GRAPHISOFT Worldwide

VISION

Virtual Building!

MISSION

Bring BIM into common practice for the design and realization of buildings by enabling model-based workflow integration through innovative IT solutions.

About GRAPHISOFT

GRAPHISOFT® ignited the BIM revolution with ArchiCAD®, the industry first BIM software for architects. GRAPHISOFT continues to lead the industry with innovative solutions such as the revolutionary GRAPHISOFT BIM Server™, the world’s first real-time BIM collaboration environment, and the GRAPHISOFT EcoDesigner™, the world's first fully integrated building energy modeling application. GRAPHISOFT’s innovative solutions have fundamentally changed the way architects around the world design and collaborate. GRAPHISOFT® has been part of the Nemetschek Group, since its acquisition in 2007.

A Multinational Software Corporation

GRAPHISOFT SE, Budapest, Hungary is the largest entity in the GRAPHISOFT Group and the corporate headquarters. Its staff controls R&D, manufacturing, publishing, and international sales and marketing. Approximately one half of the headquarters' staff is employed in product development, while additional teams assist international distributors in 14 geographic regions worldwide; localize and publish software and manuals in major languages; coordinate GRAPHISOFT's Productivity Tools program; provide product support; and exercise financial control and steer the direction of the entire group.

GRAPHISOFT Deutschland GmbH, Munich, Germany was founded in 1988 to serve Europe's largest CAD market. Traditionally, this office has contributed the most income among the subsidiary offices.

GRAPHISOFT N.A. Inc., Boston, following the merger of GRAPHISOFT US, Inc. San Francisco, established in 1989, with Drawbase software, the US division has moved to the Drawbase headquarters in Boston to market, sell and support Archicad in the United States and Canada. In addition, the U.S. office channels industry news, market information and user feedback from the world's most computerized market.

GRAPHISOFT Japan Co. Ltd. opened in Tokyo in 1994 to serve the second largest architectural CAD market in the world. GRAPHISOFT's adoption of Japanese architectural conventions and the development of strategic alliances with some of Japan's largest construction companies and CAD software distributors resulted in rapid success in Japan.

GRAPHISOFT UK Ltd. was founded in 1997 to reinforce GRAPHISOFT's commitment to the second largest architectural CAD market in Europe. The Woking office provides immediate marketing and technical assistance to the UK sales channel.

ArchiCAD Espana, S.A. was established in 1997 in Madrid. In addition to providing marketing and technical assistance to the local sales channel, the Madrid office provides sales and marketing support for Spanish-speaking Central and South American markets.

„It's passion, and a good deal of business sense, that helped turn GRAPHISOFT into a global player.”
The Wall Street Journal