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Blocks: Plug-in for Interior Design in Revit

Sponsored Post — Mon, 23 Jan 2023 06:45:00 +0000

Some professionals have struggled with using Revit for developing interior projects from start to finish, partly due to the scarcity of modern 3D objects to meet the needs of an architecture project in BIM. As a result, the search for quality objects for Revit required time, patience and a lot of creativity.

Net-Zero Energy & Net-Zero Carbon: Design Strategies to Reach Performance Goals

Sponsored Post — Thu, 16 Dec 2021 06:45:00 +0000

As the effects of climate change intensify across the world, the AEC industry is shifting toward green building to effectively address the climate crisis. In 2020, members of The American Institute of Architects (AIA) overwhelmingly approved a resolution making environmental stewardship the organization’s top priority. Since then, steady progress has been achieved to develop a Climate Action Plan, evolve the Framework for Design Excellence, and increase participation in the 2030 Commitment. The building and construction sector is responsible for 36% of energy consumption, 38% of energy related carbon emissions, and 50% of resource consumption globally. These percentages are expected to double in total footprint by 2060, exacerbating the negative effects of climate change on the environment. The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) 2021 Report warns of increasingly extreme heatwaves, droughts and flooding, and a key temperature limit being broken in just over a decade. The world must act fast to avoid these catastrophic events, and decarbonizing the built environment is a major step in the right direction.

5 Things to Consider When Designing a High-Performance Façade

Sponsored Post — Fri, 17 Sep 2021 06:45:00 +0000

Façade is one of the most important factors in certain building types, that can completely transform the occupant experience and the energy performance of the building. The Whole Building Design Guide showcases that the facade can have up to 40% impact on the total energy use of the building. In addition to the energy use, the facades also significantly impact the occupant productivity withing a building and, of course, the appearance of the building. There are many factors that go into creating a high-performance façade. In this article, we outline the top 5 things a design team should consider.

Innovative Residential Buildings and Concepts: Meet the Winners of the iF Design Award 2021

Sponsored Post — Wed, 23 Jun 2021 06:15:00 +0000

Clear structures, restrained colors, and natural grace characterize the innovative residential building concepts that delighted members of the 2021 iF Design Awards jury. The awards were granted to impressive ideas that created a visual symbiosis with nature, among other concepts. These are residential buildings that fit casually into their natural surroundings—as if they themselves had emerged from their environment.

Sustainable Building Design: Top 5 Metrics Every Architect Should Know

Sponsored Post — Mon, 14 Jun 2021 06:15:00 +0000

Energy codes around the world get stricter every year, architects need to prepare for various challenges ahead. The first step is to understand the key metrics needed to conduct early-stage analyses and collaborate across various teams. With buildings responsible for 39% of total carbon emissions, the design practice is evolving to bake in data-driven energy efficiency. This change is leading architects to quickly become building performance experts and create spaces that are high performance and healthy for occupants.

Apply to SCI-Arc Making+Meaning Summer Program 2021

Sponsored Post — Mon, 24 May 2021 04:30:00 +0000

SCI-Arc's Making+Meaning is a career exploration and portfolio building program for college students, professionals, and students looking to apply to graduate architecture programs.

Call for Entries: German Design Awards 2022 Tenth Anniversary

Sponsored Post — Tue, 18 May 2021 04:30:00 +0000

The German Design Awards are celebrating their tenth anniversary this year. The awards are going to mark this occasion by looking at the role of design and at the decade’s highlights.

Single-Skin Metal Panels: Construction Tips and Details for Building Envelopes

Sponsored Post — Mon, 25 Jan 2021 04:30:00 +0000

The façade is one of the most important elements in an architectural project. In addition to being the building's first barrier against heat, rain, snow, or wind, it also largely determines the appearance of a building. It can make the project stand out, blend into urban context, or even manifest, at first glance, values of transparency, lightness, or simplicity that the architect seeks to convey. Accordingly, the façade also constitutes a significant portion of the total cost of the work and, therefore, must be specified very carefully, taking into account aesthetics, functionality, maintenance, and long-term behavior.

5 Expert Tips to Help you Coordinate Building Performance While you are Working Remotely

Sponsored Post — Tue, 07 Apr 2020 04:31:00 +0000

In the past, sustainability initiatives were coordinated by a few key sustainability-focused professionals in the office. These team members would take charge and corral the rest of the project collaborators in conference calls, emails chains, and boardroom meetings making sure building performance targets were discussed, decided, pursued, and implemented.

