Arata Isozak – A life’s work
Aged 87, Arata Isozaki is to be awarded 2019 Pritzker architecture prize, widely considered the highest honor in architecture, for his wide-ranging and “undefinable” architecture….
SITE & TIN surfaces in BricsCAD® BIM
BricsCAD BIM, it works in 3D from the ground up, literally. This week I’m going to show you how to make the most of the…
IFC in BricsCAD® BIM
BricsCAD BIM offers architects the possibility to add IFC data to their models. BricsCAD uses industry standard, open file types which means that you can…
Tallest Buildings Throughout History
These days skyscrapers are everywhere and somewhat unremarkable. In China alone last year, 88 skyscrapers were built. But what were the tallest man-made structures to…
Grids in BricsCAD® BIM
In my last BIM post I talked to you about the wonders of the new Curtain Wall command, but why stop at window creation? This week…
Curtain walls in BricsCAD® BIM
Ever thought that ceilings like the Cabot Circus Roof, Broadmead, Bristol, were really cool, but the idea of sitting down and working out how every…
Skyscrapers 2018
Here at Bricsys, we’re super excited about BIM and as 2018 was seemingly the year of skyscrapers. I thought I’d wrap the year up by…
The guys who created Quickdraw
This week I had a pleasure of interviewing Wouter Nys and Sander Valcke, the guys who created Quickdraw. They’re not only a hilarious duo, that…
Mies’ Existential Need for Simplification vs. BricsCAD BIM
Mies would have loved BricsCAD® BIM “There is an existential need for simplification.” – Ludwig Mies van der Rohe The man known as “The Father…
Level of Development in BricsCAD® BIM
The concept of LOD starts at 100 The overall accuracy of a Building Information Model is based on a concept called level of development (LOD). First,…