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Studio of Environmental Architecture Soars with Wing House Design in ArchiCAD
David Hertz Architects Inc, Studio of Environmental Architecture (SEA) is a boutique, design oriented firm made up of roughly fifteen architects. His practice is dedicated to design of green and sustainable buildings. As an early adopter of ArchiCAD as a design tool, it comes as no surprise that the team is model oriented, approaching projects from a...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 16 / Unique Project
A Man, a Plan, an ArchiCAD 16 Box
One of the guys at Graphisoft North America had some time on his hands recently while being snowed in by Super Storm Nemo. This is the result: While the images speak for themselves, here’s the back story Everyone in the GRAPHISOFT North America office wanted to be able to listen to some good music while...
Design Biennial Boston
In just a couple of weeks, the Boston Society of Architects and pinkcomma gallery are combining their efforts to showcase local firms and their designers at the third Design Biennial Boston exhibition. GRAPHISOFT is a supporting sponsor of the juried exhibition which displays new and important design leaders in the Greater Boston area. BSA Space will host the designs...
Crankhouse, by Hometta – Now in Cookie Form!
Remember that Gingerbread auction we told you about? The auction raised almost $1,800 to benefit the CRDC in Boston and many lucky bidders now have one-of-a-kind holiday sweets to decorate their table. One of those lucky bidders was our own National Marketing Director, Marianne Sims. Sims won the gingerbread house cleverly created by over,under. Based on an...
Boston Architects Bake Up Sweet Support for the CDRC
Gingerbread houses are synonymous with the holiday season – and this year the traditional cookie house sweetens the deal for a fundraising event. The Boston Society of Architects (BSA) is hosting an auction of some sugary structures made of the gingery substance. Proceeds will benefit the Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC). Local designers and architects – including...
Collaborate on Monson MA Recovery at ABX
During the ABX Show from November 14th-16th GRAPHISOFT is working with the Community Design Resource Center of Boston (CDRC) and the Western Massachusetts Chapter of the American Institute of Architects (WMAIA), in supporting a design charrette event to focus on ways to assist the town of Monson, MA in recovering from a local natural disaster. Last June,...
Build London Live – We are Winners!
The team using ArchiCAD, GRAPHISOFT’s BIM solution software has been selected as the winner of this years Open BIM Build London Live 2012 Award for creating the best overall BIM effort as voted by the judges. Teams from all over the globe competed in the event, which is part of the collaborative collaborative design challenge series...
Filed Under: Cloud Computing / Competition / Contests / Events / Graphisoft / OPEN BIM / Unique Project
Build London Live 2012
Take part in Open BIM’s Build London Live 2012 As a headline sponsor of Build London Live, GRAPHISOFT is proud to promote this year’s virtual event. Build London Live 2012- will take place May 21st, 2012- Noon BST, till May 23rd, 2012- Noon BST. This exciting Open BIM sponsored event is for BIM practitioners to...
Filed Under: ArchiCAD 15 / ArchiCAD User / Collaboration / Competition / Contests / Events / Graphisoft / Unique Project
The Unsinkable Bed and Breakfast, by Rodney Collins
When Rodney Collins of EcoHouse Construction began work on a divided lot in Houston he was planning on a typical town house project. The design reflected a modern, edgy feel which created an architectural challenge right from the start. “There were some really crazy angles involved. Drawing it on paper would have been impossible –...
Turning the Spotlight on ArchiCAD Firm, Orcutt|Winslow
Phoenix based Orcutt|Winslow has been featured on our blog before. Their most recent publicized project had their staff doing everything to stretch their capabilities to the limit. It is a project, aptly described by lead architect, Saravanan Balasubramanian, as one that “challenged their staff to the core”. The firm has been a long-time ArchiCAD user...
Playing with Creativity and ArchiCAD
Central Oregon-based architect and inventor, Mark Burginger has long enjoyed the creative process. Currently designing custom homes, houses of worship and commercial structures from his office in Bend Oregon, using ArchiCAD, Burginger keeps busy maintaining relationships with a variety of San Diego firms. Burginger has held positions in the graphic design and architectural fields for many...
Antillean Gothic in the News
Check out this article, “Diaster-proof ‘Antillean Gothic’ reinvents the shotgun shack” The 2011 Caribbean Construction Award winning Amonle Studio is receiving more attention for the concept design, Antillean Gothic. We first blogged about John Allsop back in August. Congratulations to him on this additional coverage.
Filed Under: ArchiCAD User / Concept Design / Graphisoft / Green Projects / Sustainability / Unique Project
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