Architecture
How 3D Artists Elicit Emotions With Architectural Rendering
Interior rendering of dining space by BluEntCAD This blog has been updated on – April 27, 2022 Photorealistic 3D rendering isn’t just about creating an architectural space. It’s also about eliciting the right emotions so you can sell your work with a distinct competitive advantage. 3D artists are crucial to emotional marketing, and today, we’ll ...
Open Floor Plans For Residential Architecture: Origin, Pros and Cons
3D living room rendering by BluEntCAD Open floor plans have been one of the most dominant architectural trends in residential design and remodeling projects since around 1990.
Tried and Tested: The Best Color Choices for Commercial Architecture Projects
Interior rendering by BluEntCAD Selecting a color palette for a commercial architecture project? To give you a head start, BluEntCAD has put together this guide for colors for commercial spaces, such as offices,
Building Information Modeling
BIM vs CAD: What to Choose and When
CAD conversion by BluEntCAD This blog has been updated on – April 22, 2022 BIM vs CAD. To truly make the most of your construction or renovation projects, you need to know what Building Information Modeling (BIM) and Computer-Aided Design (CAD) are each best suited for, as well as their relation to each other.
Virtual Simulation in the Architecture Industry
This blog has been updated on – March 18, 2022 The architectural industry is experiencing a dynamic shift as more and more stakeholders integrate virtual simulation and Building Information Modeling (BIM) into their projects.
How Point Cloud Modeling Technology Helps Your Renovation Project
This blog has been updated on – February 09, 2022 Can point cloud modeling technology help your renovation project? Point cloud is particularly beneficial in renovation projects
Bio-Architecture
The Glass Bubble
If you encounter the gargantuan glass-and-steel structure in Oracle, Arizona, you might think you've walked onto a set for Star Trek.
Make space for nature
The achievements of man are meaningless. In the end, nothing remains. One must return to the womb of nature. Could the exponents of built design imagine a space which includes nature without trimming her natural design?
The curious case of biomimicry
Bios means life, and mimesis is to imitate. Coined by an American academic and inventor, Otto Schmitt. Bio mimicry in architecture and design is popularized by the famous biologist Janine M. Benyus.
Construction Tech
Wearables to Keep an Eye On
The use of wearable technology is exploding in popularity across construction sites. Step into the future and take your construction project to the next level with these wearables:
Robots are real
An aged population stares the industry in the eye. Does one deliberate or act?
The techie way or not?
The possibility of technology serving humankind to rekindle the lost shine of our older buildings is a budding promise. 3D laser scanning is offering a remote means of logging friable historical structures in the form of 3D modules.
Contributors
Outsourcing: The Lever and Fulcrum of Enterprises
Information Technology positions our daily activities and businesses in an increasingly global context. The practice of architecture is no exception. Architectural Evangelist presents new scenarios for Workshare and defines the ways.
Architectural Outsourcing
Standing tall, mighty, and unmoved over millennia, the 4,000 miles (6,500 km) long Great Wall of China is an architectural wonder of epic significance. The Great Wall is the largest ever built structure in terms of mass and surface area.
The New Face of Outsourcing: Knowledge Process Outsourcing
Knowledge process outsourcing is believed to increase productivity and improve efficiency. Manufactures and construction companies are also finding it increasingly beneficial to outsource projects rather than invest in infrastructure.
Insights
The first push is the hardest
The first cost mentality is the manifestation of a fixed mindset. A significant amount of thought has been shared and several opinions have done the rounds in the years gone by.
Challenges in the construction industry
The Wells Fargo Construction Industry Forecast calculates the 2019 U.S. National Optimism Quotient (OQ), a key indicator of whether local, non-residential construction will increase or decrease in future.
Get Walking to be a Modern Urban
In the recent times, there has been a cumulative feeling that people are increasingly getting isolated. In more ways than one, the factor responsible for this has been accounted to the way we live,
Perspective
Books Every Architect Should Read
'Who reads these days?' is a common response when someone is asked, in idle conversation, if he or she has been reading anything interesting.
How to Spruce Up Your Studio Apartment
With skyrocketing real estate prices, studio apartments, which consist of a single room plus a bathroom, are increasing in popularity all over the globe.
Buildings that Understand You: Automated Interiors
You arrive at your hotel, and a dinosaur robot takes care of your check-in with face recogition, after which a self-propelled trolley whisks away your luggage for you.
Style & Living
How to Choose Between a Custom Home and a Ready-Made Home
Exterior rendering of residence by BluEntCAD This blog has been updated on – April 20, 2022 So, you’re in the market for a new home. Perhaps you’re dreaming of an airy, light-filled custom home you can move into with your beautiful family. Perhaps you need a practical, central place to stay for a few months ...
Winterize Your Home
You do not neet to consult a professional interior designer for enlivening your home up. Just go with your instinct and exercise what your heart says. Go through some special approaches to decorate your home during winter days.
Elegant Autumn
Autumn is a warm season which brings in different colors to your lives with your favorite pumpkin and apple pies followed by brewing of hot spiced apple cider. Decorate your homes with autumn leaves to add color and brighter to this season.
Sustainability
How to Create a Greener Workplace
Going green at your office can seem difficult: being environmental-friendly conjures up images of taking steps such as switching to renewable energy and figuring out how to clean the oceans.
Green Building for Residential Design
Green building, green architecture or sustainable architecture is a design and construction practice that is sensitive towards the environment. Green building is now a popular design alternative.
Architecture Industry: A Hidden Culprit to Global Warming
Contrary to this belief that transportation industry is largely responsible for climate change and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions, buildings are the single largest contributors to global warming.
Wellness
Ten Ways to Increase Positivity at the Office
'Pleasure in the job puts perfection in the work.'
Wellness in the workplace
What is the meaning of wellness? Gallup and Heathway, the well-being index, describes the five key factors which help the individual's journey within the workplace.
The Right to Light
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, absenteeism costs the American economy about $225.8 billion annually – $1,685 per worker.
What Do SD, DD & CD Stand For In Construction?
Editor’s Pick
Singapore City, Singapore. This city, now a commercial powerhouse, sprung from the ashes of a colonial past. Because it has few natural resources, it developed a keen eye for infrastructure development. Its office spaces have been decentralized to reduce congestion. It is, truly, one of the best planned cities in the world.
Copenhagen, Denmark. This city’s urban design helps shape the way of life of its citizens. Much of this can be attributed to the Five Finger Plan, the emphasis on cycling infrastructure, and the pedestrian streets. Copenhagen intends to be carbon neutral by 2025.
Further reading: The Emergence of a Modern City by Henriette Steiner
Seoul, South Korea. When it comes to coping with rapid urbanization, cities all over the world can look to vibrant Seoul as an example. Taking inspiration from London, Seoul implemented a Greenbelt policy due to its population explosion in the 20th century. The 2030 Seoul Plan is one ‘decided by citizens at each step of planning‘, and includes making the city more community-oriented, lively and safe, among other things.
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Amsterdam, Netherlands. Amsterdam has a long history of meticulous design. In the 17th century, when trade burgeoned in the city, its now-famous canals were constructed for water management and transport. Today, public transport is encouraged, and Amsterdam is full of bicycle paths. The Amsterdam City Council has outlined a 2040 master plan that includes smart technology systems and innovative urban design.
