Main Page - Archiplanet

Find, browse, read, view, post, and edit the facts, photos, and drawings here on your favorite structures of all kinds, anywhere, from your own cottage to the latest skyscraper to your nation's capitol.  Go to: Archiplanet

Architectural Models of America - Presentation Models - Study Models - Massing - Serving the Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington areas for the past 12 years.

Here's a really great site for different examples of presentation quality models...find out more at Architectural Models of America - Presentation Models - Study Models - Massing - Serving the Annapolis, Baltimore, and Washington areas for the past 12 years.

CGSociety - Batman Arkham Asylum

Rocksteady Studio finds the best way forward by asking,
'What would Batman do?' Lead Character artist gives CGSociety a look inside Eidos Interactive's Arkham Asylum.CGSociety - Batman Arkham Asylum

History of Architecture - Renaissance to the 20th Century

Here's a really great photo resource (Renaissance to the 20th Century)of photos/drawings/etchings.  Check it out at: History of Architecture - Renaissance to the 20th Century

Mellat Park Cineplex by Fluid Motion Architects, Iran - Architecture Design – Residential Building, Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design on Architecture Design News and Pictures – topboxdesign.com

Mellat Park Cineplex by Fluid Motion Architects, Iran - Architecture Design – Residential Building, Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design on Architecture Design News and Pictures – topboxdesign.com

Klein Bottle House in Mornington Peninsula, Australia - Architecture Design – Residential Building, Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design on Architecture Design News and Pictures – topboxdesign.com

Klein Bottle House in Mornington Peninsula, Australia - Architecture Design – Residential Building, Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design on Architecture Design News and Pictures – topboxdesign.com

Taliesin West shows how architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, built in harmony with nature

Taliesin West shows how architect, Frank Lloyd Wright, built in harmony with nature

Architecture Design News and Pictures – topboxdesign.com - Architecture Design – Residential Building, Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design

Architecture Design News and Pictures – topboxdesign.com - Architecture Design – Residential Building, Commercial Building, Public Buildings, Urban Design

Christian Columbres Photography

Here's a friend of mine from architectural school who went on to beome a very successful architectural photographer.  Check out his work at: www.christiancolumbres.com

Making an Entrance - teaching architecture - Brief Article | Arts & Activities | Find Articles at BNET

Making an Entrance - teaching architecture - Brief Article | Arts & Activities | Find Articles at BNET

Opacity - Abandoned Photography and Urban Exploration

 Here's a photographer who amazingly captures the beauty in ruins...check out his work and site at: Opacity - Abandoned Photography and Urban Exploration

Architect quote of the day

"All architecture is shelter, all great architecture is the design of space that contains, cuddles, exalts, or stimulates the persons in that space." -Philip Johnson 

Great Women Architects - Important Women in Architecture and Related Professions

Great Women Architects - Important Women in Architecture and Related Professions

The best free AutoCAD Tutorials and Articles | CADTutor

CADTutor provides free tutorials, articles, answers to FAQs and a busy community forum for users of AutoCAD and associated software.The best free AutoCAD Tutorials and Articles | CADTutor

Architecture Timeline

From Prehistoric to Post-modern, a quick history of architecture in the Western world, from prehistoric megaliths to modernist skyscrapers. Follow the link to find articles and photos for each period and style.

Who is Rem Koolhaas?

The architecture of Rem Koolhaas is so unconventional that scholars have difficulty classifying him. Read more about this amazing architect in this article.

Why the World Trade Center towers fell on September 11th, 2001

Engineers who studied the World Trade Center after the September 11 attacks tell why the Twin Towers stood as long as they did, and why the World Trade Center Twin Towers eventually collapsed. Read the article here...

30 hour model making

This is a great example of how much effort actually goes into making an architectural model. Notice the light outside...

30 hour model making from tom jones on Vimeo.

Frank Lloyd Wright interview - 1957

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Frank Lloyd Wright - William Wallace Interview - 1957 from Alex Kirkwood on Vimeo.

architecture from bruno barthas on Vimeo.

Non-stop architectural modelmaking

Final Model Stop Frame - Fall 08 from Bryan Maddock on Vimeo.

CGTalk - Bulding_Aerodrome, bruno delussu (2D)

Here's a really cool rendering from a cyber-friend of mine in Belgium...an homage to the Empire State Building as it was originally intended, zeppelins and all. Software: Photoshop
CGTalk - Bulding_Aerodrome, bruno delussu (2D)

German Modern Architecture

Here are some photos of the Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders-Haus in Berlin, Germany by Stephan Braunfels Architekten, 2003. Photographs are by Thomas Birke. Amazing building, beautiful photography.

Student Work

Karlos H.

Media: Acrylic on canvas.

Philip Johnson - About Philip Johnson | American Masters | PBS

Philip Johnson - About Philip Johnson | American Masters | PBS

Watch the full documentary I.M. Pei: Building China Modern | American Masters | PBS

If you missed it on for the March 31st broadcast premiere, you can now watch the full documentary until June 30th, 2010. I.M. Pei: Building China Modern follows the architect on a personal and architectural journey from west to east, where he was invited to design a museum to house the antiquities of his native Suzhou.a href="http://www.pbs.org/wnet/americanmasters/episodes/i-m-pei/watch-the-full-documentary-i-m-pei-building-china-modern/1580/">Watch the full documentary I.M. Pei: Building China Modern | American Masters | PBS

Model making

Architecture

This is a short film about architecture in its broadest sense.

An Introduction to Architecture

Here's an interesting breakdown on architectural careers...check out "An Introduction to Architecture" from ARCHcareers.org

VIDEO - The Life of an Architecture Student

VIDEO - How to design like an architect

Basic Architectural Modelmaking for Students

I recently came across this article from Model Builders Supply...take a look, it covers many different modelmaking tricks and techniques.

Teaching architecture, learning architecture

What is Architecture?

An easy question to ask, but a difficult one to answer.

Author Peter Zumthor takes a look at how we teach and learn about architecture in this excerpt from "Thinking Architecture", published by Lars Müller Publishers in 1998. (Read more...)