Insights
Look at the world with the look of who discovers what we seemed to know. To look at the world with a new look is to break with the established. It is to renew without fear of discovering that life is an eternal rebirth.
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A Brief History of BIM
by Vanessa Quirk “Patrick Schumacher of Zaha Hadid Architects wrote about the influence of BIM and parametric software in the Parametricist Manifesto, recognizing the impact of software on style in avant-garde design.”…
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BIM Family: Collaborative Platform with Hundreds of Free Downloading BIM Families
by Romullo Baratto The gradual shift from CAD to BIM in architectural offices around the world, and particularly in Brazil, brings with it a number of benefits to the design process,…
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10 Projects in Which BIM was Essential
by Victor Delaqua Translated by Zoë Montano Axonometric Design of Metal Structure – Casa Piedra Blanca / Pablo Lobos Pedrals, Angelo Petrucelli Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology allows the design process to be…
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How to Implement Passive Solar Design in Your Architecture Projects
by Dima Stouhi Although the sun is almost 150 million kilometers away, this star has had the most impact on our planet. But while some are busy chasing the sun for sun-kissed…
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How Designing for Air Quality May Determine the Outcome of Your Meeting
by Megan Schires Humans can survive for 30 days without eating, 3 days without drinking, yet only 3 minutes without breathing. Of course, our need for air is also constant, we rely…
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The National Museum of World Writing Tells its Stories Through Architecture
by Dima Stouhi Writing is an unending dialogue that has been connecting one generation to another, maintaining history, culture, and information. For the National Museum of World Writing, stories were built rather than written. Just…
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6 Steps for Designing Healthy Cities
by Niall Patrick Walsh By some estimates, cities consume over two-thirds of the world’s energy, and account for more than 70% of global CO2 emissions: a figure sure to increase as the…
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World’s First Smart Mini-City to be Built in Las Vegas
by Eric Baldwin Real-Estate Trust Bleutech Park Properties plans to build the world’s first digital infrastructure mini-city in Las Vegas, Nevada. Called Bleutech Park, the $7.5 billion project is set to break ground this…
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Universal Signage: The First Step in Making Cities More Accessible
by Fabian Dejtiar Translated by Maggie Johnson Of all the steps a city can take to make itself more pedestrian-friendly, developing a integral system of signage is both a quick and easy improvement…
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The Best Architecture Projects of 2019 According to Time Magazine
by Fabian Dejtiar Translated by Maria Erman The World’s Greatest Places of 2019 list by Time magazine celebrates 100 destinations in the world to visit, stay, eat and drink. Selected by the global…
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What is Healthy Lighting?
Sponsored Article Talieh Ghane researches the interaction between light and health at the California Lighting Technology Center. We talked about the biological vs. visual system of light, how to synchronize your…
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Apartment plans from 20 to 50m²
by María Francisca González Designing the interior of a small apartment is undoubtedly a challenge. We know that a residence should be as comfortable as possible for its inhabitants, but when we…
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How to Design an Accessible Kitchen: Adjustable and Multifunctional Furniture
by José Tomás Franco Universal accessibility in architecture refers to the capacity that all people have to access and inhabit a space regardless of their cognitive and physical capacities, and it…
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How Do Double-Skin Façades Work?
by Eduardo Souza Double skin façades. Almost a self-explanatory name for façade systems consisting of two layers, usually glass, wherein air flows through the intermediate cavity. This space (which can vary…
