July 16, 2026 at 7:16 AM
ultimately brutalism without serious use of concrete just... isn't. isengard is New Formalism, possibly Parametricism
September 25, 2026 at 4:50 PM
ultimately brutalism without serious use of concrete just... isn't. isengard is New Formalism, possibly Parametricism
Annoyingly the synthesis here is just parametricism
The reaction to AI ensloppification is going to get people talking insufferably about wabi sabi again at never before seen levels but it has to be done.
December 4, 2025 at 6:22 PM
Annoyingly the synthesis here is just parametricism
At the moment the hype for AI feels very similar to the hype for parametricism that we experienced in architecture a decade ago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramet...
Parametricism - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org
January 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
At the moment the hype for AI feels very similar to the hype for parametricism that we experienced in architecture a decade ago.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramet...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paramet...
The word of the day is Parametricism
May 17, 2026 at 7:46 AM
The word of the day is Parametricism
the alients out of End of Pendence Day actually did this because of their clear architectural preference for parametricism
May 27, 2026 at 11:57 PM
the alients out of End of Pendence Day actually did this because of their clear architectural preference for parametricism
"Parametricism can certainly create great buildings. But I wouldn't want to live in a parametric world"
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/p...
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/p...
Parametricism is the architecture "of neoliberalism itself"
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off a new Dezeen series on the controversial and famously complex theory, Owen Hopkins p...
www.dezeen.com
May 13, 2026 at 8:09 AM
"Parametricism can certainly create great buildings. But I wouldn't want to live in a parametric world"
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/p...
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/p...
parametricism already seems like a quaint target, and this piece goes a long way toward explaining why
Parametricism can never become a dominant architecture style now that the forces of capitalism are no longer interested in the lives of the masses, writes Douglas Spencer.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/11/douglas-spencer-parametricism-opinion/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/11/douglas-spencer-parametricism-opinion/
"The relationship between architecture and capitalism on which parametricism was premised ceased to exist long ago"
Parametricism can never become dominant now that capitalism is no longer interested in the lives of the masses, writes Douglas Spencer.
www.dezeen.com
May 12, 2026 at 2:39 PM
parametricism already seems like a quaint target, and this piece goes a long way toward explaining why
Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series on the style.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/19/parametricism-opinion-catherine-slessor/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/19/parametricism-opinion-catherine-slessor/
"Parametricism is a technophile triumph of fetishised process over outcome"
Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor.
www.dezeen.com
May 19, 2026 at 4:00 PM
Parametricism is not what humanity needs from architecture in the 21st century, writes Catherine Slessor as part of our series on the style.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/19/parametricism-opinion-catherine-slessor/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/19/parametricism-opinion-catherine-slessor/
Modernism's clarity and function drive 21st-century digital architecture, enabling parametricism and algorithm-driven design.
February 13, 2025 at 1:59 PM
Modernism's clarity and function drive 21st-century digital architecture, enabling parametricism and algorithm-driven design.
Here is what he writes. To my knowledge (and his own admission) parametric architecture, in the way he envisions it, is still very limited.
January 19, 2025 at 11:01 AM
Here is what he writes. To my knowledge (and his own admission) parametric architecture, in the way he envisions it, is still very limited.
For about 15 years, half the world's architecture school design units were pushing Parametricism - unbuildable shapes you made on the computer.
When they should have been teaching how to build sustainably, they wasted everyone's time in utter nonsense.
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/21/p...
When they should have been teaching how to build sustainably, they wasted everyone's time in utter nonsense.
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/21/p...
How parametricism changed architecture but not buildings
To round off our Parametricism series, we measure the impact of the movement, which was touted as the defining style of the 21st century.
www.dezeen.com
May 21, 2026 at 10:39 AM
For about 15 years, half the world's architecture school design units were pushing Parametricism - unbuildable shapes you made on the computer.
When they should have been teaching how to build sustainably, they wasted everyone's time in utter nonsense.
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/21/p...
When they should have been teaching how to build sustainably, they wasted everyone's time in utter nonsense.
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/21/p...
Incidentally, in architecture, the same person who coined parametricism seems very passionate about AI today
January 19, 2025 at 8:52 AM
Incidentally, in architecture, the same person who coined parametricism seems very passionate about AI today
Metropol Parasol's wears its parametric structure "on its sleeve":
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/12/metropol-parosol-j-mayer-h-arup-parametricism/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/12/metropol-parosol-j-mayer-h-arup-parametricism/
May 12, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Metropol Parasol's wears its parametric structure "on its sleeve":
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/12/metropol-parosol-j-mayer-h-arup-parametricism/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/12/metropol-parosol-j-mayer-h-arup-parametricism/
Parametricism can never become a dominant architecture style now that the forces of capitalism are no longer interested in the lives of the masses, writes Douglas Spencer.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/11/douglas-spencer-parametricism-opinion/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/11/douglas-spencer-parametricism-opinion/
"The relationship between architecture and capitalism on which parametricism was premised ceased to exist long ago"
Parametricism can never become dominant now that capitalism is no longer interested in the lives of the masses, writes Douglas Spencer.
www.dezeen.com
May 11, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Parametricism can never become a dominant architecture style now that the forces of capitalism are no longer interested in the lives of the masses, writes Douglas Spencer.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/11/douglas-spencer-parametricism-opinion/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/11/douglas-spencer-parametricism-opinion/
Heydar Aliyev Centre the ultimate expression of parametricism's "seamless fluidity":
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/heydar-aliyev-centre-zaha-hadid-parametricism-case-study/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/heydar-aliyev-centre-zaha-hadid-parametricism-case-study/
May 5, 2026 at 12:48 PM
Heydar Aliyev Centre the ultimate expression of parametricism's "seamless fluidity":
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/heydar-aliyev-centre-zaha-hadid-parametricism-case-study/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/heydar-aliyev-centre-zaha-hadid-parametricism-case-study/
I know naked hubris is a trait never far away from 'star' architects, but this interview with Patrick Schumacher really does bite the bullet hard.
