If there’s one thing that 2021 has shown us, it is that, for better or for worse, the world is evolving faster than ever. While this is a natural phenomenon, it’s apparent that the onset of the Covid-19 pandemic has exacerbated the level of uncertainty the world faces. Sociopolitical and... View full entry

The new study points to an increase in urbanization and disposable income as primary factors for the anticipated growth of the global architectural rendering software market.  An October report from Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with design software giant... View full entry

Do you have a passion for technology, construction innovation, and research-based architecture projects? For this week's curated job round-up, we've selected 11 job opportunities for Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Brooklyn-based firms featured on Archinect Jobs. If you're looking for a firm... View full entry

A new report from the American Institute of Architects has found that business marketing remains underutilized among U.S. architecture firms. The finding forms part of the newly released Technology, Culture, & the Future of the Architectural Firm report, which explores the influence of... View full entry

Pink umbrellas tumble on hidden winds. IP addresses cross like city streets. Bright islands of community float like balloons tethered to gray infrastructural networks. In her wall-sized drawing “Confronting Urbanization: The Interactive Tissue of Urban Life Pro[log]ue,” Petra Kempf, assistant... View full entry

The ten winners of the Construction Startup Competition 2021 have been announced by CEMEX Ventures, recognizing the most promising startup companies in the construction sector for this year. The overall winner of the competition was Document Crunch, an AI-powered software which can identify and... View full entry

With COP26 entering its final day in Glasgow, Skidmore, Owings & Merrill have used the event to unveil their vision to transform the built environment into a network for absorbing carbon. Titled 'Urban Sequoia,' the project is centered on the concept of “forests” of buildings which sequester... View full entry

This post is brought to you by Mosaic In the architecture and engineering industry, firm leadership often find themselves making decisions based on instinct and fear that they don’t have enough work. But the end result is that you’re always at the mercy of the business. Everyone needs... View full entry

A new study published by Dodge Data & Analytics, in partnership with Autodesk, has concluded that stronger BIM use on architectural projects results in higher client satisfaction. The findings, set out in the free Accelerating Digital Transformation Through BIM SmartMarket Report, offers an... View full entry

Technology startup Cityzenith will provide its Digital Twin platform, SmartWorldPro2, for the project as part of its Clean Cities, Clean Future initiative. Las Vegas-based data management and curation platform Terbine will use IoT data from government agencies, building operators... View full entry

ETH Zurich has unveiled HiLo, the latest addition to Empa and Eawag’s modular NEST research building in Duebendorf, Switzerland. Featuring a doubly curved concrete roof, lightweight funicular floors, and self-learning building technology, the new unit reflects nearly a decade of ETH Zurich... View full entry

Autodesk has announced a series of new updates to their Autodesk Construction Cloud, a software solution seeking to connect design and construction team members through a single ecosystem. The latest updates are centered on Autodesk Build, a software that focuses on construction management... View full entry

In my opinion, remembering what it was like before social media and high-speed internet access is a gift. The early days of social media barely resemble the landscape of how impressionable and profit-driven it is today. Data privacy wasn't considered "a thing," and promoting a product or... View full entry

A new “bioinspired” pavilion is opening in Germany thanks to some help from robotic hands. The livMatS Pavilion has been successfully installed in the botanical garden on the campus of the University of Freiburg thanks to a cross-university team of engineers, architects, and... View full entry

Earlier this week, U.S. autonomous drone manufacturer, Skydio, launched Skydio 3D Scan, an adaptive scanning software that allows its drones to generate incredibly detailed 3D models of real-world settings with a very high degree of autonomy.  3D Scan is equipped with advanced artificial... View full entry