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The Secret Architect: Absent intelligence
The danger with artificial intelligence, says the Secret Architect, is that everything stays as it is, but with the fun part outsourced to AI
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News stories and features about artificial intelligence and its use in architecture, including generative AI
Carbon-neutral concrete prototype wins €100k architecture prize for UK scientists
A pair of PhD students at Imperial College London have won a global architecture prize for devising a groundbreaking method of creating carbon-neutral concrete
Flying 3D printing drones developed to create and repair buildings
Researchers have developed a fleet of ‘bee-inspired flying 3D printers’ that can build and repair structures while in mid air
Architects and technologists clash over regulation and protection of title
The RIBA and the Chartered Institute of Architectural Technologists (CIAT) have set out strongly opposing views on whether the title ‘architect’ and some functions of building design should be regulated
AJ100 Best Use of Technology 2021 revealed
The ever-busy, boundary-pushing creative technologies team at Bryden Wood has been recognised once more in the AJ100 Best Use of Technology category
21st century architecture schools need to teach 21st century skills
Over a year into the pandemic, why are some teachers still reluctant to adapt digital methods? asks Sarah Maafi
Crunching the carbon cost numbers: five software tools for architects
As engineers Elliott Wood and the Institution of Structural Engineers launch their Structural Carbon Tool, Fran Williams takes a look at it and four other popular carbon-counting tools available to the profession, plus a couple from abroad
Under-fire Autodesk tells architects: ‘We have fallen short’
Design software giant Autodesk has conceded it had ‘fallen short’ after a raft of big-name practices hit out at the cost and performance of its 3D modelling tool, Revit
Big-name architects hit out at cost and performance of Revit
A raft of big name practices have written to software supplier Autodesk, demanding a replacement for 3D-modelling tool Revit and an end to spiralling costs
The coronavirus pandemic offers a testing bed for engaging communities online
By using this time to create new digital approaches, we can broaden our outreach to the evolved communities of the future, says Archio’s Kate Ridgway