Three Japanese Young Architects To Breathe New Life Into an Iconic French Castle

Sponsored Post — Wed, 26 Feb 2020 04:30:00 +0000

Hiroshi Toda, Mitsuki Shibairi, Kahara Mori are the three members of team D-D-D rewarded with the 1st Prize and a “Castle Choice” Mention at the COMMON RUINS international competition held by YAC - Young Architects Competitions and Mothe Chandeniers .

Real-time Rendering in Architecture Evolves to Become a Natural Workflow Enhancement

Sponsored Post — Tue, 25 Feb 2020 06:30:00 +0000

The field of architectural visualization has come a long way: It used to be a very time and cost-intensive process that only larger firms could afford and was usually outsourced to specialist companies that let their supercomputers render images for days or even weeks. Whilst this still might sound familiar to some architectural companies, the reality today is that something else is becoming the new standard in visualization: real-time rendering.

How a Landscape Architecture Firm Integrates 3D BIM Workflows

Sponsored Post — Mon, 24 Feb 2020 05:30:00 +0000

The scape Landschaftsarchitekten office was founded in Düsseldorf, Germany in 2001 by Matthias Funk, Hiltrud M. Lintel, and Rainer Sachse. The firm primarily works through a young and committed team in cooperation with urban planners, architects, ecologists, and communication designers, mainly on the planning of urban landscapes. Current projects range from master plans for entire city districts to object plans for parks, pedestrian zones, squares, and streets, to detailed planning of their own street furniture systems. One of these projects was for The Viega Group, an internationally active family business in the field of mechanical and plumbing technology for sanitary and heating systems. A new seminar center is currently under construction at their headquarters in Attendorn, and Vectorworks Landmark was used to implement the landscape architecture through a BIM process.

United States, China, and Japan Earn Top Spots in the World Design Rankings

Sponsored Post — Mon, 06 Jan 2020 05:30:00 +0000

While we wait for summer 2020 and another chance to watch the medal counts climb and cheer on our home countries in the next Olympics, a different type of international contest has tallied its scores and the United States has taken the gold in the World Design Rankings, with China and Japan following for second and third place respectively. Sponsored by the international A’ Design Award and Competition, the world’s largest and most diverse design accolade, the World Design Rankings are compiled based on the number of designers from each country granted an A’ Design Award.

6 Easy Tutorials for Better SketchUp Renders

Sponsored Post — Mon, 18 Nov 2019 07:30:00 +0000

V-Ray is an incredibly powerful renderer — but it’s also remarkably easy to use. The number-one* 3D renderer used in architectural visualization is battle-tested and industry-proven, used daily to realize world-class products, buildings and much more. And if you like to spend the majority of your time being creative but still crave the highest quality images possible, V-Ray can help you easily and speedily render everything from your quickest concepts to your largest and most detailed 3D models.

Trend Watch 2019: 3-Dimensional Walls, Ceilings, and Surfaces

Sponsored Post — Mon, 07 Oct 2019 04:30:00 +0000

Linear patterns in interior spaces are prevalent throughout northern and western Europe. Not only to create texture but also to define space and direct the eye. Here in New York, 3-dimensional walls, ceilings, and surfaces are being utilized more and more to add contrasting form and scale to interior spaces. Moreover, the current obsession with anything mid-century modern has led to a resurgence of linear and slatted pattern-making in many forms.

Sustainable School Design: How Hamilton + Aitken Architects Maximize Natural Light Using Vectorworks

Sponsored Post — Mon, 15 Jul 2019 03:30:00 +0000

“When we started out, our goal was to change the world, to do something that would really make a difference to the lives of people,” said Chad Hamilton, AIA LEED AP BD+C, Principal Architect of Hamilton + Aitken Architects (H+AA). “And education is one of the things that really determines how people live the rest of their lives. “So, for us it’s just a wonderful feeling, to improve kids’ educational spaces.”

Architects to Project Managers: Making the Leap

Sponsored Post — Wed, 10 Jul 2019 03:30:00 +0000

The bridge between architects and project managers is not far. Discover why architects make successful project managers and contribute to business growth.

Call for Submissions: Sport Citadel

Sponsored Post — Fri, 28 Jun 2019 02:30:00 +0000

YAC - Young Architects Competitions launches “Sport Citadel”, a competition of ideas aiming to design a sport citadel near Turin, in one of the largest sport districts in Europe. A cash prize of € 20,000 will be awarded to winners selected by a well-renowned jury made of, among the others, Dang Qun (MAD Architects), Hitoshi Abe, Peter Eisenman, Andrea Maffei.

Wait, silence, ovation: shows change but the passion of the crowds crammed on the bleachers of the arenas of all times seems to be unchanged over millennia.
Stadiums, indoor and outdoor sport arenas are much more related to their