World Architecture 100 Webinar: Technology for Architectural Innovation

This article provides a snapshot of the latest technology developments at three of the leading design firms in the world, BDP, Bryden Wood, and Foster + Partners, as presented at the World Architecture 100 Live 2023 event.

Smart City Expo World Congress 2022

This article captures the highlights of two of the sessions from the Smart City Expo World Congress (SCEWC) event held in Barcelona in November: the Smart City Strategy of Madinah in Saudi Arabia, and the journey of Las Condes in Chile to becoming a Smart City.

Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2022: Technology Updates

The key technology updates shared by Bentley include extension of its iTwin platform, the ability to visualize its digital twins in gaming engines, a new Bentley Infrastructure Cloud offering, expansion of SYNCHRO to include 5D, EC3 integration, and more.

SimScale World Cities Day Event

SimScale’s recent World Cities Day event highlighted the importance of simulation technology in the design of projects ranging from individual buildings to entire cities. It also included presentations from leading firms such as Thornton Tomasetti, KPF, Zaha Hadid Architects, and Atkins.

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ODA Summit 2022

ThinkBIM Spring 2022 Webinar

Speckle and IFC.js: Open Source Tools for BIM

BricsCAD Digital Summit 2021

ODA Summit 2021

Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2020 Conference

GRAPHISOFT 2020 Product Updates

AASHTO National TRAC Bridge Challenge

AEC (Technology) in the Time of Coronavirus

Solibri's New Product Family

Autodesk University 2019

AIA 2019 Conference on Architecture

BIM Goes Mainstream: Graphisoft's New Virtual Construction Solutions

Graphisoft 2022 Product Launch

ALLPLAN Infrastructure Day 2022

AEC at NVIDIA GTC 2022

Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2021 Conference

AEC Highlights from AU 2021

NVIDIA GTC 2021: The Omniverse

Autodesk University 2020

Bentley Year in Infrastructure 2019 Conference

AEC Technology Updates, 2019

GRAPHISOFT 2019 Key Client Conference

NVIDIA GTC 2019 Conference

Year End AEC Tech Tidbits, 2018

NVIDIA GTC 2018 Conference



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 questions why we still don’t have a smart building design tool which does not require us to painstakingly model every detail in our buildings, but can automatically create much of it from a conceptual sketch using a rule-based expert system.