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Are Green Building Rating Systems Really Sustainable?

Natural Building

Professor Janis Birkeland is an honorary professor at the University of Melbourne who has taught sustainable planning and architecture at several universities. Since 2002, I have contended that truly sustainable buildings would create net public benefits to over-compensate for their (currently) unavoidable material flows and embodied impacts.

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Revit OpEd: View Discipline

Revit OpEd

Ducts for example, he wrote, dont show up when the architectural discipline is chosen. They wont with Architecture. A reflected plan, architecturally, means that elements that are lower mask elements that are higher, such as a ceiling and light fixtures mask elements above that ceiling. They are there, just above the view.

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Revit OpEd: Egress Path Options

Revit OpEd

Thats not a requirement but it does make it easier to visualize it in 3d views. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. Any reference to Revit, Revit Architecture, Revit MEP or Revit Structure on this site is made acknowledging this ownership. Revit OpEd Sub Pages.

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Revit OpEd: Revit 2013 Service Pack 1 Available

Revit OpEd

For Autodesk Revit Architecture, Autodesk Revit Structure, and Autodesk Revit MEP, you can find the update in the Data & Downloads > Updates section of each product page: Autodesk Revit Architecture 2013 UR1. Improves stability and performance when using visualization features like Sky, Exposure, and Anti-Aliasing. Revit OpEd.

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Revit OpEd: Revit Technology Conference AUS 2012 is Underway!

Revit OpEd

VisDay is a new event focused on visualization technology. Tonight Im polishing my presentation about Whats New in Revit Architecture 2013. Book - Introducing Revit Architecture. Introducing Autodesk Revit Architecture 2012 Now Shipping. Its that time of year again, RTC is here. Revit OpEd Sub Pages. Revit OpEd.

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Revit Beginners: Some thoughts on Revit

Revit Beginners

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Being more visual, this is probably the perfect programming enviroment for architects. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. in 2002 and am currently a member of AUGI. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar.

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Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

and analysis on the Architecture/Engineering/Construction industry. Tammy McCuen is an Associate Professor of Construction Science at the University of Oklahoma, College of Architecture. Tuesday, January 8, 2013. 8:00 – 8:30 AM Plenary Session. Steve Jones , McGraw-Hill Construction. . Stephen A Jones.

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