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SMART HOMES FOR HEALTHCARE As U.S. demographics shift — with young people leaving rural areas in search of education and jobs and with retirees migrating away from urban centers in search of peace and quiet — access to healthcare in remote areas is becoming a more serious and visible problem. Architects can help with the design of technologies that can improve healthcare access in the rural infrastructure. — Editor
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ENGINEERING KOOLHAAS To support the rapid expansion of China Central Television (CCTV), an international design competition was launched in 2002 for a centralized headquarters building in Beijing. Winning the commission was Rem Koolhaas (Office for Metropolitan Architecture, OMA), teamed with engineering firm Arup and the East China Architecture and Design Institute as both architect and engineer of record. Koolhaas imagined a building whose three dimensional form brings CCTV's staff and functions into a "continuous tube." This is part of the story of the engineering challenge. — Editor
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More Design Tools What is High-End CAD? — Opinion at EvanYares.com, 2006.0215Ilexsoft Releases HighDesign 1.6.2 2D CAD for Mac OS X — TenLinks, 2006.0215 SME Announces 3D Scanning Show — TenLinks, 2006.0213 Building the Taj Mahal, in Systems — ComputerWorld, 2006.0213 Robobat Releases Free CIS/2 Translator for Autodesk Revit — Autodesk press release at CADinfo.net, 2006.0210 UGS Squeaks Into #2 Position — World CAD Access, 2006.0210 Architecture Meets Seismic Design — Graphisoft press release, 2006.0208 Autodesk to Acquire Constructware for $46M — TenLinks, 2006.0208 In Situ Simulation Releases ISS Foresight 5.0 — In Situ Simulation press release, 2006.0208 Novel Says: AutoCAD Wanted on Linux — WorldCAD Access, 2006.0207 Bentley Acquires Cook-Hurlbert — Bentley Press Release, 2006.0207 The 2006 Innovative Home Technology Awards — EH Network press release, 2006.0205 AIA San Francisco Launches ArchCasts Podcasts — AIArchitect, 2006.0203 ARCHIBUS a Leader of Integrated Workplace Management Systems — ARCHIBUS, Inc. press release, 2006.0201 Lattice Releases High Performance XVL for 3D Data Publishing — Lattice Technology press release, 2006.0131 Cinema 4D Now Available for Intel-Based Macs — Maxon, 2006.0130 Neighborhoods Get New Tool for Proposed Developments — Smarter Land Use Project press release, 2006.0126 Architecture Meets Structural Design — Graphisoft press release, 2006.0126 Heat, Air & Moisture Building Science Tool — Rousseau Building Specialist press release, 2006.0125 Stratasys Adds Metal Rapid Prototyping Systems — Stratasys press release, 2006.0124 Bechtel and Bentley Work Together to Deliver Megaprojects — Bentley Systems, Incorporated press release, 2006.0123 Microspot Interiors Is Upgraded to Version.3.6 — Microspot Ltd. , 2006.0122 CMiC Dashboard Delivers Business Data to Project Stakeholders — CMiC press release, 2006.0117 Autodesk Gets New CEO — Red Herring, 2006.0117
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