You know the struggle: you have to create a visually engaging presentation using PowerPoint. Yet, the look and feel of the presentation simply aren’t professional enough. Enter Adobe Photoshop. Traditionally…
Historically, hand-drawn graphic renderings of future architectural models have been in use. When compared to what you can accomplish now, that technique had several disadvantages. With software that allows professionals…
“First Impressions never have a second chance.” -Charles R. Swindoll An Architect’s most valued superpower is the ability to communicate through graphics and illustrations, every little detail of a drawing…
Saul Bass, a famous American graphic designer, says, “Design is thinking made visual.” In architecture, presentation is as important as design. Presenting your design is, in a real sense, an excellent…
The field of Architecture has seen an evolutionary transformation from manual drafting and rendering to a digital form of representation in the 21st century. Today, there are several ways possible…
Everyone with a brain is capable of enhancing their creative thinking. One way to do this is to observe and suspend judgment. If you approach new concepts with an open…
Architects relate with clients, artisans, and building teams with the use of drawings. With time the way drawings are developed and understood evolves. Architectural drawings can be dated back to…
As some of you might relate, I was also an engineering aspiring kid turned into an architecture student. Although I knew engineering is not my cup of tea yet what…
Anecdotes from the life of student of architecture How often do we as architecture students find ourselves to be posed with the assertion “so, you will be architecture (and not ‘architect’)”…
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, and enthusiasts of design and storytelling, welcome to another captivating edition of Future Talks by RTF. Today, we have the distinct pleasure of engaging in…
In the quest to untangle the web of urban traffic, Contemporary Cities have surrendered swathes of pedestrian sanctuaries to the relentless reign of automobiles. The once-lustrous pathways, threading between towering…
Introduction: The “Lavand’eiras House” (Casa da Lavand’eira), was a 18th century Duriense manor–house, a farm located in the north of Portugal, in the lands of Baião, on the banks of…
