In a “digital race against IS,” The Institute for Digital Archaeology (IDA) is working with UNESCO World Heritage and NYU’s Institute for the Study of the Ancient World to launch a Million Image Database Project. The hope is to capture one million 3D images of at-risk objects by the end of 2016 by deploying up…
AD Essentials from ArchDaily is a series of “in-depth overviews of architecture’s most important topics” by connecting together some of their best articles from the past (updated with additional links to relevant news stories and other articles). Launched July 13th, the series has already posted surveys of Sustainability and Modernism. Do you have a topic…
Experience the historic rise (and a tragic fall) of the skyline of New York as a time-lapse elevator ride to the observatory atop One World Trade Center.
In an opinion piece posted on the Royal Academy of Arts website, Stella Duffy (writer, theater-maker and and founder/co-director of Fun Palaces) and Kieran Long (Senior Curator of Contemporary Architecture, Design and Digital at the V&A Museum) defend both sides of the question, “Are we building too many museums?” Read both sides and then vote for…
Earlier this month, ArchDaily published “Which Architectural Software Should You Be Using?” (originally published on ArchSmarter as “Which architectural software is right for me?”), where author Michael Kilkelly works through factors that could influence your decision to select and learn architectural software and, with the added help of a platform-based flowchart, offers a list of applications…
Today marks the 70th anniversary of VE Day, the end of World War II in Europe when Germany’s Third Reich surrendered to Allied forces. To commemorate the anniversary, Konstantin von zur Mühlen has released “Spirit of Berlin,” a short color film with historic footage showing everyday life in the German capital in July 1945—just two months after the…