Community Center for Northridge CoOp Housing, San Francisco

hb+a Architects: Firm Profile

hb+a Architects, a hands-on, tech-savvy design studio focused on delivering high-quality design projects of varied project types in cities all over the Bay Area of California, with special emphasis on sustainability and efficiency, shares its perspective on AEC technology in this Firm Profile.

Artistic style applied to a model in SketchPro

SketchPro: AI Assistant for Architects and Designers

SketchPro is a brand-new AI application that lets you render and visualize a design in seconds starting from any sketch or 3D model, with the ability to apply style references and keep iterating until you hone in on options that capture the design vision.

Mesh Welding System

Unlocking the Full Potential of Your Precast MWS with ALLPLAN

This article shows how ALLPLAN Precast’s MWS Connect module transforms the way mesh welding systems, which have become an essential component in the modern precast manufacturing process, are designed, detailed, and produced.

Georgia Highlands College

GHC’s BIMM Degree Program: Shaping the Future of Digital Construction

Robert Gittens describes the BIMM program at Georgia Highlands College, including the curriculum, the dual degree with Georgia Tech, and the strategic partnerships with AEC firms and technology vendors that are contributing to its success.

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Graphisoft 2024 Product Launch

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Selected Earlier Articles

Thornton Tomasetti

CORE Studio: AEC Technology Development at Thornton Tomasetti

This article explores the cutting-edge AEC technology applications developed by CORE Studio, a dedicated software development group at Thornton Tomasetti. The applications including Konstru, Swarm, Asterisk, Trace, and many more for design, analysis, collaboration and visualization.

Layer software

Layer: Capturing and Organizing Building Data

Layer is a new AEC application that was launched close to six months ago to address what seems to be an obvious need in the industry—organizing and integrating the vast amount of disparate data that is typically collected on site during the retrofit or construction of a building project.

Merdeka 118

Merdeka 118: Project Profile

Fender Katsalidis describes the implementation of AEC technology on the “Merdeka 118” project, a 118-storey, mega-tall skyscraper under construction in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Upon completion, it will become the tallest building in Malaysia and Southeast Asia, and the second-tallest building in the world.

Social Distance Modelling

Social Distance Modelling for COVID

This article describes the research that was conducted by a team at the Technical University of Denmark to study the impact of COVID-19 on the passenger flow in the Copenhagen Metro, using passenger flow data and station floorplan drawings as well as Bentley Legion software for simulation of pedestrian flow.