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Richard wrote:I am working on quite a few projects in the $500 - $800 million range and most of them are done in AutoCAD. All 2D. The rest are in ArchiCAD or Revit. The Gehry style is still rare regardless of project type. Just because the client has the better part of a billion to spend doesn't mean they want to put a large chunk of that into zoomitecture.
Exactly! Give me a $450 million construction project...I'd use technologies finest too!![]()
However, I'd still want a functioning model for FM...
Imagine who/what you could work with for 1/2 billion dollars. Who or what would be part ofyourteam?
2008-10-17 04:43 AM
... and most of them are done in AutoCAD ...Oh, the horror!
Just because the client has the better part of a billion to spend doesn't mean they want to put a large chunk of that into zoomitecture.No, the clients never do...just the architects...
2008-10-17 09:54 AM
"Matthew Lohden Just because the client has the better part of a billion to spend doesn't mean they want to put a large chunk of that into zoomitecture.[/quote wrote:
And here is where the USA and the rest of the world differs. In europe, the middle eastern countries and asia, clients are always looking for the newest of the newest. Architects, (boutique architects to stararchitects) need to be on the cutting edge of technology, otherwise they lose their business. Frank Gehry architecture is not unique there. Because of this, BIM software in the format of Archicad is less likely to be used in these countries. On the contrary, in the USA, where clients are extremely conservative and therefore demanding brick colonials or venetian style architecture, archicad and revit would be the perfect tool.
Architects are more space planners than designers (designs are fixed) and therefore demand other tools in a BIM that are available in packages as Archicad and Revit.
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