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DESIGNS ON INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY Various architects today are investigating the digital tools of industrial design, engineering, and manufacturing in search of ways to improve processes in the fragmented construction industry. For many reasons — the structure of the industry, the physical size and complexity of buildings, the typically low design repetition factor, and a general cultural conservatism — the design process and products of architecture lag behind those of the manufacturing industries in several ways.
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VIRTUAL WEISSENHOFSIEDLUNG In the 1920s, 17 European practitioners of the emerging modern architecture were invited to contribute designs to a collection of houses that came to be known as Weissenhofsiedlung. The future luminaries included, among others, Le Corbusier, Ludwig Mies van der Rohe, and Walter Gropius.
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More Design Tools PowerCAD Brings Workstation Power to the Pocket PC — PocketPC Magazine, 2003.03 IssueViewCafe Provides Universal Document Viewing and Markup — Spicer Corporation press release, 2003.0120 Sigma Design Introduces eZ 3 for Document Management and Collaboration — Sigma Design press release, 2003.0116 Bentley Releases White Paper on Building Information Modeling — Bentley Systems press release, 2003.0114 New Bridgit Software Makes Data Conferencing Simple and Cost Effective — SMART Technologies Inc. press release, 2003.0113 CD-ROM is a Teaching Tool for Future Home Builders — South Tampa City Times, 2002.1227
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