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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 WildForm Releases New Software: WildPresenter — Wildform, Inc. press release, 2006.0222Graphisoft Announces Graphisoft Change Manager — Graphisoft press release, 2006.0221 LWA Format Supported by ARCHITREND Z and ARCHITREND — LightWork Design press release, 2006.0221 Stunned into Silence over Smartgeometry — Building Design, 2006.0217 What Emerged from the Latest Smartgeometry Workshop — BDOnline, 2006.0217 New Enhancements to e-Builder — e-Builder , 2006.0216 Major Structures Placed Virtually in Architectural Context — Graphisoft press release, 2006.0216 Nemetschek Updates VectorWorks to Version 12.0.1 — Nemetschek North America press release, 2006.0216 Milford High Adopts DataCAD 11 for Occupational Ed Program — DATACAD LLC press release, 2006.0216 Microspot Modeler v3.6 Released — Microspot Press Release, 2006.0216 Microspot Modeler Is Upgraded to Version.3.6 — Microspot Ltd. press release, 2006.0215 ARCHIBUS/FM Web Central 15 Offers Multilingual Access — ARCHIBUS, Inc. press release, 2006.0215 What is High-End CAD? — Opinion at EvanYares.com, 2006.0215 Ilexsoft 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 The 2006 Innovative Home Technology Awards — EH Network press release, 2006.0205 Lattice Releases High Performance XVL for 3D Data Publishing — Lattice Technology press release, 2006.0131
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