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BOSTON, March 3, 2010 - The worst of times can be the best of times to enhance career prospects. Out-of-work architects in the Charlotte, N.C., area are discovering this first hand with a new opportunity to significantly upgrade their credentials by learning building information modeling (BIM).
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BOSTON, March 1, 2010 - In nature, nothing is perfectly square and organisms orient themselves relative to the sun. Both truths explain the fresh design of the "net zero" Zona home.
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BOSTON, February 22, 2010 - In a pro bono effort to help increase health-care access in developing countries worldwide, award-winning San Francisco architecture firm Anshen + Allen is using ArchiCAD building information modeling (BIM) software to transform run-of-the-mill shipping containers into rapid-deployment health clinics
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BOSTON, Feb. 18, 2010 - GRAPHISOFT, the global leader in Virtual Building™ solutions, today introduced ArchiCAD STAR(T) Edition 2010, the latest release of its entry-level building information modeling (BIM) software. Available today, ArchiCAD STAR(T) 2010 gives small architecture firms a powerful, fully-functioned BIM solution without the hefty price tag.
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BOSTON, Feb. 16, 2010 – The BrightBuilt Barn – an innovative "net zero" home that needs no furnace, is easy to repair/upgrade, and is designed to last for centuries – has won a major innovation award from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
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Budapest, January 21 - "Design has to be accompanied by logic, function, and reason," says Kotaro Ide of ARTechnic, winner of Interior Design magazine's 2009 Best of Year, Freestanding House, for a vacation home in Karuizawa, Japan.
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Budapest, January 20, 2010 - ACCIONA has announced that its R&D department has selected GRAPHISOFT's ArchiCAD® 13 technology-based BIM/Virtual Building™ software, as a model-based design and documentation productivity solution. ArchiCAD will facilitate the sharing of project files and increase productivity, thereby enhancing competitiveness.
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Budapest, January 14, 2010 - Hungary's only entry in 2009's World Architecture Festival was chosen as best of the "Future Projects - Competition Entries" category for its design of the new cemetery in Szentendre, Hungary. In addition to winning one of the 25 categories, the A4 Studio finished second overall in the final round of judging.
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BOSTON, January 6, 2010 - Minnesota architects have not been spared the pain of unemployment. Rather than waiting for the economy to improve, the American Institute of Architects Minnesota has introduced a free program to deepen architects' skills and improve their employment prospects.
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Budapest, December 16 - GRAPHISOFT has received the Environmental Product of the Year award for its EcoDesigner product at the annual Construction Computing Magazine awards held in London on November 19. Known as "THE HAMMERS," the awards are now in their fourth year and are widely regarded as the industry's leading accolade. This year, over 7,500 votes in 21 categories were received from the readers of Construction Computing Magazine.
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BOSTON, Dec. 14, 2009 - Architects have transformed a blighted Seattle lot into an award-winning commercial/residential complex featuring flexible "live-work" units, green design, and a plaza on which pedestrians and cars can coexist.
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Budapest, November 19 - GRAPHISOFT announced today the launch of MyArchiCAD.com, its brand new community website for allowing students, teachers, and schools to download the ArchiCAD 13 Education version for free. Professional users can also download the ArchiCAD 13 Trial version from the same site for free.
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Budapest, November 3, 2009 - GRAPHISOFT, the global leader in Virtual Building™ solutions, today announced the release of the Virtual Building Explorer solution for ArchiCAD 13. This new release for ArchiCAD 13 introduces Virtual Building Explorer to Macintosh users as well. Supported operating systems are now Mac OSX 10.5, 10.6 and Windows XP, Windows Vista 32-64-bit, and Windows 7.
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Budapest, November 2, 2009 - Team Stream, led by Shimizu Corp., has brought Graphisoft its second consecutive win at Build Live Tokyo, by capturing the Best Project award.
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Boston, MA - October 19, 2009 - A new eco-friendly Wisconsin home designed with ArchiCAD recently became the Badger State's first LEED Platinum certified residence.
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Boston, MA - October 13, 2009 - The nation's first multi-generational respite and hospice facility is being built in Phoenix, Arizona, with the help of Building Information Modeling (BIM) technology from GRAPHISOFT. When complete, the Ryan House will provide a unique, comforting environment to support children with life-limiting conditions, while also supporting their families. Adult hospice patients will be cared for as well.
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"[The] New version from Graphisoft has a familiar look, but new Teamwork 2.0 and BIM Server may rock the world of BIM....
...ArchiCAD 13 is a major release; in fact, some of its new features could be classified as game changers for the world of building information modeling (BIM)..."
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"Graphisoft has just released the next version of its popular BIM application, ArchiCAD 13. It is an exciting release as it includes a server-based collaboration solution, making it the first BIM application to have this capability. With a flexible element reservation system and a technology that detects and transmits only the changed elements between the client computers and the server - shrinking the average data package size from megabytes to kilobytes - ArchiCAD 13 has the potential to revolutionize BIM-based collaboration by allowing team members to work together easily and quickly in real-time on modeling projects, from anywhere in the world where a standard broadband Internet connection is available..."
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September 14, 2009 - GRAPHISOFT announced today that ArchiCAD® 13, the next version of its award-winning Virtual Building™ modeling solution, has started to ship on both Windows® and Macintosh® platforms today.
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Budapest, September 11, 2009 - Architect Enrico Bonilauri of Emu Architects has won a free commercial license of ArchiCAD 12 in the "Experience BIM" competition.
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