Archinect - News 2013-05-22T20:41:42-04:00 http://archinect.com/news/article/29880499/design-as-key-to-competition Design as Key to Competition Archinect 2011-12-05T15:10:26-05:00 >2011-12-08T09:16:02-05:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/a2/a271dd1510f21eebccd48f96bea4d88e.jpg" width="300" height="205" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>Technologies, such as building information modeling and integrated-product delivery, have enabled architecture firms to design better buildings and deliver them more quickly and more efficiently. Yet in today's fiercely competitive global marketplace, efficiency and speed alone are not enough to guarantee market viability. The real differentiator is design&mdash;as an engine of innovation and a productive force for creating economic value.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html> http://archinect.com/news/article/6217217/architect-as-auto-designer-le-corbusier-s-minimum-car Architect as Auto Designer: Le Corbusier's Minimum Car Paul Petrunia 2011-05-13T14:38:26-04:00 >2011-05-13T14:39:58-04:00 <img src="http://cdn.archinect.net/images/514x/45/45476226c07f030411f71a528302b388.jpg" width="190" height="193" border="0" title="" alt="" /><em><p>&ldquo;Voiture Minimum: Le Corbusier and the Automobile&rdquo; ($49.95) focuses on Le Corbusier&rsquo;s design for a &ldquo;minimum car,&rdquo; a two-seat, bare-bones people mover with a sheer, angled front. His design existed only in drawings during his lifetime, but became probably the most famous of all automobile designs contributed by architects.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd"> <html><head><meta></head></html>