Sérgio Salles, an architect with over 30 years of experience, writes in Portuguese about how AI, BIM and industrialised construction are changing architecture and engineering practice in Brazil, especially for industrial and logistics projects. Readers get candid, practical accounts of testing AI tools on real projects, along with commentary on where the technology fails and how design work is shifting.
Website: https://www.arquiteto.com.br/
Long-form essays that read Italian buildings, monuments and gardens slowly, tracing how layers of history, restoration and invention shaped what visitors see today. Mixes archival detail, on-site observation and personal travel narrative, with practical visiting guidance.
Each issue pairs a historic postcard with a present-day recreation photo to explore a building, monument or artwork and the history behind it. It covers modernist architecture, public monuments and urban history with detailed context on architects, patrons and artists.
A reflective travel journal that uses walks through English and Japanese places to explore memory, impermanence, freedom and beauty through a Platonist and continental philosophical lens. Readers get essayistic meditations that pair concrete landscapes such as castles, abbeys and island architecture with thinkers like Fromm and classical Japanese poetry.
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