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 ...

As art enthusiasts venture through the McNay Art Museum, they find themselves in the dimly lit Brown Room with sketch-adorned walls. Four pedestals center the room, displaying maquettes for operas and ...

Once an emergency hire for SLCC’s architecture department, assistant professor Aaron Codden’s passion for education is rooted ...

In the 1956 competition to design the city of Brasilia, Lucio Costa's proposal differed significantly from his competitors'. In contrast with the detailed plans and well-designed perspectives of the ...

CAMBRIDGE — “Drawing After Modernism,” which runs at the MIT Museum through Oct. 27, is about a particular kind of drawing and a particular period of after. The museum’s Jonathan Duval curated the ...

Improv isn’t the most obvious model for architecture, but good design is always about negotiating between past, present and future.

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