mechanisms with robotic precision, advanced echolocation, exact three dimensional positioning, and miniaturized drones allow for all manners of ability to defy gravity…affording anyone the ability to gracefully, and accurately, fly within the glowing limestone canyons. The drawing is rendered in ink pen and colored pencil with a warmth and technique characteristic of, and inspired by, period watercolor renderings.”

“Lost to the City”

By Alex Hoagland, Boston Architectural College

Storied Drawing Theme: Awe-Inspiring Atmosphere

“Depicted is a city that has yet to exist, one where passion, freedom and love fill the towers that rise above, an example of the pleasures art can bring, the idea that like people buildings represent individualism. What is depicted in drawing is a world where art, math and science become the forefront of the built environment and humans are able to liberate themselves from the natural world.

In this city scape the understanding of raw emotion and how that correlates too the work we as humans produce and environment we surround ourselves with is the key to understanding the longevity of our own mentality and livelihood. This cityscape represents the separation between ones self and the greater good of the others around, it signifies a liberation of the human conscious.”

“The Red-Wall Maze”

By Dong Fu, Zephyr(US) Architects P.C.

Storied Drawing Theme: Impossible Space

“Stair mazes will always be dynamic structures for the human spatial experience. Humans have the instinct to create infinite space through limited materials so that a certain relationship can be formed between limited life and the infinite universe. Stairs are important elements of a maze — connecting different heights and circulating up and down. The winding pink staircases, the main subject of this drawing, give the building a very large number of possible paths, forming a complex labyrinth.

At the same time, I utilized Escher’s impossible space in such a way that the upper part of the drawing is a space facing up, and the lower part faces down. In this way, at the shared edge of the two spaces, a person needs to make a 90-degree rotation of the body to complete the crossing between the two parts, similar to scenes of the movie “Inception.””

Congratulations to our 2022 Storied Drawing Award Winners! As the art of architectural representation continues to evolve, so will our competitions and awards programs, in order to accurately reflect the incredible ability of architects, designers and creative people to communicate complex ideas about the built environment. Sign up for our newsletter in order to be notified when our next evolution is announced, with bigger, bolder opportunities set to emerge in 2023:

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One Drawing Challenge 2022: Send Us an Architectural Drawing. Tell Us a Story. Win ,000!
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One Drawing Challenge 2022: Send Us an Architectural Drawing. Tell Us a Story. Win $3,000!

By Zarkon Group,

Architizer is thrilled to announce that the Fourth Annual One Drawing Challenge is officially open for entries! Architecture’s most popular drawing competition is back and bigger than ever, including larger prizes (including an increased cash prize for our 2 Top Winners), more publicity and some amazing new jurors to boot. Without further ado, get started on your submission today, and don’t forget to share the competition with colleagues, students and friends who you know have the talent to succeed in this year’s program!

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Left: “See You at Work” by Dorian Sosa; Right: “Sutyagin’s House” by Pavel Dikov; Finalists in the 2021 One Drawing Challenge

Competition Brief

For the One Drawing Challenge, your task is simple and complex in equal measure — tell a powerful visual story about architecture and the people that inhabit it through a single architectural drawing.

All drawing formats, both hand-drawn or digital, are permitted. It could be a cityscape, an individual building, or even an architectural detail. It could be a plan, section, elevation, perspective, axonometric projection, sketch or abstract. As long as it includes architecture in some ways, it is eligible.

You are welcome to submit an older drawing or create something brand new. For some examples of the types of images that you could submit, we encourage you to explore the best 100 architectural drawings from last year’s competition.

Your drawing should be accompanied by a written passage (up to 150 words), which explains what your drawing depicts. Focus points could include but are not limited to: The type of architecture portrayed, where it might be located, who might inhabit it, what atmosphere it conjures, the essence it captures, and what makes it special.

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Prizes

This year, we are excited to be able to offer our largest prize fund to date for our One X Challenge competition series: A total of $6,000 will be split evenly between 2 Top Winners (1 student and 1 non-student).

As well as their cash prize, our Top Winners will have top billing in the Official Winners Announcement (see last year’s announcement here), as well as an exclusive interview about their work. A further 100 Finalists will also see their work published globally, in one of our most viewed editorial features of the year: 100 Stories That Tell Powerful Stories About Architecture.

Both Top Winners will also secure themselves a seat on next season’s competition jury, giving them the opportunity to review entries alongside the likes of James Wines on SITE, Amanda Ferber of Architecture Hunter, Bob Borson of Life of an Architect and more!

