CAD

SketchUp 3D Warehouse gets visual search function

Posted by AEC Magazine - July 27, 2023

Visual search function helps architects and designers find 3D models ‘easier and faster’

Sustainability

BrainBox AI unveils Autonomous Decarbonisation Suite

Posted by AEC Magazine - July 4, 2023

AI software designed to measure, reduce, and offset greenhouse gases (GHG) from commercial buildings

AI

Will AI design your next building?

Posted by Akos Pfemeter - July 21, 2023

Will AI take architects’ jobs too, or will it make them much more fulfilling instead?…

AI

Hypar: text-to-BIM and beyond

Posted by Martyn Day - March 21, 2023

Could Hypar help users sidestep much of the detail modelling / drawing production associated with…

Digital twins

TwinUp unveils AI-driven software for architects

Posted by AEC Magazine - April 26, 2023

Software designed to help architects create, collaborate, manage, optimize, and present designs in a real-world…

Construction

The Beck Group partners with Alice Technologies

Posted by AEC Magazine - March 14, 2023

Architecture and construction firm to use AI-powered construction optioneering platform on capital projects

AI

Finch3D: automates the generation of floor plans

Posted by AEC Magazine - January 30, 2023

Finch3D automates the generation of floor plans, provides feedback and optimises designs for code compliance

Digital twins

Hexagon acquires digital twin company LocLab

Posted by AEC Magazine - January 11, 2023

Acquisition designed to add ‘speed, scalability and automation’ to digital twin creation

AI

Swapp: the algorithmic assistant

Posted by Martyn Day - November 30, 2022

This audacious AI tool automates detail design work and produces drawings

Technology

AI special edition of AEC Magazine

Posted by AEC Magazine - October 26, 2022

We explore the current and future potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in AEC