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4 ways AI impacts building design beyond dramatic imagery

BD+C

Architects and clients alike marvel at AI’s ability to produce these photorealistic images, allowing a preliminary design idea to come to life in seconds. Machine Learning Validation Exercise for a Surrogate Daylight Model, Vincent Mai and Atharva Ranade. Read on to learn more (or have your AI “assistant” summarize for you!).

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Reasons to reinvent the Midcentury academic library

BD+C

IIDA, shares the idea that a designer's responsibility to embrace a library’s history, respect its past, and create an environment that will serve student populations for the next 100 years. Quiet zones are strategically placed on upper levels or on the periphery to support individual study time. Gretchen Holy, Assoc.

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Could ‘smart’ building facades heat and cool buildings?

BD+C

What makes the idea of using TEs in building exteriors so exciting? For the next phase, the team created energy models based on our initial findings. We compared performance with a conventional system in various climate zones and weather systems. And we could even generate electricity when the spaces are not occupied.

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“Innovation is purposeful”: How Skanska’s Sr. Precon Technologist Drives Change

Autodesk Construction Cloud

He will share how Skanska is driving collaboration in his session, Autodesk Model Coordination for Design and Construction Streamlines Process. I’ve always loved learning new things and sharing new ideas with others. This will include best practices and lessons learned for design and construction model coordination.

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DebunkTheBIM: Have you got any idea how silly you look and sound?

DebunkTheBIM

I consider myself to be a model-based construction information practitioner (shortened to a ‘BIM- meddler’) rather than an ‘expert’ or even ‘specialist’ Saturday, May 19, 2012. Have you got any idea how silly you look and sound? Have you got any idea how silly you look and sound. ► 2011.

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7 Kitchen Designs for Today's Lifestyles

Pro Builder

The following kitchen design examples include these ideas and many more. . Modeled for homebuyers seeking a casual indoor-outdoor lifestyle, the oversize kitchen, dining area, and great room’s outdoor area are the main event of Plan 1 (shown). Directly beyond the outdoor room’s living zone is a trellised space for dining al fresco.

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Planning reform should be a new Government priority

Construction Law

Various funding models have been suggested that would allow investors to recoup money during the construction and commissioning phases, which would help. Or the new regime could have even better ideas. A cross-government action plan for reform of the Nationally Significant Infrastructure planning system was promised. Nick Barrett.

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