Left: “Chicago : Drifted” by Gregory Klosowski; Right: “The Shipwright’s Anthology – A New Story of Fantastic ‘Knots’” by Jay Jordan; Finalists in the 2021 One Drawing Challenge

New for 2022: The Storied Drawing Awards

This year, we want to take the One Drawing Challenge back to its roots, celebrating architectural drawings as a medium for telling stories — not only about our built environmental, but also about our wider world. When done well, an architectural drawing has the power to reveal new perspectives about the impact of architecture on society, communities and individual people.

In honor of this power, we are introducing a series of new, narrative-driven awards called the “Storied Drawing Awards”. Participants can apply for any one of these special awards at no extra cost when submitting an entry, and Architizer’s Editorial Team may also nominate entries as they see fit. You can apply for a “Storied Drawing Award” for the following themes:

  • Utopian Vision
  • Dystopian Warning
  • Fantasy Island
  • Sci Fi Streetscape
  • Sustainable City
  • Political Narrative
  • Climate Change Future
  • Awe-Inspiring Atmosphere

The Storied Drawing Award winners are eligible for the overall prizes as well, so it’s possible for your drawing to win multiple accolades! Storied Drawing winners will feature in their own dedicated editorial, similar to last season’s Special Mention Award recipients. We’ll be revealing more about the Storied Drawing Awards in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

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Left: “The Palaver Tree” by Jonathan Nkunku; Right: “ELLITANIUM city(in praise of naught)” by Hosein Mosavi; Finalists in the 2021 One Drawing Challenge

Meet the Jury

New to this year’s jury, we welcome one of the most popular experts in architectural drawing: Eric Reinholdt of 30×40 Design Workshop! As well as his architectural practice, Eric is widely known for creating the 30X40 Design Workshop YouTube channel, where he makes videos about architecture, designs simple modern homes, and openly shares his process online. The videos are used as curriculum in architecture schools, and by students and professionals worldwide. Learn more and join 980K+ subscribers on 30X40’s YouTube channel.

Eric is joined by Sabina Blasiotti, the talented designer behind last year’s One Drawing Challenge Winner, “Outlines of Nuclear Geography”. Sabina is an architectural designer based in London and a guest critic at UCL, where she graduated with distinction. Her work focuses on aesthetics and challenging stories and was awarded and exhibited internationally by Architizer, Azure Magazine, Royal Academy, Soane Museum, RIBA and others. Prior to working independently, Sabina gained experience in acclaimed offices such as BIG and Kengo Kuma.

See the rest of the amazing One Drawing Challenge jury here.

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Follow in the Footsteps of Last Year’s Winners

In her exclusive interview with Architizer, Sabina Blasiotti reflected on the value of her accolade for herself and the wider architectural community.

“The prime reason that led me to enter the competition was the desire to share my work,” she explained. “I believe that for architects and architecture students, sharing one’s own work can be of great significance, both to further value the time spent in creating a project but mainly to collect feedback from colleagues and the public for personal improvement.

“This accolade boosts the faith in myself and cheers me on to keep working and experimenting in my own style. On top of that, it further asserts that the international architecture community is supporting and encouraging youngsters to speak up against controversial prominent climate and societal challenges, such support is of great importance for our generation.”

Left: “Vortex” by Endri Marku; Right: “Outlines of Nuclear Geography” by Sabina Blasiotti; Winners of the 2021 One Drawing Challenge

Similarly, architect Endrit Marku, last year’s Non-Student Winner for the extraordinary “Vortex”, used his interview to speak about the rewarding nature of the competition: “As an architect who loves drawing, it came naturally to search for a competition rather than, let’s say, finding an art gallery to exhibit my work. In this search, it is impossible to miss Architizer’s event. Winning was beautiful and unexpected. It is highly motivational having your work acknowledged internationally by reputable experts.”

Now, it’s your turn: Hit the button below to begin your entry, and tell YOUR story about architecture with a single drawing:

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You can find out everything you need to know about this year’s competition here, including entry guidelines, deadlines, entry fees, FAQs and more. If you need assistance with your submission, don’t hesitate to reach out to us at competitions@architizer.com and we’ll be glad to help. Best of luck from the whole team at Architizer!



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Send Us a Drawing. Tell Us a Story. Win ,000. The One Drawing Challenge Returns!
CategoriesArchitecture

Send Us a Drawing. Tell Us a Story. Win $3,000. The One Drawing Challenge Returns!

