Japanese architect Shigeru Ban has designed a retractable and refillable pen for Acme Studio that doubles as an architect's scale ruler. The three-sided Scale pen is made from aluminium, and features ...

A scale drawing of a bridge has the same shape as the real bridge that it represents but a different size. Scale drawings close scale drawingAn accurate drawing, or model, of a representation of a ...

Architecture's design process has always been shaped by the tools at hand. We once drew with pen and ink on fragile sheets, copied by blueprint and guarded against smudges and tears; then Mylar ...