Archives for AIA
AIA Board of Directors approves Statement on Interoperability
The AIA Board of Directors approve a statement on BIM/CAD Interoperability. New policy statement directs member architects to care about the development of open standards and waste due to incompatibility.
AIA Documents Online: New Solution for Mac Users
AIA announces new AIA Documents-on-Demand PDF-based solution for Mac based architects
AIA: Talking to Viktor Varkonyi about EcoDesigner
Architosh talks to Viktor Varkonyi, CEO of Graphisoft, and Akos Pfemeter, Director of Global Marketing, at the AIA show about their new EcoDesigner energy analysis software for ArchiCAD.
AIA: Show Floor Galleries and Notes 2
The AIA National Convention and Exhibition was held this year in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Famous for hosting Macworld each January and the site of Steve Jobs’ famous keynotes, the AIA show easily filled all three halls at Moscone, something Macworld has never done in recent times.
AIA: Show Floor Galleries and Notes 1
The AIA National Convention and Exhibition was held this year in San Francisco at the Moscone Convention Center. Famous for hosting Macworld each January and the site of Steve Jobs’ famous keynotes, the AIA show easily filled all three halls at Moscone, something Macworld has never done in recent times.
Architectural Billings Post Slight Gain
Latest American Institute of Architects’ ABI results for February point to improvement in architectural sector. Could the floor in this down economy be under our feet at this moment?
Economics for architects: 1 of 5 firms look to IT
Economic downturn hurting Architects across the US – but information technology and BIM in particular may be the biggest victims.
US Architects Increasingly Adopting Green Building
Study index shows US architects adopting Green Design – Architects cite clients as driving demand.
Tidbits: solidThinking, Brazil for Rhino and more news…
Mac CAD and 3D News Tidbits: solidThinking joins HyperWorks program, Brazil for Rhino news and AIA Architectural Billings Index Drops 6 points
AIA announces new BIM document E202-2008
The AIA has introduced AIA document E202-2008, Building Information Modeling (BIM) Protocol Exhibit
Architosh Talks to Marc Fredrickson of FormFonts 3D
This past spring Architosh covered the AIA National Convention in Boston and met up with Marc Fredrickson, First Officer, of FormFonts 3D. FormFonts 3D is a website offering subscription-based 3D content in the form of finished 3D models and textures for a variety of popular 3D modeling and rendering software packages. This interview delves into FormFonts 3D and what it has to offer 3D users.
SIG: Bonzai 3D previewed at Siggraph 2008
formZ Developer Will Showcase New SketchUp Competitor at Annual 3D and Graphics Software Convention
AIA: Online Codes for Architects: Works on iPhone
MADCAD.com Offers Online Code Access to Architects and AEC Pros and it Works on iPhone
AIA: National Convention Indexes Strong Interest in Macs
The recent National Convention and Exhibition of the American Institute of Architects in Boston showed testimony to increased use and interest in Mac computers and the iPhone
In the Wake of AIA San Francisco
The AIA’s National Convention was held this year in San Francisco. The event had boat-loads of news and key announcements. We summarize some items here, pointing the path we will take with our indepth coverage of the event.