Movement
AI image generation in architecture
Explore in the Atlas →Rapid uptake from 2022 of diffusion-based image-generation tools (Midjourney, Stable Diffusion, DALL·E) by architects and educators. Foregrounds the crisis of authorship — the architect curates a prompt rather than authoring a form — and reorders the relation between idea, drawing and image.
Representation Knowledge Infrastructure
Details
- Origin
- Transnational (academic + online)
Connections
- associated with Neil Leach
Referenced by
- Neil Leach associated with
Sources
- Matias del Campo and Neil Leach. Can Machines Hallucinate Architecture? AI as Design Method. 2022.
Cite this entry
First published May 2026Last revised Jul 2026
CLAD. "AI image generation in architecture." Atlas of Architectural Thought. CLAD, 2026. https://www.cl-ad.com.au/research/atlas/movement/ai-image-generation-architecture/. Accessed July 17, 2026.