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All useful information pertaining to the application of digital fabrication in architecture is presented. Various architectural firms that are making use of digital fabrication are covered. The various applications and benefits of digital fabrication are discussed.

An overview of the developments that are taking place in the health care industry with regard to technology is discussed. Case studies are also provided, which illustrates ways on how architects are integrating new technologies into health care projects.

The AOL Time Warner Center dwarfs most projects. The unparalleled views of many things that influence the ways in which all kinds of buildings get built are discussed.

An account of how the designers within mills and independent textile artists alike are using a combination of technologies to make their ideas into reality is discussed. The tolls vary from design software, scanners, and image editing applications like Photoshop, which mean that clients can initially review designs from afar via digital images or paper printouts, rather than costly swatches.

During unstable economic times, many architectural firms use a hiring strategy that combines full-time employees with independent contractors. The article discusses tax and labor laws to consider when employing independent contractors.

Engineers use advanced computer models to predict the temperature of a building throughout the various seasons of the year. Computational fluid dynamics is the technology in which these models are based on.

The high-tech guidance systems such as artificial intelligence, genetic algorithms and fuzzy logic applied by elevator manufacturers to control traffic management system in elevators are examined.

Kristine Fallon, a Chicago architect heads a project which involves a team of architects, academics, museum curators and technology experts who are reviewing the challenges of maintaining digital archives. The digital archivists face procedural and technical hurdles in this effort.

Display technology is playing the central role in the museums and exhibitions particularly when the mission is to convey information rather than show objects. The different ways in which the designers are experimenting with these capabilities are demonstrated in the two recent projects in Los Angeles and New York respectively.

The increase in the importance of sophisticated communications technologies in buildings has resulted in architects employing the services of consultants who specialize in networking, telecommunications and audio/visual systems. Architects and communication consultants must work closely so that the hardware and software components can be blended with the overall design for operational efficiency and reduce the expenses of future upgrades and retrofits.

Historic preservation and conservation is very important to maintain architectural treasures as well as for economic reasons. For this, the tools used are of utmost importance along with the knowledge of the construction methods and the makeup of the historic buildings.

Bob Abell is trying to find innovative residential design ideas for his wealthy clients.

Technolgy can offer architectural firms an advantage in times when the economy is tough.

The Ryan School in Nelson County, Virginia, is soliciting bids for refurbishing the school into a 31-unit technoligically advanced independent-living residence. The apartments will be digitally wired to monitor resident activity, and to provide a safer environment for the seniors living there.

The contract between California based health care provider, Kaiser Permanente and two San Francisco based architectural firms, to build three new hospitals with the help of design templates is discussed.

Educators and principals at large architectural firms say that IT skills, if promoted correctly, can sometimes open the door to the boardroom. In addition to stalwarts like CAD, rendering and modeling software, architects hoping to use technology as a fast track also must be adept with applications that streamline communications with clients, manage project schedules and crunch return-on-investment numbers. Added points come with the ability to create Web sites. Web technology helps practices create intranets to distribute in-house expertise to the entire staff in the form of electronic resources such as detail and image libraries, marketing materials and project schedules.

Focuses on the significance of the digital technology software computational fluid dynamics (CFD) in architecture. Function of the technology; Benefits of the technology for architects; Depiction of temperatures and airflow in a structure by the system; Developments in the model of the software.

The article deals with the use of guidance systems by elevator manufacturers in skyscrapers. A number of major elevator vendors offer their own versions of high-technology guidance systems that use cyber-smarts to load elevator cars by grouping people going to similar areas in a tall building, rather than letting them randomly select cars themselves.

The article focuses on software piracy. The Washington D.C.-based Business Software Alliance (BSA), composed of software companies such as Microsoft Corp., Adobe, Apple Computer Inc., Autodesk Inc., and Bentley Systems, considers anyone who makes illegal copies of commercial applications a pirate. Across all industries, about a quarter of the commercial software in the U.S. is being used illegally, representing approximately $2.6 billion in lost revenues for software companies, according to the BSA. Fines can range up to$ 150,000 for each copyright infringement, in addition to charges of two to three times the standard price for any software a violator must purchase so that the number of licenses they own is equal to the number of people using the software.

Presents several architectural computer software. Introduction of Architectural Desktop software; Cost for computer aided design upgrade; Strategy to cut cost on software upgrades.

The article reports that in recent months, federal judges in Mississippi have been part of a pilot project launched by the U.S. General Services Administration to use virtual reality in the design process. Twice last year, the judges donned red-and-green 3D glasses, like those from 1950s movie theaters, to view stereographic representations of their new courtroom in Jackson long before its construction. Sponsors of the pilot project hope the design team and client can flag problems with sight lines, lighting, and materials before the courtroom is built, to avoid retrofits or costly change orders.