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West Side Place
Established in 1989 by Rob Cottee and Geoff Parker, Cottee Parker Architects creates sensitive and respectful places that balance purpose, place and beauty.An Archicad user for 30 years, the practice takes a multidisciplinary approach to design, bringing together architects, interior designers, digital engineers and visualizers to balance the commercial and the creative, delivering a rewarding built environment.With offices spanning Australia and New Zealand, Cottee Parker has recently completed several large city-shaping projects including Melbourne’s West Side Place.
Tags: Archicad, BIMcloud, Bluebeam, Solibri
January 16, 2025
ASTOC Inselspital Anna Seiler House
ASTOC, GWJ and IAAG together developed the Anna Seiler House, a new central hub for the state-of-the-art, leading university hospital in Bern, Switzerland.
Archicad was critical to delivering this flagship project.
Tags: Archicad, BIMx, Collaboration
December 6, 2024
Athletes’ Village Paris
The challenge of creating the infrastructure to host global athletics events is a familiar one for cities around the world, with the need to deliver sustainable buildings that will offer a lasting benefit to the community.
To meet this sustainability demand, the Parisian design team behind the Athletes’ Village applied an innovative approach to usage and prefabricated materials, creating structures that responded to the environment, meeting both short and long-term needs.
Tags: Archicad, Collaboration, Coordination, large project, Sustainability, Urban Design
July 31, 2024
Farkasvölgyi Arquitetos Associados – Arena MRV
Explore the EUR91M Arena MRV – a multipurpose facility in Belo Horizonte, unveiled in 2023. More than a sports arena, the Arena MRV combines architectural innovation, fiscal responsibility, and inclusivity. Central to its design intent was that it represents the team’s prowess, instilling pride in fans for their new sanctuary. Designed to be versatile and adaptable, the Arena MRV is Brazil’s most contemporary venue, boasting the lowest production cost per capacity and seat count.
Tags: BIMcloud, Collaboration, large project, Public Space, Sports Facility
July 3, 2024
Frog Lake Equine Center
Using horses to help people overcome challenges, the Frog Lake Equine Center in Canada has received the 2023 Canadian Architect Award of Excellence, the highest recognition for excellence in the design stage in the Canadian architectural sector.
Tags: Community Project, Cultural, Improved Communication of Design, Twinmotion, Visualization
May 22, 2024
The Up Studio
We consider Archicad to be one of the most powerful tools we use. BIMx gives us the ability to link the 3D and two-dimensional export. It can be a complex virtual model – but everything synchs. This technology excites me, because it affords us the ability to build the home virtually, and have the client […]
Tags: BIMx
April 16, 2024
VFA Architecture + Design
Especially with custom homes, there are a lot of changes and iterations. Jumping from program to program and making sure all the changes were made throughout was taking a lot of time. We’d investigated Revit and it just never felt right for the type of projects we were doing. It just seemed super heavy and […]
Pappageorge Haymes Partners
The ability to package and issue the entire building model as a single IFC file maintains the integrity of the information we’ve built into the model, providing the team with clearest and most comprehensive understanding of our design. Even though most consultants use unique and specialized software platforms, the communication never broke down thanks to […]
Tags: Coordination, IFC
Pappageorge Haymes Partners
The powerful rendering engine in Archicad allowed for in depth material studies that greatly assisted us in working with the owner and interior designer. In the end, we impressed our client, refined the design in ways that we weren’t able to before, and never had to do a minute of work that didn’t contribute to […]
FORGE CRAFT
We collaborate well even if another consultant is not using Archicad. Coordination with accuracy on highly advanced, detailed, technologically complex projects – especially a modular medical clinic like CARE+CRAFT, Archicad is all we need. FORGE CRAFT
Dan Brunn Architecture
What we love about using Archicad from the beginning of the design phase in any project is the fact that you get into it right away, and so you’re designing in 3D. We never need to switch from software one to another – this means we can start on the actual production software for the […]
Tags: BIM, Improved Efficiency
Strada
We’ve been working with this particular team of engineers, who use Revit, with the IFC exchange for a couple years now. The working relationship has already had kinks worked out, as far as what type of settings to use when exporting Archicad out to IFC and how they set up Revit to accept our IFC […]
Tags: Coordination, IFC, Revit
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Renderings take a lot of time and energy – so with BIMx we get a really smooth, efficient visualization process. BIMx allows us to, in an affordable way that doesn’t take us a lot of time, be able to go in and show someone a VR model on Google cardboard. I just did a field […]
Tags: Affordable Housing, BIMx and Creative Visuals, Residential, Residential Projects, Urban Design
Amalgam Studio
Everything made sense: you could clearly see that the software was designed by architects for architects. I had interns picking it up within two days. Ben Allbury Principal, Amalgam Studio
Modern House Architects
It is the best program for those architects like us, who are not technophiles and want to concentrate on design instead of the software interface. Curt Cline, Architect, Modern House Architects
Tags: Long Term User, Long Time Customer, Residential, Residential Projects, Small Project
The Up Studio
As we began using Archicad it was clear we had found a tool made for designers. We could work and move through the model, make changes that met our client’s needs and never lose sight of what we needed to do to build the home. John Patrick Winberry, Architect/Partner, The Up Studio
Tags: Residential, Residential Projects, Transition to Archicad
Relativity Architects
…using Archicad and working in the cloud allowed us to collaborate with our in-house and project team members outside of California and internationally. Being able to work collaboratively and asynchronously was a big plus.