By Zarkon Group,

Get your pencils, pens and computer mice ready: Architizer’s One Drawing Challenge is back! We are thrilled to announce the FOURTH edition of our irrepressible architectural drawing contest will open for entries on September 6th 2022, complete with bigger prizes, a larger jury, timely new categories, special multi-entry discounts and much more!

Bigger prizes you say? That’s right: Each Top Winner in this year’s competition — one student and one non-student — will win an equal share of a special $6,000 prize fund — the largest to date for our One X Series — as well as be published across Architizer.com and earning themselves a spot on next season’s competition jury!

Pre-registration is open now — hit the button below and to sign up and ensure you don’t miss any important information, inspiration, expert tips or deadline reminders:

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New for 2022: The Storied Drawing Awards

This year, we want to take the One Drawing Challenge back to its roots, celebrating architectural drawings as a medium for telling stories — not only about our built environmental, but also about our wider world. When done well, an architectural drawing has the power to reveal new perspectives about the impact of architecture on society, communities and individual people.

In honor of this power, we are introducing a series of new, narrative-driven awards called the “Storied Drawing Awards”. Participants can apply for any one of these special awards at no extra cost when submitting an entry, and Architizer’s Editorial Team may also nominate entries as they see fit. You can apply for a “Storied Drawing Award” for the following themes:

  • Utopian Vision
  • Dystopian Warning
  • Fantasy Island
  • Sci Fi Streetscape
  • Sustainable City
  • Political Narrative
  • Climate Change Future
  • Awe-Inspiring Atmosphere

The “Best in Show” award winners are eligible for the overall prizes as well, so it’s possible for your drawing to win multiple accolades! “Best in Show” winners will feature in their own dedicated editorial, similar to last season’s Special Mention Award recipients. We’ll be revealing more about the Storied Drawing Awards in the coming weeks, so stay tuned!

Winners and Finalists from last year’s One Drawing Challenge, clockwise from top left: “Outlines of Nuclear Geography” by Sabina Blasiotti; “Vortex” by Endrit Marku; detail from “The road to urbanisation for peasants in the post-media era.” by Zihan Xiang; “The Whale Monastery” by Glory Kuk

A Bigger Prize Fund and Multi-Entry Discounts

As mentioned earlier, this year’s prize pot is the biggest yet — each winner, one student and one non-student, will receive a cool $3,000 for their efforts, as well as being interviewed exclusively by Architizer and taking a spot among our stellar competition jury next season.

Further to this, in order to encourage as many great architectural drawings as possible, we are offering a discount on entry fees for additional submissions throughout the program. Stay tuned for more information on multi-entry packages, coming soon!

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A Stellar Competition Jury

The One Drawing Challenge competition jury is one of Architizer’s most renowned line-ups, including a host of influential designers and thought leaders that all have a special connection to the art of architectural drawing. Last season’s jury included:

  • Suchi Reddy, Founding Principal of Reddymade, established her firm in 2002. “Form follows feeling ” is Reddy’ s mantra, and her primary focus and passion is “neuroaesthetics”, the study of how we respond to aesthetic experience. Read more.
  • James Wines, a renowned American artist and architect associated with environmental design. Wines is founder and president of SITE, a New York City -based architecture and environmental arts organization chartered in 1970. Read James Wines’ exclusive interview with Architizer.
  • Bless Yee, an Associate at Handel Architects, who has also worked at Pei Cobb Freed & Partners, Snøhetta, and has been an adjunct lecturer at the New York City College of Technology. Yee was the Non-Student Grand Prize Winner of the 2020 One Drawing Challenge. Read more.
  • Dan Hogman, an architect, artist, and educator who has developed the capacity to blend digital and traditional media in developing architectural concepts and has exhibited with the SFMOMA, the AIA, and numerous private galleries.

You can read about every amazing member of the One Drawing Challenge jury here.

Finalists from last year’s One Drawing Challenge, clockwise from top left: “Snakes in The City” by Alex Hoagland; “Sutyagin’s house” by Pavel Dikov; “Garden Atrium” by Nakao Hisatoshi

Pre-Register for the 2022 One Drawing Challenge

The best way to stay up to date with the latest competition news, and be the first to receive submission tips and inspirational content on architectural drawing, is to pre-register for the competition. Do so now, and you’ll receive our official invitation to enter when the competition opens on September 6th! Best of luck to all of those planning to submit an entry this year — we can’t wait to see your drawings, and share them with the world!

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