Courtesy of RIGI Design

Designing and building a project is a challenge in itself. However, once the project is complete there are also challenges in expressing the project so that it can be understood by a new audience. This is especially true in digital media, where online readers don’t necessarily spend the same time reading an article as in print media. This way, drawings and all visual representation and it’s new forms -such as the animated Gifs- play an important role in the project’s understanding 

At ArchDaily we push ourselves as editors, as well as the architects in our network, to get the best out of the projects we receive and share with the world so that we can deliver knowledge and inspiration to millions of people. The drawings we chose are not only visually entertaining but they serve as a way of educating and learning on particular issues where architectural representation is fundamental.

Regardless if they are digital or hand-drawn, all the architectural drawings we have selected this year have a sensitive expression, whether it be artistic, technical or conceptual, they all aim to express and explain the project using simplicity, detail, textures, 3D and color as main tools. 

This year we want to highlight a selection of 90 drawings arranged under eight categories: Architectural Drawings, Axonometrics, Context, Diagrams, Sketches, Animated Gifs, Details and Other Techniques. 

Architectural Drawings

© OMA

Courtesy of People's Architecture Office

Courtesy of MOATTI-RIVIERE

Courtesy of Ambrosi I Etchegaray

Courtesy of ARCHSTUDIO

Courtesy of AD+studio

Courtesy of Fernando Menis

Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Courtesy of Valerio Olgiati

Courtesy of Ludwig Schoenle

Courtesy of MRDA Architects

Courtesy of Boundaries architects

Courtesy of Héctor Fernández Elorza + Manuel Fernández Ramírez

Courtesy of CURE & PENABAD

Courtesy of Coop Himmelb(l)au

Courtesy of Fabienne Bulle architecte & associés

Axonometric and Isometric

Courtesy of Vázquez Consuegra

Courtesy of Logical Process in Architectural Design

Courtesy of Kazuyuki Takeda

Courtesy of República Portátil

Courtesy of CarverHaggard

Courtesy of NUDES

Courtesy of DATA

Courtesy of NUA Arquitectures

Courtesy of Bajet Giramé

Courtesy of Héctor Fernández Elorza + Manuel Fernández Ramírez

Courtesy of Yasutaka Yoshimura Architects

Courtesy of West Line Studio

Context Drawings

Courtesy of ARCHSTUDIO

Courtesy of Studioninedots

Courtesy of AZC

Courtesy of feld72

Courtesy of B.L.U.E. Architecture Studio

Courtesy of IAPA Design Consultants

Courtesy of Fabienne Bulle architecte & associés

Courtesy of Hiroshi Nakamura & NAP

Diagrams

Courtesy of Wülser Bechtel Architekten

Courtesy of People's Architecture Office

Courtesy of Yushang Zhang

Courtesy of SUP Atelier + School of Architecture Tsinghua University

Courtesy of Ludwig Schoenle

Courtesy of Logical Process in Architectural Design

Courtesy of Studio A dvaita

Courtesy of Supermachine Studio

Courtesy of NUDES

Courtesy of ArchSD

Courtesy of Supermachine Studio

© OMA

Courtesy of MAT Office

Courtesy of Gijs Van Vaerenbergh

Sketches

Courtesy of CEBRA

Courtesy of Peter Salter

Courtesy of António Costa Lima Arquitectos

Courtesy of BCHO Architects

Courtesy of BCHO Architects

Courtesy of Héctor Fernández Elorza + Manuel Fernández Ramírez

Courtesy of CEBRA

Courtesy of Alberto Campo Baeza + Gilberto L. Rodríguez

Courtesy of ArchSD

Courtesy of Coop Himmelb(l)au

Courtesy of TEN Arquitectos

Animated Gifs

Details

Courtesy of Atelier Alter

Courtesy of MESURA

Courtesy of SUP Atelier + School of Architecture Tsinghua University

Other Techniques

Courtesy of Nuno Brandão Costa

Courtesy of Studio Fuksas

Courtesy of CURE & PENABAD

Courtesy of Studio Fuksas

Courtesy of Fala Atelier

Courtesy of Pezo von Ellrichshausen

Courtesy of Studio A dvaita

The Best Architecture Drawings of 2015
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