Top 10 Rendering Engines

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Top 10 Rendering Engines for Architects and Designers

The brain processes visuals in just 13 milliseconds, and AI tools are helping creators bring their ideas to life. Here are the top 10 rendering engines, using either CPU or GPU for real-time or offline rendering.

How High Do Your Sustainability Goals Rise? Sustainable Technologies for High-Rise Buildings

Can our high-rise buildings be sustainable, or is it a lofty paradox? Construction industry professionals have already proven that it is possible and there are many examples to attest to that.

The Unreal Engine Blueprint

"The Unreal Engine Blueprint" teaches architects and CAD designers to transform their designs into interactive experiences in Unreal Engine. The workshop is scheduled for February 8 – 9, 2025.

📢NEW! Generative Architecture with AI (SD+FLUX)

Learn how to refine AI workflows and explore cutting-edge Generative AI applications being developed at MVRDV, one of the top innovative architectural firms. The workshop is scheduled for March 29 – 30, 2025.

ETH Zurich Finds Bio-Based Materials Can Cut Greenhouse Gases by 87%

ETH Zurich researchers can now reveal the most effective renovation strategies for reducing greenhouse gas emissions: replace fossil-fuel heating systems and harness the potential of bio-based building materials like straw and hemp.

National Pavilion UAE At The Biennale Architettura 2025 Announces Pressure Cooker

Pressure Cooker explores how architecture can respond to the UAE’s and the globe’s food security challenges, resulting in a possible future in which these forms can be adapted, refined, and integrated throughout our built and lived environments.

Contemporary Japanese Architecture: Kazuyo Sejima and 6 Inspiring Projects

Kazuyo Sejima is a renowned Japanese architect with numerous awards and honors for her distinctive works. With rapidly gaining national recognition for her work, Sejimai gained the Young Architect of the Year award in 1992.

Nature-Inspired Design: Biomimicry in Architecture

In biomimicry Architecture, the buildings are designed to mimic the functions of nature. The design is limitless since nature has no bounds, and design inspired by nature also has no bounds.

The History of Mapmaking Techniques in Architecture

Engaging with diverse techniques, architectural mapmaking is an interdisciplinary investigation in which spatial and visual narratives intersect to produce architectural knowledge.

7 Travel Grants & Scholarships for Architects

The travel grants promote learning outside the classroom by enabling students to attend conferences or international research projects or to visit sites related to their fields of study. Here are seven travel grants and scholarships for architects.

Fusing Realities: AI-Driven Architectural Narratives

Leveraging state-of-the-art AI tools, this workshop will teach participants how to transform traditional 3D models into dynamic visual and interactive narratives. The workshop is scheduled for February 22 & 23, 2025.

Computational Mindset: Foundations for Innovation in Design

This workshop will explore the principles, logic, rules, and methodologies that you can repeatedly use to solve problems and design anything you can imagine in Grasshopper. The workshop is scheduled for February 15 – 16, 2025.

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