Archicad 25 allows you to continue selections by switching between 2D and 3D views without reselecting items thanks to new and improved commands. Furthermore, you can also speed up your workflow by using overlapping elements and hiding the selected elements in the active view.
How to Achieve Higher Productivity in Archicad with Smart Selection
Understanding the Available City at the Chicago Architectural Biennial
In Metropolis this week, author Annie Howard explores Chicago's Architecture Biennial, which opened to the public on September 17th, showcasing a series of 15 site-specific interventions. Arguing that "a tour of the Damen Silos and a celebration of the Wall of Respect show a biennial struggling to achieve longer-term engagement with the city it calls home", the editor questions how much work is needed in order to make the city fully usable to its residents.
Central Park Office Tower / GROUP A
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Architects: GROUP A
- Area: 31596 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Saint-Gobain, Atlas Schindler, Blitta, CIG Architecture, Curveworks, +8
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Professionals: Peak Development, GROUP A, Bouwcombinatie Westflank Noord, Wessels Zeist, Wessels Rijssen, +5
Villa Favre / Schauman & Nordgren Architects + Meyer Architects
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Architects: Meyer Architects, Schauman & Nordgren Architects
- Area: 300 m²
- Year: 2020
Distinctive Restaurants: 5 Refurbished Dining Spaces
Renovating a space for a gastronomic purpose can be one of the most interesting challenges for an architect, due to the freedom of design that tends to characterize these projects. It allows us to play with cladding materials, lighting, and furnishings to create unique spaces that are both attractive and functional for both the restaurant team and the diners.
We dived into our project library to select 5 restaurants that took advantage of their renovations and complexities to create distinctive spaces, presented by ICEX e Interiors from Spain.
Wuxiang Mountain Qiu Hu Station / Mix Architecture
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Architects: Mix Architecture
- Area: 977 m²
- Year: 2021
CELL Gym / ARII IRIE ARCHITECTS
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Architects: ARII IRIE ARCHITECTS
- Area: 69 m²
- Year: 2019
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Professionals: Sugio Lighting Design Office
Pearl River Brewery Phase II / Atelier cnS
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Architects: Atelier cnS
- Area: 10690 m²
- Year: 2021
House in Hoshioka / Taichi Nishishita Architect & Associates
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Architects: Taichi Nishishita Architect & Associates
- Area: 105 m²
- Year: 2019
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Manufacturers: Galvalume, Japanese Plaster, Japanese SUGI, Painted Larch
Forest Glamp / Bourgeois / Lechasseur architects
Refuge in Bugre / Bruno Zaitter Arquitetura e Urbanismo
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Architects: Bruno Zaitter Arquitetura e Urbanismo
- Area: 93 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: AutoDesk, Chaos Group, Lumion, Rothoblaas, Sto, +5
Villa Uliveto / Noname Studio + Francesco de Felice
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Architects: Francesco de Felice, Noname Studio
- Area: 170 m²
- Year: 2021
Calatrava's UAE Pavilion Through the Lens of Stephane Aboudaram
A "symbolic interpretation of the flow of movement", Calatrava’s design for the UAE Pavilion at the 2020 Expo Dubai is a 15,000 square meters immersive and multisensory experience. Images recently shot by Stephane Aboudaram highlight a structure of 28 automated cantilevered wings, that open and rotate at a range of 110 and 125 degrees. Moreover, these photos also show a central skylight, that mimics the logo of this year’s expo.
How to Overcome the Challenges of Designing with Solar Technology
Solar technology has enormous potential, but it has been underutilized. To get an idea of just how underutilized it is, consider that every 24 hours the amount of sunlight that hits the Earth could provide energy for the entire planet for 24 years. Of course, it is necessary to collect it properly, through photovoltaic systems. With the climate crisis increasingly present in our daily lives, causing growing concerns about obtaining energy from renewable sources and reducing carbon emissions, using the sun's possibilities to generate clean energy seems to be a path of no return. But there are still some difficulties that reduce its use, such as obtaining economical solar products, aesthetics, availability of these products, regulations, and even installation issues.
Building-integrated photovoltaics, or BIPVs, offer the design and construction industry solutions to typical challenges that hinder adoption of solar energy. Below, we list the main challenges of incorporating solar energy into projects and how they can be overcome.
BIG, Lennar, and ICON are Building the World's Largest Neighborhood of 3D-Printed Homes
Homebuilding company Lennar and construction technologies company ICON are collaborating with BIG-Bjarke Ingels Group to build the largest community of 3D-printed homes to date. The 100-home neighborhood in Austin is expected to break ground in 2022 and will combine ICON’s innovative robotics, software, and advanced materials with BIG's designs.
Tigran Art Studio / d'Arvestanots architectural studio
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Architects: d'Arvestanots architectural studio
- Area: 1075 m²
- Year: 2021
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Manufacturers: Reynaers Aluminium, Archicad, Villeroy & Boch