Tags: Collaboration, Interoperability
April 8, 2024
Bell Design Group
Specifically designed to promote wellness among senior residents, the Vista Woods Apartments feature multiple community spaces for social engagement and expansive recreational grounds spanning over half an acre.
Tags: Community Project, large project, Residential, Residential Projects
March 26, 2024
Earthworld
Established by André Eksteen and Braam de Villiers in 2000, Earthworld Architects & Interiors aims to push the boundaries of creativity while also maintaining a strong focus on sustainability.
Tags: Sustainability
March 4, 2024
Lucy Gonzalez Parsons Apartments
Lucy Gonzales Parsons Apartments (LGPA), an affordable housing initiative, offers insight into how LBBA Architects provides engaging and empathetic solutions for affordable housing and community spaces and how the Chicago-based architecture firm has developed an efficient process anchored by Archicad.
Tags: Community Project, large project, Residential, Residential Projects
January 27, 2024
Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés – Higher Roch
The architects at Brenac & Gonzalez & Associés are true power users. Working with the Graphisoft suite since 1990, the team has become both a trailblazer and an inspiration for new Archicad users in France. Their projects all share a design approach inspired by the forest fox and range from residential to commercial.
Tags: large project, Residential, Residential Projects
December 28, 2023
Brundage Mountain Resort
Plans for the expanded mountain resort call for a new ski lodge, new home sites, upgrades to terrain and snowmaking, a new condominium hotel and other phased upgrades.
Tags: Collaboration, Commercial, Community Project, MEP, Urban Design
August 25, 2023
Up Studio
Meet New York-based Architecture, Interior and Brand Design firm The Up Studio.
Tags: Residential, Residential Projects, Transition to Archicad
August 14, 2023
LWK + Partners
With more than 1,100 employees collaborating across a network of 12 global offices, this firm made the switch to Archicad and has been enjoying the benefits ever since.
Tags: Interiors, Large Firm, large project, Residential, Urban Design
May 27, 2023
Don Mills Ravine Home
The appeal of this Toronto home has little to do with technical sophistication or a smartly ordered layout. It’s the sense you get, from your first view of the front facade to the gracious views through the expansive glass curtain walls facing the ravine, that human beings live here, and enjoy the living.
Tags: BIMx, BIMx and Creative Visuals, Collaboration, Residential, Sustainability
May 2, 2023
Harbor Hideaway
This uniquely private and peaceful home in Sag Harbor, New York, was recently designed by The Up Studio.
Tags: BIMx and Creative Visuals, Customer Stories, Residential, Residential Projects, Transition to Archicad
March 26, 2023
The Independent, Austin
Switching to Archicad almost 20 years ago helped Rhode Partners become more efficient and more creative – find out more below!
Tags: High-Rise, Large Firm, large project, Mixed Use, Residential, Sustainability, Transition to Archicad
January 3, 2023
Granary Campus, Salt Lake City
A collection of historic buildings in Salt Lake City have been transformed into a 21st century destination, complete with retail offerings, activities, and recreation, as well as hospitality.
Tags: BIMx, Collaboration, Commercial, Coordination, Historic Preservation, large project, Mixed Use, Pointcloud, Renovation, Reuse, Transition to Archicad
November 17, 2022
Wolf Point East, Chicago
Wolf Point East rises 65-stories high above the convergence of the north and south branches of the Chicago River. Powerhouse Chicago firm, Pappageorge Haymes Partners served as the architect of record for the high-rise residential tower – which is part of a sizeable planned residential development. The luxury apartment tower features 698 residential units, high-end amenities located on several floors. At its ground level, a four-acre riverfront park and ample retail space welcomes visitors.
Tags: Collaboration, Coordination, High-Rise, Large Firm, large project, Long Term User, Mixed Use, Residential, Residential Projects
September 14, 2022
TSG Center for Spiritual Development
Tasked with designing a space to support spiritual development that would honor the site and the soul – the orcutt|winslow team have developed a truly remarkable building that achieves just that.
Tags: Customer Stories, Healthcare, Public Space, Sustainability
Use of Archicad in Structural Engineering
Valladares Pagliotti & Asociados, VPA, has developed more than 800 projects in structural engineering. The firm uses Archicad for their structural engineering work. We asked Enzo Valladares Pagliotti, Managing Partner, Civil Structural Engineer, about their philosophy and unique workflow.