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/07/p...
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/07/p...
"I'm not happy" with how fast parametricism is being adopted says Patrik Schumacher
Despite it being adopted more slowly than he anticipated, Patrik Schumacher believes parametricism will still become a universal architectural style, he tells Dezeen in this interview.
www.dezeen.com
June 10, 2026 at 10:41 AM
I know naked hubris is a trait never far away from 'star' architects, but this interview with Patrick Schumacher really does bite the bullet hard.
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/07/p...
www.dezeen.com/2026/05/07/p...
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off a new Dezeen series on the controversial and famously complex theory, Owen Hopkins provides an overview.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/parametricism-introduction-owen-hopkins/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/parametricism-introduction-owen-hopkins/
Parametricism is the architecture "of neoliberalism itself"
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off a new Dezeen series on the controversial and famously complex theory, Owen Hopkins p...
www.dezeen.com
May 5, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Parametricism has been billed by its originator as the defining architecture style of the 21st century. To kick off a new Dezeen series on the controversial and famously complex theory, Owen Hopkins provides an overview.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/parametricism-introduction-owen-hopkins/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/05/parametricism-introduction-owen-hopkins/
1/ Patrik Schumacher wins the 2025 european prize for architecture
“a proponent of parametricism (a term he coined in 2008); an approach that uses algorithms and computer programs"
"As a former Marxist, Schumacher's viewpoints have been described as anarcho-capitalism."
“a proponent of parametricism (a term he coined in 2008); an approach that uses algorithms and computer programs"
"As a former Marxist, Schumacher's viewpoints have been described as anarcho-capitalism."
September 21, 2025 at 1:47 PM
1/ Patrik Schumacher wins the 2025 european prize for architecture
“a proponent of parametricism (a term he coined in 2008); an approach that uses algorithms and computer programs"
"As a former Marxist, Schumacher's viewpoints have been described as anarcho-capitalism."
“a proponent of parametricism (a term he coined in 2008); an approach that uses algorithms and computer programs"
"As a former Marxist, Schumacher's viewpoints have been described as anarcho-capitalism."
Architect Daniel Oakley has released videos of the first 3D computer models created at Zaha Hadid Architects, exclusively revealed here as part of our Parametricism series.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/20/daniel-oakley-zaha-hadid-digital-design-videos/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/20/daniel-oakley-zaha-hadid-digital-design-videos/
Unseen videos reveal Zaha Hadid's first digital designs
Daniel Oakley has released videos of the first 3D computer models created at Zaha Hadid Architects, revealed for our Parametricism series.
www.dezeen.com
May 20, 2026 at 2:56 PM
Architect Daniel Oakley has released videos of the first 3D computer models created at Zaha Hadid Architects, exclusively revealed here as part of our Parametricism series.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/20/daniel-oakley-zaha-hadid-digital-design-videos/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/05/20/daniel-oakley-zaha-hadid-digital-design-videos/
the concept of common cold parametricism
February 5, 2026 at 2:57 PM
the concept of common cold parametricism
Parametricism. Load of auld shite.
What is an extremely nerdy/obscure/specific thing you hate with a white-hot wrath?
July 31, 2026 at 4:33 PM
Parametricism. Load of auld shite.
Next up in our Gaudí Centenary series, we tell the story of the Church of Colònia Güell, for which Antoni Gaudí's renowned hanging models were first developed, marking the beginnings of parametric design.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/06/16/colonia-guell-hanging-models-gaudi-centenary/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/06/16/colonia-guell-hanging-models-gaudi-centenary/
How Gaudí's Crypt paved the way for parametricism
For our Gaudí Centenary series, we tell the story of the Church of Colònia Güell and Antoni Gaudí's renowned hanging models.
www.dezeen.com
June 16, 2026 at 11:44 AM
Next up in our Gaudí Centenary series, we tell the story of the Church of Colònia Güell, for which Antoni Gaudí's renowned hanging models were first developed, marking the beginnings of parametric design.
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/06/16/colonia-guell-hanging-models-gaudi-centenary/
https://www.dezeen.com/2026/06/16/colonia-guell-hanging-models-gaudi-centenary/
Patrik Schumacher (ZHA Principal) on parametricism:
"Parametricism is architecture's answer to contemporary complexity.
It's not a style—it's a new design paradigm based on dynamic systems,
continuous differentiation, and adaptive responsiveness."
"Parametricism is architecture's answer to contemporary complexity.
It's not a style—it's a new design paradigm based on dynamic systems,
continuous differentiation, and adaptive responsiveness."
February 19, 2026 at 8:00 PM
Patrik Schumacher (ZHA Principal) on parametricism:
"Parametricism is architecture's answer to contemporary complexity.
It's not a style—it's a new design paradigm based on dynamic systems,
continuous differentiation, and adaptive responsiveness."
"Parametricism is architecture's answer to contemporary complexity.
It's not a style—it's a new design paradigm based on dynamic systems,
continuous differentiation, and adaptive responsiveness."