BIM

  • 3D printing2579_FP711650CMYKFoster + Partners
    Technical

    Coming soon – 3D printed components for the masses

    2020-03-09T07:00:00Z

    3D printing has the potential to produce complex structural components quickly and cheaply if the technology were commercially available. Now Fosters has done just that.

  • 17_©Arup_Giorgio Giunta
    Technical

    Technical Study: The world's first 3D-printed house, by CLS Architetti

    2018-05-02T06:00:00Z

    3D printing is fast breaking down conventional barriers in engineering and architecture and changing the way the industry operates

  • Brains
    Technical

    AI: Are the machines coming for your job?

    2017-11-09T06:00:00Z

    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

  • Construction
    Technical

    Behind the scenes at the V&A Dundee

    2017-06-16T07:59:00Z

    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.

  • Neasden-Temple
    Technical

    The rebirth of the age of ornament

    2017-06-07T08:00:00Z

    A Boston restoration project using advanced 3D-modelling and printing technologies could hold the key to a new age of decoration within contemporary design

  • Citizen M Tower of London axometric diagram
    Technical

    Manufacturing the future

    2016-11-21T07:00:00Z

    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

  • ThomsonAdsett concept home
    Technical

    Smart floors: Step-by-step care

    2016-08-19T07:00:00Z

    Sensor technology embedded in floors could be about to revolutionise patient monitoring in elderly care and dementia homes

  • Virtual reality headset
    Technical

    Virtual reality: A whole new world

    2016-03-18T07:00:00Z

    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?

  • holycross
    Technical

    Holy Cross School by Cullinan Studio

    2016-02-12T08:00:00Z

    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

  • lift
    Technical

    Horizontal lifts: A sideways move

    2015-11-25T08:00:00Z

    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?

  • 3d printed glass
    Technical

    3D-printed glass: Print me off another Shard

    2015-09-18T06:00:00Z

    Glass has resisted the technological advancements in 3D printing, but now a team from MIT has invented a technique for printing fully transparent glass. The breakthrough, says Ike Ijeh, could revolutionise the way we make windows, cladding and even full facade systems

  • additive manufacturing
    Technical

    Could you 3D print your building components?

    2015-06-19T06:00:00Z

    New developments in additive manufacturing are being used to make real building components that are lighter, more cost effective and structurally just as strong as their counterparts, but use 75% less material

  • Massing options for the East India Dock residential project in Tower Hamlets
    Technical

    BIM: Early adopters

    2015-04-16T07:00:00Z

    Ramboll has developed an early stage modelling process that combines the qualitative capabilities of parametric design with BIM’s algorithmic, analytical strengths. Ike Ijeh wonders where this leaves designers

  • Rcka
    Technical

    Can BIM put architects back in control of projects?

    2015-03-20T06:00:00Z

    Amanda Birch looks at how a widespread roll-out of BIM could offer architects the chance of a more central role on projects

  • COD____Alamy
    Technical

    And the Oscar for best architect goes to...

    2015-01-08T06:00:00Z

    Ike Ijeh on how Academy Award-winning special effects software is being combined with BIM to give architects mind-bending simulation capacity

  • Technical

    'Moving' buildings become a reality with telematics

    2006-11-03T00:00:00Z

    Telematics is the art and science of transforming facades with moving images. Elaine Knutt looks into a future world in which buildings communicate and respond to their environments