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Monson Charrette Part 2 – Diagrams You Can Walk Through
In my first post about the Monson Charrette, I talked about the general experience of the event; how ArchiCAD 16 and the BIM Server via Teamwork 2 acted as a giant collaboration machine for the large group of participants. I shared some examples from the event, but didn’t focus on the actual final product. That...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / BIM Server / Cloud Computing / Collaboration / Trade Shows / Value of BIM
ArchiCAD with an Audience
Eco Build 2012 I have a new gimmick for showing people ArchiCAD. I was at EcoBuild 2012 the first week of December and I spent one afternoon hanging out at the GRAPHISOFT Booth. A group of architects came up and started asking about ArchiCAD. They were new to the world of BIM and had some...
Monson Charrette Part 1 – BIM Server and Collective Design
At the 2012 Architecture Boston Expo, GRAPHISOFT with the Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC) and the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (WMAIA), held a design charrette to focus on ways to assist the town of Monson, MA in recovering from a local natural disaster. Since I was at ABX,...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / BIM Server / Cloud Computing / Collaboration / Events / Trade Shows / Value of BIM
ABC, easy as 1,2,3 with GRAPHISOFT’s BIM Server
The ABC Green Home has opened, to much ado. But it is not about nothing. The project is quite the opposite. Something revolutionary that is shattering a perception that it costs more and is more difficult to build green. And it did so beginning with the use of GRAPHISOFT’s BIM Server during the design phase....
Teamwork 2.0 and the GRAPHISOFT BIM Server
What is the GRAPHISOFT BIM Server? Put simply, TEAMWORK 2.0 is part and parcel of ArchiCAD, allowing members of a team to work together on a project within an office network or over the internet. It speeds the process by updating changed elements only – as the work progresses. In doing so, the GRAPHISOFT BIM...
Be My Project Leader and All My Doors are Yours
The GRAPHISOFT BIM Server will have you singing its praises in no time. Designed for Architects; it works in any standard office setup through any standard computer network. ArchiCAD and Teamwork – means conflicts and data loss are no more… with something as simple as an instant message – access to a colleagues’ design can be...
ArchiCAD. Different from other BIM in more ways than one.
Yours is no ordinary firm. ArchiCAD is no ordinary BIM. In today’s economy – design firms need ways to get an edge, open doors and overcome obstacles in order to succeed. Is software the way? Surely a BIM solution that creates conflict and difficulty is not. BIM promises success and workflow optimization and all the benefits of...
BIM Server Builds International Team Lineup
Part two of our interview with iPda director Chuck Goodman, describes how working with the BIM Server breaks down walls by providing a link to international team members. Goodman discusses how the BIM Server became a key factor in collaboration and integration – providing a competitive edge in a challenging economic environment. Working with a variety of languages,...
Building Understanding of Design-Build with ArchiCAD
This video clip is part one of a two-part interview featuring Chuck Goodman of iPda and his use of ArchiCAD BIM. Goodman discusses some recent projects in which he works with ArchiCAD to virtually model reality. In one case, the ArchiCAD BIM software served to bring a new understanding of building design – prompting the...
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...
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
Building a Green Home, as easy as A, B, C?
The ABC Green Home project – a virtual home experience and multi-platform event, debuted at the June 2011 Pacific Coast Builders Conference in San Francisco. It was produced through cooperation with leading U.S. Homebuilding industry magazine exclusively dedicated to sustainable residential design and construction, Green Home Builder (Peninsula Publishing). The project presents the all-new “Affordable, Buildable, Certified”...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 15 / ArchiCAD User / BIM Server / Graphisoft / Green Projects / Notable ArchiCAD Users / Sustainability / Unique Project
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