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Explore a New Sustainable Star
The newest tool in GRAPHISOFT’s BIM software tool box will be unveiled this year. The EcoDesigner Star will make it possible for architects to use ArchiCAD’s building information model (BIM) directly as a building energy model (BEM). This abilty makes streamlined collaboration between designers and energy consultants a cinch. EcoDesigner Star will also offer standard-compliant energy...
ArchiCAD 15 is #4 on Residential Design + Build’s Top 100 Product List
Over the past twelve months, the readers of Residential Design + Build magazine have asked its editors about products featured in the magazine. The most requested products are listed every December in the order of popularity. This year, ArchiCAD 15 was ranked 4th on the list (page 20). ArchiCAD 15 was GRAPHISOFT’s BIM software version...
Get a GRAPHISOFT Education in Open BIM and Green Technology at Ecobuild America
Special breakout sessions at next week’s EcoBuild from December 3 – 7 at the Washington DC Convention Center in Washington, DC will focus on Green Technology and Open BIM. Four technology user sessions, taught by architectural experts in ArchiCAD, incorporate case studies, best practices for Open BIM, practical workflows, and new ideas into a highly collaborative...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / ArchiCAD User / Education / Events / Graphisoft / Green Projects / OPEN BIM / Sustainability / Trade Shows
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....
ArchiCAD Provides Integration Foundation for UCSF Medical Center
A project that has been thought about, designed and worked on for more than two years now is getting some well-deserved attention for the way it has focused on a very lofty goal: securing Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Gold rating for an 878,000-sq-ft hospital complex. Even before the December 2010 groundbreaking for the massive...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Graphisoft / Green Projects / LEED / Notable ArchiCAD Users / Sustainability
Download ArchiCAD 16 Trial
ArchiCAD 16, the software voted Best in Show by Architosh magazine has begun shipping! That’s good news for you because beginning Tuesday, July 10th a trial version of ArchiCAD 16 will be available for download in North America. Go to MyArchiCAD.com to get the ArchiCAD 16 trial version and experience key new features such as the MORPH™...
GRAPHISOFT Sponsors: Good Design is Good Business Webinar
What do an office/shop complex, a major social media network data center and bank branches have in common? They’re all winners of this year’s Architectural Record “Good Design is Good Business” Award. The award, in its fifteenth year, highlights the ways the architect/client collaborations responsible for building sustainable work environments that enhance...
EUROBUILD and GRAPHISOFT Grab Green IT Award
This year’s “Sustainable Design Project of the Year” is the Rural Regeneration Centre at Hadlow College. One of the top three agricultural colleges in the UK, it was created by James Anwyl from EUROBUILD using GRAPHISOFT’s market leading BIM and energy assessment tools, ArchiCAD® and EcoDesigner™. The Green IT awards seek to reward organizations that have demonstrated...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Events / Graphisoft / Green Projects / Notable ArchiCAD Users / PassivHaus / Recognition / Sustainability
GRAPHISOFT at AIA Expo in Washington D.C.
This week, the 2012 AIA National Convention and Design Exposition takes place in Washington D.C. at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center. The convention provides a wide array of exhibits, user sessions and presentations from leaders in the industry and is an ideal gathering of architects, designers and firms discussing strategies and technologies to build faster...
Filed Under: AIA Convention / ArchiCAD 16 / ArchiCAD User / Events / Graphisoft / Green Projects / Sustainability / Trade Shows
Announcing ArchiCAD 16
GRAPHISOFT is announcing the latest version of premium BIM design software for architects, ArchiCAD 16. ArchiCAD 16 will be released on May 30, 2012, with shipment to customers beginning within a few weeks after the official release. Following a tight release schedule, all 26 local versions are planned to reach the market by the end...
Passive House Expert, TE Studio Sharpens ArchiCAD Tools
More than a decade of experience and design in ArchiCAD as well as a solid educational footing in Germany has given Tim Eian of TE Studio the tools he needs to produce extremely high performance buildings. Recently he took time to chat with us about Passive House, trends in the industry toward building “green” and...
Engage at Ecobuild 2011
In two weeks, EcoBuild America 2011 begins at the Washington, D.C. Convention Center providing a wide array of exhibits, user sessions and presentations from leaders in the industry. The convention is an ideal gathering of architects, designers and firms discussing strategies and technologies to build faster, smarter and more sustainably. Designed to assist AEC professionals in ways...
Filed Under: AIA CEU Credit / ArchiCAD User / Events / Graphisoft / Green Projects / LEED / Sustainability
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