Tierney Clark Award Goes to Budapest Ferihegy Airport’s SkyCourt
Read all about it here. Then check out some of the other great projects by lead architect Tima Zoltán. My favorite is the Riverloft project: a really well done modern addition to an old brick and stone structure. Want to know
Save a backup every day? You’re crazy! No. You’re crazy not to.
Are you saving a backup every day? Your answer better be yes. Data safety and organization is the subbasement/foundation of BIM. Your BIM model is only useful if it's accessible, readable, and existent. Don't lose your data. It's not just about
Spring 2011 Parade of Homes Remodelers Showcase
If you're in the Twin Cities this weekend, check out these two homes designed using ArchiCAD: Project # R56Â -Â Minneapolis - built by Vujovich Design Build, Inc., designed by SALA Architects. Project # R52Â -Â St. Paul - built by Ispiri, LLC, designed by SALA
Virtual Visible Views Project
In the ArchiCAD LinkedIn group, Michael Scarmack, AIA, recently started gauging interest in a global experiment using the ArchiCAD BIMserver that he'd like to conduct. There's a lot of excitement about this grassroots project and I think it will lead
IFC Hotfix Preview, more secrets revealed!
Who else caught this on the LinkedIn ArchiCAD page recently? I never knew Graphisoft released fixes to ifc bugs between the regular hotfixes. In all honesty this doesn't effect me at all. The majority of my work is residential. I
Pen Sets, Part Three
If you haven't read Parts One or Two, you might want to start here. At SALA Architects, I use 6 pen sets on a standard project. In this post I'm going to discuss the basics of two: one pen set, for structural
ArchiCAD-designed Fountains Grace 2015 European Capital of Culture
Cool fountain designed by Ondrej Cisler using ArchiCAD. I love that they modeled the whole square to better design the fountain. You can check out more of the firm's work here. Both their designs and their ArchiCAD abilities are very
MNAUG #12 Recap
Our March 2011 usergroup meeting was one of my favorites: there was a wonderful turn out and a lot of lively discussion. The main topic for this meeting was what is everyone doing to leverage BIM / ArchiCAD to get
High / Low. You backed up, right?
I got a weird error message recently. An attribute went missing. Find and Select with the criteria set to 'element type is All and attributes are Missing' didn't work. It seemed likely that it was an attribute of an attribute