Astra: Could This Make You a “Maestra”?
AI design agents mark a shift in architectural practice by autonomously executing spatial tasks, massing, and circulation from design briefs….
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Between Two Films
Media and professional industries face a major shift as artificial intelligence automates routine production tasks. While automated systems make generic…
My Partner Has No Name Yet
The architecture industry is shifting from foundational AI models to autonomous agents. Unlike simple tools, these systems execute complex administrative…
The Sequence and the Eight
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpThree weeks ago, in the office building where I work, the marble floors were polished. The team…
The Trial of AI: Who Pays for the Hallucination?
Artificial intelligence is fundamentally altering professional communication and knowledge production. Large language models frequently produce hallucinations, which are confident but…
Architectural Design for Twenty Dollars
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpA few days ago I was watching one of the Arab economic channels. An analyst was speaking…
A Conversation with AI from 2035
Ibrahim Fawakherji — ArchUpToday we are breaking from our usual format at ArchUp.For years, our conversations have been with architects,…
Beyond the Render: A Systemic Evaluation of Artificial Intelligence and Civilizational Infrastructure
Artificial intelligence is far more than a tool for generating facades or automating floor plans. This article examines AI as a civilizational substrate reshaping medicine, education, manufacturing, and the built environment through machine learning, deep neural networks, and autonomous decision-making. It also confronts the ethical, technical, and governance challenges these systems introduce, arguing that the future belongs to those who understand the machine as a new organizational foundation.
The Great Re-Pricing: An Architectural Manifesto on the End of Scarcity
The current discourse surrounding the arrival of Artificial Intelligence in our cities is trapped in a predictable cycle of alarmism….
When Production Outpaces Thought: Architecture, AI, and the Crisis of Meaning
By Ibrahim FawakherjiSomething strange is happening in architecture, and it is happening with a velocity that the human intellect was…
The Last Resting Place of Architecture: Who Will Carry the Craft into 2026?
In Arab and Islamic cultures, the final act of honoring a human being is not symbolic. It is physical, intimate,…
Hetao Vision: Innovative AI Video Competition (UABBHK 2025)
Competition BriefPurposeArtists in the competition will have to bring to life AI generated video works that visualize the future of…
How AI and BIM 2.0 Are Shaping the Future of Architecture: A Journey from Digital Drafting to Intelligent Partnership
The Beginning: The Digital Turning Point in an Architect’s LifeThe first moment an architect engages with software has always been…
The AI Marketplace: When Architecture Meets Instant Checkout
For decades, architects, designers, and manufacturers have treated the web as a showroom. A place to display catalogs, publish project…
AI and Architecture: Between Media Hype and Practical Reality – An In-Depth Analysis
Amid the media frenzy surrounding artificial intelligence, architects find themselves at a crossroads between exciting future expectations and the daily…
MindOne: Redefining Smartphones with AI, Minimalism, and Innovation
MindOne, developed by Chinese tech company iKKO, represents a bold reimagining of the smartphone. Breaking away from the trend of…
Ismail Seleit at [AEC] Event: How AI is Redefining Architecture?
Inaugural Edition in Paris – November 17, 2025 | 100% Free for AEC ProfessionalsIsmail Seleit, a leading expert in architectural…
AI won’t replace architects. But it will multiply the creative power of one by a hundred.
In a world still intoxicated by the afterglow of the digital revolution, Jensen Huang’s declaration cuts like lightning through a…
White Collars in Architecture and Design: Are We Witnessing the Rise of a New Class?By the Editor-in-Chief
In the early 20th century, the term white collar emerged to distinguish office workers—clerks, administrators, professionals—from the industrial blue collar…
Concrete Doesn’t Shudder: What Does Job Extinction Mean for the Future of Construction?
In an era where brains are replaced by processors and years of experience are compressed into a .zip file, global…
The Resurgence of Hand-Drawn Architecture: How AI is Reviving the Art of Sketching
In an era dominated by hyper-realistic renders and algorithmic precision, one might assume architectural visualization has reached its zenith. Yet,…
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