A.I. is everywhere: summarizing our emails before we open them, augmenting our Google searches, filling our social media feeds with fake videos that seem uncannily real. For the architecture profession, its promises encompass both the bold and the banal. A.I. can be used to envision fantastical projects at the stroke of a key…It can also sort and read RFP and construction documents. But whether practitioners apply an à la carte approach or embrace vertical integration, the tools themselves are advancing at a breakneck pace. We try to keep up.
This past March, a luxurious development in Slovenia made the design blog rounds. Arranged in a semicircular configuration facing the lake, its white-washed villas all feature an atrium that...
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