Analysis How Heatherwick humanises buildings… with technology How do you use technology to humanise the built environment? Pablo Zamorano reveals how Heatherwick Studio is addressing this challenge.
Analysis BDP Pattern’s design evolution: parametric today, AI tomorrow Architect Nick Tyrer, associate and practice leader in computational design at BDP Pattern, has been at the forefront of parametric design and is now turning his considerable tech nous to take advantage of AI. How is he finding it?
Explainers How parametric modelling can help schools cut carbon and improve comfort Mott MacDonald has used parametric modelling to meet Department for Education design requirements on more than 50 school refurbishments. Monica Donaldson-Balan explains.
News Defining 2023 in digital construction: the best-read BIM stories Standards, the golden thread, digital twins, a TV documentary and, yes, AI and ChatGPT dominated the headlines last year. The best-read BIM stories of 2023 touched on these topics and more.
News Understanding BIM: 2023’s most-read explainers BIM and asset management, data dictionaries, standards, error-reducing technologies, and parametric design: these are all areas that are complex until explained by an expert in terms we can understand.
Opinion How the cloud is enabling construction’s future Steve Insley considers how the cloud will enable construction’s and engineering’s digital transformation.
Explainers Pushing the boundaries with parametric design Parametric design can offer many benefits to engineers, yet widespread adoption still remains to be achieved: why?
