PA Editorial Fellowship 2024 🚀

The PA Editorial Fellowship aims to encourage new editors and writers to contribute to the field of architecture and design. We want to ensure that diverse voices from different backgrounds have visibility in this field. The application will open until August 10, 2024.

Choosing the right AI tool: Midjourney vs. Stable Diffusion

The evolution of AI in recent times has transformed the field of digital art and design, giving people the power to bring their ideas to visual designs. Today, there are many powerful tools in the market that can help convert textual prompts into visual/digital art.

AI in Construction Management and Automation

Artificial Intelligence has become an irresistible force in today’s world, plunging itself into nearly every aspect of human life. Yet, the construction industry is a key area where AI has been blooming lately. As the $10 trillion industry propels itself into faster-paced and digitized contexts, the impact of AI is subverting many traditional methods.

Ex-OpenAI researcher launches AI-focused school

AI has the potential to radically change our learning experience. According to Karpathy, an ideal learning experience should be supported by quality materials under the guidance of an expert, just like Feynman in physics classes. However, such experts are rare and have limited capacity. Now, AI can close this gap.

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Tencent’s Headquarters by MAD is under construction

Ma Yansong/MAD Architects has revealed Tencent’s new Shenzhen Headquarters’ design and construction status. The headquarters site is located in Qianhai, Bao’an District, Shenzhen, on five parcels totaling more than 80 hectares east of Da Chan Bay Island.

Robot dogs can clean beaches with vacuum feet

The Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia (IIT) is preparing to use robot dogs to clean trash, mainly cigarette butt, from a beach in Genoa, Italy. The robot was developed in Claudio Semini’s lab at IIT called VERO (Vacuum Cleaner Equipped Robot).

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A highway will be built between Earth and Moon, here is how

A highway will be built between the Earth and the Moon, but it will not be physical roads but information networks. So, Chinese scientists recently unveiled plans for a comprehensive satellite network that would revolutionize communications. The digital highway between Earth and Moon would provide real-time communications and tracking services to users globally.

How to become an AI Architect?

Artificial intelligence is far from being a foreign and new concept. Architects have been exploring AI since the 1960s, delving into concepts such as scripting, parametric architecture, evolutionary algorithms, cellular automata, fractals, and L-systems. Scripting is akin to creating an equation that generates design outputs instead of numerical values.

New AI features coming to Photoshop and Illustrator

Adobe is also focusing on improving the application’s AI. According to their official announcement, Adobe has recently added, and plans to add several new tools and productive AI features to Illustrator and Photoshop.

Volker Ruitinga will be a speaker at CD NEXT 17

Volker Ruitinga is the founder of Vertico, a Netherlands-based startup specializing in 3D concrete printing. Vertico utilizes advanced robotic technology to create intricate and optimized concrete structures. The conference will take place on Saturday and Sunday, August 24 – 25, 2024, and will include workshops, panel discussions, technology demos, and presentations.