In recent years, there design and engineering industry has been shifting towards cloud-based solutions. Long gone are the days of software installed on a single computer, most CAD software is now available on a cloud-based subscription model, allowing for easier collaboration and access to the latest features and updates. The…...
CADagency turns 10!
January marks the 10 year anniversary of CADagency! I started the business with a clear focus on helping talented CAD professionals find and secure roles with engineering and architectural companies around the UK. Over the past decade, CADagency has grown from a start up to a leading player in the…...
Manchester’s Albert Square Better for Pedestrians
It’s possibly quite sad to reflect that if you mention the words ‘Albert Square’ to an average citizen of the UK, it’s likely to spark up a conversation about a fictional square in a fictional borough in which you can usually find the cast of EastEnders screaming and shouting at…...
The Hanging Gardens of Ho Chi Minh City
Seemingly obsessed with a need to cover its building designs with greenery, Vietnamese studio Vo Trong Nghia Architects has just released its latest plans for three condominium towers in Ho Chi Minh City, where the balconies will be filled with shooting bamboo planters and the rooftops will feature flourishing gardens,…...
Robotic InventAIRy Management
Having to close a shop, factory or warehouse for your quarterly or annual inventory check is frustrating. Climbing a ladder tens of feet into the air to count with a laser scanner, or worse a pen and paper, is both scary and precarious. Yet these tasks require the attention of…...
Norra Tornen Towers Project
Last year, in Sweden, OMA was awarded the contract to build twin residential towers to mark the gateway to the new Hagastaden neighbourhood of Stockholm. The ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for May 2015, but until then new pictures released this week show that a couple of truly astonishing pieces of…...
Government Rights to Light Proposals Announced
There has been speculation over the last 23 months or so about what may happen to the country's centuries old laws that govern a building right to be kept out of the shade, not least in this Telegraph article from 2013. To give a brief rundown of a building's rights…...
Vectorworks releases its 2015 suite
In September of 2014, US software company Menetschek announced the release of the 2015 update for its Vectorworks Building Information Modelling suite. The new version contains over one hundred updates and new features, particularly focussing on architecture, BIM, entertainment design and urban planning. A recovering building industry, combined with the…...
123D Catch Finally Released for Android
The entire sane world breathes a collective sigh of relief as the years long wait for 123D Catch app to be available on Android smartphones comes to an end. Those that don't wish to sacrifice their sanity and bank balance on underperforming, outdated iPhone can now download the app…...
IKEA’s Virtual Reality
If anyone remembers the 1999 cult film Fight Club, starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton, they may also recall the scene in which Norton’s character is describing his apartment layout and furnishings, as they appeared in the IKEA catalogue he is ordering from. As he lists his possessions, they are…...