Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed a retractable and refillable pen for Acme Studio that doubles as an architect's scale ruler. The three-sided Scale pen is made from aluminium, and features ...

The advent of 3D-modelling software may not spell the end for architectural drawing after all, says Owen Hopkins. Architectural drawing is in crisis, one that's arguably been brewing since the 1980s, ...

For years, leaders of architectural firms have bemoaned the lack of hand drawing skills among recent graduates and young professionals entering the practice. With a tendency to bypass hand drawing and ...

So you're sitting at your desk, you’ve got your project up on the monitor and you are in the zone and crushing it, but what does that even look like? The process of preparing drawings has evolved from ...