POSTS In: Renovation
Seville Cathedral Renovation
Juliette Walckenaer, a construction engineer from Spain, created a graphic representation showing the replacement of the Seville Cathedral pillars for her final project at the University of Seville. In the clip, you can hear in Ms. Walckenaer’s flawless Spanish (don’t worry, it has subtitles!) – how she considers ArchiCAD a perfect software to work on...
Monday Morning is Hammer Time (Yes I’m using this joke too)
It’s just too perfect; I had to recycle that joke. Read on and learn why. Dear Jared, If I have multiple objects selected (lines, slabs, text, …..) and want to add them all to a single layer (say…reflected ceiling layer), they don’t all get assigned to it, rather I have to keep clicking back on...
Filed Under: Renovation / Tips and Tricks
ArchiCAD Delivers High Performance with Open BIM Where Precision Matters
Renovations at the Landscape Building located at the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) are underway. The plan is to incorporate some of the most extensive high volume, electron microscope imaging capabilities in the country into the building. The staff at HHMI opted to use this opportunity to demonstrate its commitment to cutting-edge science by requiring the design team use...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Collaboration / IFC Data Exchange / OPEN BIM / Renovation / Revit files
Accelerated Design: Desert House at Papago
Thomas Pansing of Perspective Architecture, LLC works on a variety of commercial, residential and industrial projects in the greater Phoenix, Arizona area. Over the past two decades, Pansing has relied on ArchiCAD to provide him with a competitive edge to establish a reputation as a skilled collaborator on those builds. Currently in the construction phase of...
Wilkus Architects: Working Fast with ArchiCAD
Eden Prairie, Minnesota-based Wilkus Architects is keeping busy these days with several interiors projects for major chain restaurants, retail establishments, and hospitality and fitness centers. Wilkus specializes on interiors architecture and completes those projects in ArchiCAD, BIM software by Graphisoft. ArchiCAD users since 2008, Wilkus Architects (Wilkus) leverages creativity with speed – a must in their world of extremely...
Get Ready for Build Boston
BIM and High Performance Collaboration At Booth – # 658 during Build Boston, Graphisoft will be showing BIMx and demonstrating new Renovation features in ArchiCAD 15. Director of Virtual Design and Construction, Kurt Ameringer, will be a featured speaker at the Build Boston Learning Stage – a live free event on the show floor. Scheduled for Thursday, November...
Renovation and Refurbishment Webinar
Take advantage of the recorded ArchiCAD 15 Renovation & Refurbishment Webinar - as we mentioned previously on the blog, the webinar provides a demonstration of GRAPHISOFT ArchiCAD 15, OrthoGraph Survey and EcoDesigner in action. The webinar will focus on how architects can respond to the lengthening of building life-cycles. Renovation projects are in demand, in fact...
BIM Server Bridges Time Zones for Global Team’s Goal: Preserving the Mithoff Hotel
A historic hotel becomes the focal point for a revolutionary approach to global design. Originally built in 1820 as a two-story brick building, what’s now known as the Mithoff Hotel was first called the Swan Hotel. In 1866, Theodore Mithoff, a local banker and entrepreneur, purchased the hotel and undertook significant renovations, including the addition of...
Filed Under: 2030 Challenge / ArchiCAD User / BIM Server / Graphisoft / Green Projects / Renovation / Unique Project
Italian Embassy Project – Il Palazzo
The team at Trout Design Studio, a full- service Architectural and Interior Design firm and long-time ArchiCAD user, is successfully expanding the firm’s scope of work from high-end, single family residential projects to include condominiums and apartment buildings. As part of that expansion; Trout Design took on a renovation project with the Potomac Construction Group and Valor...
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