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• How to BIMify SketchUp: Collaborative editing works for building programming, too!

  2008 Sep 30

  Since we now have the capability to use Google's 3D Warehouse as an online collaboration tool, it just makes sense to use this functionality for building programming, too. Programming is an exercise that occurs at the beginning of any building planning process. Space requirements are being defined and variations of space relationships are being evaluated. Due [...]

• 3D Warehouse Grows up: Collaborative Design with SketchUp

  2008 Sep 30

  Reading the latest announcement from the Google SketchUp Blog, I feel that 3D Warehouse has now ascended to a whole new level - namely the realm of collaborative 3D design. So far, 3D Warehouse has been a great addition to Google's SketchUp software product. Designers can share 3D models, assembly plans and a whole lot more [...]

• Say goodbye to the old mountain hut

  2008 Sep 05

  If your mental image of a Swiss mountain hut consists of a small, weathered log hut with gable roof encircled by flowing meadows and grazing cows, think again. Or rather look up! All the way to an altitude of 2883 meters (9,500 ft) near Zermatt in Switzerland. That's where in September 2009 you'll find the [...]

• A house made of pallets

  2008 Sep 01

  A team from the TU Vienna in Austria was one of the three winners of a European architectural design competition under the title "A Minimum House for Leisure in the XXI century." Their winning entry was a house made entirely of shipping pallets. Similar to the recycling of metal shipping containers, this is a great [...]

• New Wood Design Software Options Coming Up

  2008 Aug 22

  When it comes to architectural or structural design of wood buildings, there are only a few software packages available in North America (compared to what is out there for steel or concrete design). While these (e.g. cadwork, Dietrich's, IES VisualDesign and more here and here) have great tools to design and size anything from a [...]