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Interoperability in Design, Construction and Operations: The board of directors of the International Alliance for Interoperability North America met on June 9 in Chicago. New alliances were announced with OSCRE and FIATECH. Why should architects, builders and building owners be concerned about software interoperability and open standards for data exchange? more...

The Sustainability Hook: Energy use and other performance metrics can be predicted with building simulation, one of the important benefits of information sharing with open standards. Researchers at Technische Universiteit Eindhoven report that dramatic improvements in computing power, algorithms, and data collection make it possible to simulate physical processes at levels of detail and time scales that were not possible until recently. more...

Sagrada Familia: Melbourne's RMIT University applies 21st century technology to the completion of Antonio Gaudi's unfinished masterwork. It starts with the reverse engineering of Gaudi’s own models to fully understand his intentions, a forensic approach to the surviving evidence, and is largely concerned with "technique": both Gaudi's own design, modelling and communication technique and contemporary opportunities to harness novel technique to advance the work. more...

Buildings out of Paper: Shigeru Ban is an architectural revolutionary in the spirit of Buckminster Fuller. He pursues "architecture with an invisible structure." As a consultant to the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees, Ban designed tarpaulin shelters stretched over cardboard-tube frames, first used in the aftermath of the Rwanda holocaust. more...

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Recommended reading:
The Bridges of New York, by Sharon Reier

City : A Story of Roman Planning and Construction by David Macaulay

Modern Architecture Since 1900 by William Curtis

Identifying American Architecture: A Pictorial Guide to Styles and Terms : 1600-1945, by John J.G. Blumenson

Communication and Design with the Internet by Jonathan Cohen

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Coming attractions:
Jonathan Cohen will be a participant at these events:

AIA San Francisco reception for new fellows, Tuesday June 29, 5:30-7:30 PM, 130 Sutter St. Suite 600, San Francisco. more...

California Council AIA Desert Practice Conference, Indian Wells, CA, October 29-31, 2004 more...

AIA TAP/ACADIA joint conference: fabrication: a conference examining the digital practice of architecture How can emerging industrial processes reshape building design and construction? Design ideas, technical innovation and fabrication expertise will come together in this forum where theory is translated into practice. Cambridge, Ontario, November 11-14, 2004. more...

Technology for Construction, January 17-21, 2005, Las Vegas Convention Center. more...