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Tola Ojuolape: Weaving Culture and Narrative into Interior Architecture

Rene Submissions — Fri, 17 Oct 2025 06:45:00 +0000

In the world of interior architecture, where creativity and culture intersect, Tola Ojuolape stands as a designer whose work is a testament to personal narrative. From her early studies in art and construction to her degree in interior architecture, Tola's career has been shaped by a deep connection to her Nigerian heritage, discovered during her travels back to the African continent. This journey has profoundly influenced her design philosophy, creating a process tightly woven with history, culture, and a sense of place.

Architectural Vision, Upgraded: 2025’s Tools Just Got Smarter

Rene Submissions — Thu, 19 Jun 2025 06:45:00 +0000

SketchUp 2025 introduces new tools and enhancements aimed at improving how architects and designers visualize, collaborate, and communicate their work.

11 Powerful Extensions to Boost Designer Productivity

Rene Submissions — Fri, 08 Nov 2024 06:45:00 +0000

With a longstanding dedication to empowering designers and beautifully bringing their ideas to life, SketchUp software offers an intuitive, comprehensive 3D modeling toolset straight out of the box. Still, users can supercharge its capabilities with a range of powerful extensions.

Seven Ways Sketchup Helps You Deliver Projects More Efficiently

Rianna Lowrance — Wed, 28 Aug 2024 06:45:00 +0000

Whether you're an architect or interior designer, having the right tools can make all the difference in streamlining your workflow. SketchUp has powerful tools that help millions of professionals speed up their project development. Here are seven ways the 3D modeling and design software can help you achieve your goals.

Enhanced Visuals for a New Layer of Realism in Sketchup 2024

Rene Submissions — Thu, 16 May 2024 06:45:00 +0000

More realistic visuals and expedited as-built modeling workflows (directly on iPad with Scan-to-Design [Labs]) are part of the latest release of SketchUp architectural design software. The 2024 version includes performance upgrades to boost productivity, ranging from a new graphics engine to easier ways to share ideas with stakeholders.

The Digital Divide: Can Technology Support Vernacular Architecture?

Ankitha Gattupalli — Mon, 16 Oct 2023 07:30:00 +0000

The architecture and construction industry has undergone a transformation with the integration of various digital tools, now indispensable to the design process. The welcoming of technologies has effectively streamlined operations, enhanced efficiency, and elevated design quality. This digital shift, however, has resulted in a digital divide that goes beyond accessibility to tools and software. It also encompasses the crucial aspect of integrating traditional and indigenous communities into the urban development landscape. Can advancing technology support the growth of vernacular architecture? Can indigenous building practices find a place in the vision for a digitalized future?

Six Tips for Creating Compelling Design Proposals

Rianna Lowrance — Fri, 03 Feb 2023 06:45:00 +0000

Most architects are looking to win more work; not just higher-paying projects but those that allow them to unleash their creativity and passion. These opportunities can be won or lost on a professional's ability to communicate their design vision — so the proposal has to be on point. These tips from leaders in the design field can help architects win bids and create their dream projects.

4 Essential Elements of Site Analysis

Rene Submissions — Thu, 29 Sep 2022 06:45:00 +0000

Site analysis is a crucial first step in creating a viable building design. Considering site location, topography, zoning regulations, traffic conditions, and climate allows a designer to maximize opportunities and anticipate potential issues. The following four factors are crucial in getting the most value out of site analysis.

Cutting-edge D5 Render now available in UK and Ireland through Elmtec

Rene Submissions — Thu, 04 Nov 2021 06:45:00 +0000

D5 Render SketchUp Extension | Elmtec SketchUp, a real-time renderer for digital designers, brings a whole new layer to the industry thanks to cutting-edge technologies, making it easier to render ultra-realistic images with real-time raytracing, creating a transformational movement within the design industry. From 28th September 2021, Elmtec is the official distributor for D5 Render in the UK and Ireland.

