Lee John Phillips 'The Shed Project'

"..artist Lee John Phillips has undertaken a project of epic proportions to celebrate the memory of his late grandfather. Phillips estimates that it will take him about 4-5 years to draw all 100,000+ items left behind in the shed by his grandfather, who passed away roughly 20 years ago... Phillips has been numbering each object in his meticulous project, and has drawn nearly 4,000 at this point."
(from Bored Panda)

more information here.

Performing MDM Opera House By Jie Shen

In this "...design for an opera in Warsaw by the London based architect Jie Shen... the model is not so much a representative tool than a diminished scale building in which materials match with their potential real application...the proposed opera introduces a rough vocabulary which recalls the one used in naval construction." 

more at the funambulist.

Japanese Architect Kumiko Inui on Sketching

Ofunato Civic Center and Library by Chiaki Arai Urban and Architecture Design

Located in Ofunato, a town on the distinctive Sanriku Kaigan coastline of Iwate prefecture in northeastern Japan, Ofunato Civic Center and Library is a cultural building complex.

A few of the designer's sketches for the project are shown above; more can be found at archdaily.

Steven Holl: Proposal for Institute for Contemporary Art

Sited at the edge of the Virginia Commonwealth University campus in Richmond, Virginia, the new Institute for Contemporary Art will link the University with the surrounding community.  The new Institute for Contemporary Art is organized in four galleries, each with a different character. Flexibility allows for four separate exhibitions, one continuous exhibition, or combinations. Galleries can be closed for installations without affecting the circulation to the others. 

For plans, sections, and renderings of the proposed project visit archdaily.

Sketchbooks: Smout and Allen

Mark Smout and Laura Allen are Senior Lecturers at the Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL.  They say: 

"Our work takes two routes, architectural competitions, where the particular rigour of the competition brief, site and program provide the basis for new investigations and, conceptual design projects which test out the agenda and methodology of the design research practice. We focus on the dynamic relationship between the natural and the man made and how this can be revealed to enhance the experience of the architectural landscape."

(from http://www.smoutallen.com/)

Images of some of their sketchbook pages:

Above: Sketchbook pages, Prototypes for an Envirographic Architecture: Lanzanrote

Source: PETER COOK: The London Eight at Lebbeus Woods BLOG

Above: more pages from Smout and Allen sketchbooks. Source:  bldngblog.