DESIGN FIRM INTRANET

While the Internet has grabbed the technology spotlight in recent years, its little sister, the corporate intranet, hasn't received the same level of attention. An intranet is an internal Web site located behind a company's protective firewall so that only employees and authorized users have access. Intranet applications have the potential to replace the islands of information trapped in a firm's file cabinets and incompatible databases.

PATHS TO COLLABORATION

Digital tools promise to improve collaboration processes in the design-and-construction industry. Yet more than tools are needed for collaboration to succeed. The architecture profession also needs to educate itself about the business, legal, technical, and behavioral aspects of sharing information electronically.

AUTODESK GOES CONCEPTUAL

For two decades, as mainstream software for architects has gradually increased its ability to support design development and construction document production, one phase of design has proved more elusive to software providers.

What has been relatively lacking in the digital realm is support for conceptual design, an activity typically carried out in a fast-paced, personal "conversation" between a designer and a series of sketches, through the medium of soft pencil on paper.

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