Image Generation: Artificial intelligence, creativity and design

by Hamza Shaikh (Editor)

Overview

How will AI transform the future of architecture and design? Is it a tool triggering creativity or a threat to human artistry?

As AI image generation reshapes the creative world, architects and designers face a critical choice: embrace these new applications or risk being left behind.

By exploring the impact of generative AI on design process, this book showcases how these tools can enhance the value of human creativity. Can AI help designers push the boundaries of their craft, or will it replace and automate the very skills that define us?

Looking at some of the early experimental workflows, it reveals emerging theories and provides step-by-step practical guidance from leaders in the field. You’ll discover how AI can be used meaningfully in design workflows and gain unique inspiration to develop your own approach to harnessing the hybrid creative powers of generative AI.

For architects, designers, and students alike, this is a roadmap to understanding and leveraging the power of AI. Will you embrace this evolution and stay ahead of the curve?

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781915722393
Publisher:	RIBA Publishing
Publication date:	09/01/2025
Pages:	240
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 1.25(h) x 9.00(d)

About the Author

Hamza Shaikh is an architect, writer and artist. He works as a Creative-Tech practice area leader at world-leading practice Gensler in London and is a visiting critic at the University of Westminster and the University for the Creative Arts. He authored Drawing Attention: Architecture in the Age of Social Media(2022) and hosts the podcast series Two Worlds Design.

Table of Contents

About the Editor Acknowledgements Preface Introduction | The AI Boom by Hamza Shaikh 1. Theory | A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words by Hamza Shaikh 2. Workflow | Generative 2D to 3D Furniture Design (Tripo SR LRM + Blender + Rhino) by Hamza Shaikh 3 Workflow | Laser-Cut Prompts (Midjourney + Rhino + MDF Laser cutting) by Kat Stevens 4. Theory | Pixelstorms by Matias del Campo 5. Workflow | Real-time Façade Iterations (ComfyUI + Grasshopper) by Ömer Nuray 6. Theory | The Bias Dilemma by Hassan Ragab 7. Workflow | ‘I prompted a sofa, then sold it’ (Midjourney + Rhino + Woodwork Upholstery) by Rada Daleva 8. Theory | The Beginning of the AI Revolution in Architecture by Tim Fu 9. Workflow | Breeding New Typologies (Midjourney + Kohya LoRA training) by Will Garner 10. Theory | The Effects of AI on Practice by Keir Regan-Alexander 11. Workflow | AI Form-morphing (Stable Diffusion A1111 Prompt Travel with XL LoRAs) by Ismail Seleit 12. Theory | Architecture at 60FPS by Carlos Banon 13. Workflow | Sculpting with Inference (Chat GPT4 + Processing 4.0 + ComfyUI) by Carlos Banon 14. Workflow | Real time AI-Enhanced Digital Collaging-to-3D (Krita + Stable Diffusion LCM plugin + Tripo v2.5 + Rhino) by Hamza Shaikh 15. Theory | Beyond Three Dimensions by Tom Sibley 16. Workflow | Robotic Mark-Making (Chat GPT4 + Python + Grasshoper + KUKA|prc) by Sara Codarin 17. Theory | Data is The Answer, But What is the Question? by Hamza Shaikh 18. Theory | AI & the Climate Emergency: The Data Centre Paradox by Aleksandar Bajic & Hamza Shaikh 19. Story | Project Genesis: A Short Story on the Future Roles of Architects in 2040 by Hamza Shaikh About the Contributors Index Image Credits