4 ways AI impacts building design beyond dramatic imagery

Kristen Forward, Design Technology Futures Leader, NBBJ, shows four ways the firm is using AI to generate value for its clients.

Digital twins: Transforming operations for greater efficiency

While efforts to improve building efficiency have been iterative, recent advancements have significantly enhanced the interaction between facility managers, building owners, and their facilities.

The future of affordable housing may be modular, AI-driven, and made of mushrooms

Demolished in 1989, The Phoenix Ironworks Steel Factory left a five-acre hole in West Oakland, Calif. After sitting vacant for nearly three decades, the site will soon become utilized again in the form of 316 affordable housing units.

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41 Great Solutions for architects, engineers, and contractors

AI ChatBots, ambient computing, floating MRIs, low-carbon cement, sunshine on demand, next-generation top-down construction. These and 35 other innovations make up our 2024 Great Solutions Report, which highlights fresh ideas and innovations from leading architecture, engineering, and construction firms.

BIM and IT are subject matter that every member of the building team should have some kind of handle on, and that everyone can derive some benefit from. Whether it’s an app to help with cost control or an optimized building design achieved through BIM, these technologies can bring your projects to the next level and beyond.

BIM and Information Technology | Gensler | Nov 3, 2015

How virtual and augmented reality can shape architecture and design

Gensler's Alan Robles examines a few ways VR and AR could create value for architecture and design professionals.

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 29, 2015

MIT develops ‘river of 3D pixels’ to assemble objects

The Kinetic Blocks can manipulate objects into shapes without human interference.

Magic Leap's augmented reality project continues to generate support

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 27, 2015

Magic Leap's breakthrough augmented reality project continues to generate support

The company is developing the Dynamic Digitized Lightfield Signal. It projects images onto the retina, giving users an interactive 3D experience.

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 26, 2015

Tableau’s new app, Vizable, converts spreadsheets into charts and graphs

Everyday users can simplify large amounts of data and sift through it interactively.

4 Building Material Innovations from the Chicago Architecture Biennial

Architects | Oct 20, 2015

Four building material innovations from the Chicago Architecture Biennial

From lightweight wooden pallets to the largest lengths of CLT-slabs that can be shipped across North America

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 19, 2015

A robotic arm can 3D print, etch, solder, and carve from a desktop

It’s not just a 3D printer. The creators say Makerarm can also etch, solder, and put icing on cake.

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 19, 2015

New web tool from MIT organizes human movement in interactive graphs

Users can explore the mobile phone activities in London, New York, Los Angeles, and Hong Kong.

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 12, 2015

NIBS launches effort to develop BIM guideline for owners

Aim is to provide uniformity in the delivery of BIM projects.

BIM and Information Technology | Oct 11, 2015

VR for all: How AEC teams are benefiting from the commercialization of virtual reality tools

AEC teams are using gaming engines to not just showcase their projects, but to immerse their clients, end users, and Building Team members in highly detailed, fully lit environments that simulate the final structure.