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Point Cloud de Meilahti Primary School
Hadlow College
The Rural Regeneration Centre of Hadlow College

EUROBUILD UK

The Rural Regeneration Centre in Kent, designed using ArchiCAD, is the UK’s First Certified Passivhaus Educational Building

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2030 Architects Ltd.
EcoDesigner information is key to gaining Planning Consent

2030 Architects Ltd.

2030 Architects Ltd works throughout Cumbria and the North West to create high quality Low Carbon buildings and environments for existing and future generations.

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Axis Design Architects
Using PassivHaus construction principles to create affordable, energy efficient homes

Axis Design Architects

Axis Design Architects is a Birmingham based architect and urban designer firm with a reputation across the West Midlands as a leader in the field of social housing design and construction.

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Constructive Thinking Studio Ltd.
Making Old become New, and Efficient!

Constructive Thinking Studio Ltd.

Constructive Thinking Studio, based in Liverpool, is a design-led practice which has quality of design at the heart of its role. Very experienced in sustainable design the Practice is fully accredited Code for Sustainable Homes, On Construction Domestic Energy Assessor (ONDEA), and advises on early-stage energy strategies.

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Point Cloud de Meilahti Primary School
Meilahti Primary School
BIM modelling – a useful tool for the City of Helsinki

Originally published in ArchiMAG magazine

Helsinki Public Works

The City of Helsinki encourages the use of building information modelling as it enables the city to acquire more and better information on its properties and to maintain them more easily.

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Azusa Sekkei
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In search of “BIM for an architectural design firm” - BIM improves quality

Azusa Sekkei

“Our implementation of BIM started in 1996, although at the time the word “BIM” wasn’t commonly used, and 3D CAD was more mainstream,” according to Mr. Yasuno.

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Artechnic
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Creating a bold design with ArchiCAD using curved surfaces

Artechnic

The residential building “SHELL” -- ArchiCAD 15’s global signature building -- maintains the harmony with the environment in one of Japan’s most prestigious resort towns, despite its bold design using a concrete tube as a base form.

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Toda
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Utilizing a BIM model from design to quantity survey for construction projects

TODA CORPORATION

“The task of this project was to generate all the documents from the BIM model, which we used to produce using 2D CAD. In addition, using a feature of BIM, we verified the effectiveness of producing bills of quantity and quantity takeoff from the BIM model,“

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Strathclyde
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Using BIM as a Safety Measure

Strathclyde Fire and Rescue

If you are about to burst through a door and enter a burning building, you would really want to know what is behind that door... anything inside that could cause danger to you, or other people.

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Bedford Academy

Bond Bryan Architects

Setting new standards in workforce management and implementing and teaching Teamwork was a significant effort for Rob Jacksons studio before working on the BIM model for The Academy but was the right choice, nonetheless.

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Matt Bridgestock - 55° North Architecture

Matt Bridgestock of 55° North Architecture, Architect and Urban Designer, uses Building Information Modelling to develop sustainable environments with the emphasis on 'Community'. As founder of his Scotland based small design studio, he is passionate about designing places for people and the planet.

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The Darmstadtium

fs-architects, & Chalabi architects & partners

Rectangular and simple - this description certainly doesn't apply to the new Science and Congress Center in Darmstadt! On the contrary -- the complex acts as an expressive, angular sculpture with a dynamic design.

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The Ark Building

Rice Daubney

The Ark Building, a Development Excellence Award winner designed by Paul Reidy of Rice Daubney, breaks boundaries, challenges traditions, and sets new design benchmarks.

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Koutsoftides Architects

Koutsoftides Architects, a small, design-oriented firm, represents the majority of the ArchiCAD user base. Costas Koutsoftides’s aim was never to grow big in size and profit, but to design what he likes and to do it in the highest quality possible.

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