... his hand to ask “Why didn’t you design in CAD?” The design team’s response was “What’s that?” and the room became quiet. The very incident suggests that the landscape in design and construction industry ...

... them for the changes ahead. Architectural Evangelist collects and disseminates best practices as a service to the architects, owners and construction professionals. Appropriate use of the information provided ...

...  3D Visualization Quality Construction Documents Integrated Database of Coordinated Information Detect Conflicts of Operating Parameters Reduce ...

... into the AEC industry and is encroaching on AutoCAD. Top-notch architectural firms and construction companies rely on Revit Architecture when precision and efficiency are of utmost priority. Members ...

... saddled with it for far longer,” answered Peter Morris, principal of the construction consultancy Davis Langdon, in response to a question by a leading Indian magazine, BusinessWeek. Build green building ...

Modern Architectural Wonders: Mesmerizing Globally Minded Tourists The soaring skyscrapers and modern architectural buildings similar to ancient construction classified as the wonders of the world ...

Winterize Your Home and Give Yourself an Extra Boost of Warmth Winter is a season when nature goes gray; mercury level continues to slide down; freezing wind flows around; “The Last Leaf” falls down ...

4D BIM Modeling: Improve Cost, Scheduling and Coordination of Building Project 4D BIM modeling helps not only to design a home building, but provides an end-to-end construction process, addressing the ...

... which can minimize the environmental impact and predict the amount of energy a building consumes over its life-span much before its construction. In response to the increasing demand, architect engineers ...

... construction). The process utilizes a variety of 3 dimensional building software’s to digitally represent the building process. Autodesk defines Building Information Modeling (BIM) as “the creation and ...

...  fortifications was built and rebuilt over several generations. The construction was started from scratch by the Qing Dynasty in 5th century BC.  Several chains of walls were unified over the centuries ...

... in 1687 nearly collapsed the entire building, Parthenon displays its durable strength by still standing tall. The idea of construction of this amazing monument was conceived by ‘Pericles’ ...

... and coordination involved in bringing a project to completion. As global markets succeed and information becomes more easily available, domain standardization for design and construction methods ...

During Roman Times Marcus Vitruvius, the pioneering Roman architect, belonging to Julius Caesar’s time (1st century BC), and the most revered codifier of architectural principles asserts in De architectura, ...

... marks avant-gardism in building construction. It does away with conventional geometric shapes and takes resort in free-flowing curves and natural forms. Yesterday against Today and Tomorrow The 20th ...

In the recent times, which we would call the ‘modern age’, there has been a cumulative feeling that people are increasingly getting isolated. There has been a marked alienation within the social fabric ...

Green building, green architecture or sustainable architecture is a design and construction practice that is sensitive towards the environment. Green building is now a popular design alternative that is ...

... for construction as an underlying structure as in the case of the Statue of Liberty. But, exposing your underbelly to the world by using only an iron framework was just poor taste. A Committee of Three ...

... countries, are shipping off the drafting phase of their construction projects to cost challenging support providers. This helps them task the internal human resource on strategic business activities like ...

... forms, even though the construction material is primarily brick and concrete. The desired end product of expressionist architects was to have biomorphic and organic designs that were akin to forms found ...