How to Communicate your Design Intent Through Visualization Styles

Olivia Bartolini — Tue, 07 Sep 2021 06:45:00 +0000

Creating a compelling visualization that communicates your design intent and gets stakeholders on board is no easy feat. While designers have plenty of visualization tools to deploy— from powerful rendering engines to the simplicity of pen and paper — there’s no one-size-fits-all approach to visualization. As your design evolves, you may need multiple renderings at various levels of detail.

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.

Free Plugin Exports 360-Degree Images from SketchUp to be Seen in Virtual Reality

Romullo Baratto — Mon, 22 Jul 2019 04:00:00 +0000

With the popularization of virtual reality and augmented reality, new ways of exploring architectural representations have become available to professionals and students. Immersion in three-dimensional digital models is increasingly common, whether through a computer screen, smartphone or VR headsets. In light of this reality, which seemed overly futuristic up until a few years ago, the online platform Tour Fácil has launched a free plugin that can view exported 360-degree images from SketchUp in virtual or augmented reality.

5 Architecture Offices Using VR to Present Their Designs

Manuel Albornoz — Sun, 05 Aug 2018 16:00:00 +0000

Presenting designs to third parties can be a challenging task. Architects may find it difficult to describe spaces to their clients, therefore more firms are incorporating virtual reality into their workflows and project presentations.

The Best Architecture Software of 2018

Kaley Overstreet — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 06:00:00 +0000

When you think of the age of hand drafted architecture drawings, what images come to mind? Is it the iconic plans of the Palladian Villas? Fast forward to present day, where architecture software is favored over hand drawings due to its efficiency and ability to create increasingly innovative structures. With all of the software available to architects, have you ever wondered which one might be the "best"? Luckily, TechRadar has just released their list of leading architecture software for this year.

How Real-Time Rendering Can Reduce Your Time and Effort in Architectural Design

Rene Submissions — Tue, 05 Jun 2018 01:00:00 +0000

Architects are always trying to be more efficient and adding more value for clients. But with most software, rendering is very time-consuming, impairing efficiency significantly. It is exhausting for designers when the process of visual processing uses energy that would be better invested in design and architecture itself.

This Simple VR Tool Instantly Communicates Your Design Intent in 1:1 Scale

Rene Submissions — Tue, 15 May 2018 01:00:00 +0000

Communicating design intent and conveying space to non-technical clients has always been a challenge for architects. Fortunately, advancements such as virtual reality (VR) are starting to pave the way for new tools to address this challenge. The most immersive and effective solutions are ones that empower you to fully navigate 3D models, like Prospect by IrisVR. Created by architects, Prospect enables designers to easily jump into a 1:1, true to scale VR version of their 3D model.

This 3D Printer, Designed Specifically for Architects, Is Surprisingly Easy to Use

AD Editorial Team — Mon, 16 Oct 2017 10:15:00 +0000

Have you ever spent hours calibrating the nozzle of a 3D printer or preparing a print-ready file – only to find that the model has failed because of a missed zero-thickness wall? With this in mind, the Platonics Ark—a 3D printer currently being developed in Helsinki, Finland—has one simple goal: to remove all unnecessary set-up and technical processes by means of intelligent automation and, as a result, almost entirely eliminate the wasted time that architects and designers spend calibrating printers, or working up print-ready files.

Good News SketchUp Users! This Free Tool Eases the Pain When Using Revit is an Absolute Must

Rene Submissions — Mon, 09 Oct 2017 01:00:00 +0000

Are you a SketchUp user? Don’t let Revit hold you hostage! Break free with rvt2skp and get back to your beloved tool.
The rvt2skp plugin enables the Autodesk® Revit® to SketchUp export option in Revit — conserving the geometry, materials, and linked models of your 3D model. It’s now available on the Autodesk App Store and supports Revit 2015, 2016, 2017, and 2018, including Revit Architecture, Revit Structure, and Revit MEP.