BIM and Digital – Page 2
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NewsArchitects with Revit skills earn 9% more
Practices pay salary premiums for staff with prized digital experience
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News3D-scanned homage to UK chippies opens in China
Anglo-Hong Kong practice plays with notions of copying
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FeaturesEsther McVey is wrong about architecture in every dimension
Housing minister’s much-ridiculed discovery of ‘3D architects’ betrays a deeper misunderstanding, writes Robert Adam
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FeaturesWhat if Google built your house?
Flavio Tejada predicts a future in which emerging technologies transform the built environment – and construction
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Building StudyBuilding Study: Drayton Green Church, by Piercy & Company
This west London church replaces medieval mystery with digital geometry in a thrilling reinterpretation of the gothic tradition
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NewsTech survey finds 70% of architects now using BIM
Joint RIBA and Microsoft research shows some practices drag heels in digital transformation race
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TechnicalTechnical Study: The world's first 3D-printed house, by CLS Architetti
3D printing is fast breaking down conventional barriers in engineering and architecture and changing the way the industry operates
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NewsSkills shortage hits BIM uptake, survey finds
Large practices acknowledge financial benefits but can’t always get the staff
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TechnicalAI: Are the machines coming for your job?
From drones that do site inspections, to exoskeletons that save construction workers from back injury, to algorithms that crunch building codes to churn out thousands of design variants, artificial intelligence is ushering in a fourth revolution in construction
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TechnicalBehind the scenes at the V&A Dundee
Realising Kengo Kuma’s extraordinarily complex design for the V&A’s outpost in Dundee would not have been possible without sophisticated modelling tools and precision construction techniques.
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TechnicalThe rebirth of the age of ornament
A Boston restoration project using advanced 3D-modelling and printing technologies could hold the key to a new age of decoration within contemporary design
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NewsGovernment not doing enough to enforce BIM, survey finds
NBS findings reveal last year’s target not being met
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NewsSurvey flags increasing specification difficulties
Research shows 94% of professionals struggle with producing or using building specifications
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TechnicalManufacturing the future
Architects shouldn’t be frightened off by Mark Farmer’s calls for modern methods of construction - they should see it a new opportunity for creativity
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TechnicalSmart floors: Step-by-step care
Sensor technology embedded in floors could be about to revolutionise patient monitoring in elderly care and dementia homes
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TechnicalVirtual reality: A whole new world
Convincing virtual reality used to be the stuff of science fiction but now the technology is catching up. With Oculus Rift and PlayStation releasing home devices, VR is finally going mainstream. Could it be a useful tool for architects?
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TechnicalHoly Cross School by Cullinan Studio
Cullinan Studio’s prefabricated school in Swindon extracts spatial and architectural delight from a lean, compact template and answers today’s challenge of how we can build more schools for less money, while maintaining design quality. Ike Ijeh takes a look
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TechnicalHorizontal lifts: A sideways move
ThyssenKrupp has come up with a lift that not only functions without cables but is also able to move horizontally as well as vertically. So what, asks Ike Ijeh, might this mean for the future of building design?
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AnalysisBD's BIM survey: Clear gulf between attitudes of small and larger practices
While big practices steam ahead with BIM, costs and doubts about its worth dog approach of small firms