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- 3M Film Design Turns Ordinary Windows into Solar Panels
- Although the designs of many household solar panels are such that installation requires the skills of full-blown professionals, 3M has developed a see-through solar film that changes not only the idea of what solar panels look like, but also how the...
Blog Published: 10/7/2011
- 3D Printing Comes to “This Old House”
- One technology that’s playing an increasing role in architectural design is 3D printing. And 3D printing is becoming more mainstream, too. Evidence of both these claims can be seen on PBS’ upcoming season of “This Old House,” where a 3D-printed mode...
Blog Published: 9/29/2011
- Designing By Nature
- Although designers and engineers have been knocking off nature since the days of Daedalus, not all designers go the “let’s use bird wings to fly” approach. Some go to places that many may not even think about.
Blog Published: 9/13/2011
- A 9/11 Tribute Made with 3D Printing
- David Munson, owner of Munson3D.com, an architectural visualization company, has created a tribute to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, by documenting the totality of the events in a three-piece scale model of lower Manhattan.
Blog Published: 9/7/2011
- ArchiCAD Software Helps Speed Building Renovation
- When architectural design firm architecture365 was called on to complete the half-finished Pleiades condominium project in Austin, Texas, they inherited a structure with design flaws so bad that architect Kit Johnson says it shouldn’t have even been...
Blog Published: 7/12/2011
- Five Things About ArchiCAD 15
- GRAPHISOFT has released v. 15 of its ArchiCAD design software for the architecture, construction and engineering (AEC) industry. Here are five things you should know about it:
Blog Published: 6/28/2011
