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CHIEF AT SEA RANCH
On the rugged Northern California coast stands a unique, decades-old development called Sea Ranch. Buildings there have always been designed according to strict design guidelines that keep development clustered and rooflines compatible with the wind-swept bluffs.
Architects who continue the Sea Ranch creative tradition accept these restrictions. One of them, Michael Wike, AIA, has learned to make his CAD software of choice, Chief Architect, from ART, Inc., adapt to his design style. — Published 2001.0815
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INFRASTRUCTURE MANAGEMENT
Since the early 1960s, there have been at least four generations of digital technology in facility management, each marked by a quantum leap of capability over the one before. As we embark on the next generation of infrastructure management, it's useful to reflect on where we've come from. Author and consultant Eric Teicholz puts the evolution in perspective. — Published 2001.0801
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EVOLVING COMMUNICATION
In this article, architect and teacher Larry Barrow presents a perspective on the importance of communication media.
Information technology (IT) per se is a modern obsession, but the importance of information exchange in accomplishing architecture is as old as recorded history. — Published 2001.0725
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RENDERING VIEW BY VIEW
Mieczyslaw Boryslawski says that creating a beautiful, true-to-life image "is like playing music — one must experiment and practice until satisfied with the results." This is true of both digital and traditional techniques. — Published 2001.0711
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A/E/C SYSTEMS 2001
The annual barometer for digital technology in architecture, engineering, and construction — the A/E/C SYSTEMS Show — came to Chicago in June, and its assessment of the state of the industry was resoundingly ambiguous. — Published 2001.0627
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INTEGRATING STEEL
If you have experienced delays in detailing and procuring steel, it may be because the design documents were difficult for the fabrication detailer to interpret. Or multiple changes issued after the detailing process began may have made it difficult for the draftsperson to keep up. Or the specified steel sections were unavailable from warehouse suppliers and too unusual for the mill to fabricate quickly. — Published 2001.0620
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A/E/C SYSTEMS GOING TO CHICAGO
Next week in Chicago the A/E/C SYSTEMS 2001 Exhibition and Conference will once again bring together the leaders of digital technology in the architecture/ engineering/ construction industry. Thousands of design and construction professionals will gather June 18-21 at McCormick Place, Lakeside Center for this annual event. — Published 2001.0613
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BASICS - RENDERING THE 3D MODEL
Professional golfers like to say that "they drive for show, and they putt for dough." Similarly, some would say that for most architects, rendering packages are for show and CAD drafting is for dough. But that statement is far less true today than it was five years ago, and certainly far less true than ten years ago. — Published 2001.0530
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WORK ORDER WIZARDS
Of the many ways software developers have harnessed computing power in the service of facilities management, few functions have been so elusive as tracking internal work orders. No wonder, considering the difficulties of merging the world of dust-sensitive electronics and sophisticated databases with the grimy world of hammers, ladders, and leaking pipes.
Now ARCHIBUS, Inc., one of the world's leading computer-aided facilities management software developers, showcases two approaches to the process-intensive task. — Published 2001.0523
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HIGH-PERFORMANCE BUILDING DESIGN
Digital design tools are essential in the latest efforts toward sustainability in architecture. And they were much in evidence at the April 2001 EnvironDesign conference in Atlanta, Georgia.
Steven Winter, FAIA, founder and president of Steven Winter Associates, Inc., and his associate Michael J. Crosbie, Ph.D., RA, gave a presentation called "Lessons Learned from Commercial High-Performance Building Projects." — Published 2001.0516
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