Tags: BIMx, large project, Long Time Customer, Structural Engineering, Teamwork
August 30, 2022
Charles Perkins Centre
The iconic Charles Perkins Centre is a leading research and education hub offering the next generation of researchers and practitioners a place to collaborate, train, mentor, learn and inspire.
Tags: Collaboration, Education, educational (university), large project
July 31, 2022
The Center of Hope
The Center of Hope in California provides healthcare services along with separate housing for homeless students attending a nearby community college.
Tags: Collaboration, Community Project, Coordination, Customer Stories, Healthcare, MEP, Structural, Structural Engineering
February 24, 2022
Duke Ellington School of the Arts, USA
Tags: Collaboration, Education, Historic Preservation, Sustainability, Transition to Archicad
February 18, 2022
Goldendale Observatory
Patano Studio’s work on the Goldendale Observatory Project won an AIA Seattle and Architecture Master Prize award – no small feat, given that it was the first public project the team had implemented Archicad on from start to finish.
Tags: BIMx, Public Space, Transition, Transition to Archicad
August 7, 2021
Alta Roosevelt
Tags: Collaboration, High-Rise, Large Firm, large project, Residential, Sustainability
February 1, 2021
Vega Architecture
We can work with Revit MEP or Revit Structural or Revit Architectural… Archicad was made to be open and that’s an important piece to us; and … when our engineers are using 2D, we work with Autocad. We have yet to find a file type that is problematic for us to work with.
Tags: Collaboration, Interoperability
August 9, 2020
Relativity Architects
Archicad works simultaneously with people in different locations in the same model. We saw reduced errors, no need to rebuild, and instances of the model crashing. Had we experienced those things, that would have made growth into new locations difficult.
Tags: Collaboration
Relativity Architects
Archicad is a great software for designing, communicating, and collaborating on projects. It has better tools than other programs and lets me easily work with complex models. I love bringing drawing sets on-site and showing them to others; BIMx is an awesome tool.
Tags: BIMx, BIMx and Creative Visuals, Collaboration, Improved Communication of Design
June 30, 2020
Laney LA Inc
It is so exciting that our structural engineer can literally work in the exact same file on the Cloud in Archicad… That is a level of collaboration that I have not seen yet in our industry in the residential market. Anthony Laney, Laney LA Inc “It is so exciting that our structural engineer can literally […]
Tags: Collaboration, Interoperability, Residential
June 29, 2020
Levi Wong
I know that with engineers that use Revit or contractors, we had no problem creating a integrated model that everybody could look at and work in. Ruth Neeman, Levi Wong
Tags: Collaboration, Interoperability
Laney LA Inc
The efficiency of these tools really helps our business. We’re able to do bigger projects as a smaller team. So that’s always a winning strategy when it comes to getting a young company off of the ground. Anthony Laney, Laney LA Inc
Tags: Competitive Edge, Residential
Urban Strategies
Architects and landscape architects will join the team, and we will be able export to them our master plan, usually very seamlessly, regardless of what platform they’re using. Michel Trocmé, Urban Strategies
Tags: Collaboration, Commercial, Interoperability
Joseph Vance
I don’t think that my firm could operate the way I do, and be as profitable as we are, if I had to use Revit.
Tags: BIMx, Competitive Edge, Ease of Use, Revit
Levi Wong
Even people that have no experience with Archicad or even Revit, they get integrated and become productive extremely quickly – and that really is a morale booster.
Tags: Ease of Use, Learning new Software, Staffing
Riverstone Structural Concepts
During the design phase, I go to a meeting and we ask the client to make an adjustment. And they make an adjustment right then and there, and hit send receive and it’s done. Patrick Bird, Riverstone Structural Concepts “During the design phase, I go to a meeting and we ask the client to make […]
Tags: Collaboration, Commercial, Interoperability, Structural
Riverstone Structural Concepts
GRAPHISOFT really listens to their clients, and everybody that I talked to says that they feel like they’ve been heard. It seems they’re progressing in the direction that the industry wants them to go. Patrick Bird, Riverstone Structural Concepts “I feel like we’ve gotten more attention lately. They’re asking us a lot more questions on […]
Tags: Customer Support, Structural
Vega Architecture
The idea that BIM software requires a huge amount of training is not true in our experience. What does require a good amount of training is that its own internal office standards of how that office is going to utilize BIM. David Grooms, Principal, Vega Architecture
Vega Architecture
Even if somebody does have some BIM experience and we find if they’ve been in a Revit Firm, we find their transition to Archicad as far as just a software learning curve is pretty fast. David Grooms, Principal, Vega Architecture Even if somebody does have some BIM experience and we find if they’ve been in […]
Tags: Ease of Use, Learning new Software, Staffing, Training
Vega Architecture
I think in using BIM, (owners) they have a much better understanding, one; of the design and what we’re trying to accomplish; and they two; have a much better understanding of the amount of work that’s going into these projects, of the pitfalls, or the potential concerns with a project. David Grooms, Principal, Vega Architecture
Tags: BIM, Improved Communication
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