Nature

Energy and thermal modelling of an office building to develop an artificial neural networks model

In the European construction sector, the nearly-Zero Energy Buildings (nZEB) regulation has been issued in the Energy Performance of Buildings Directive (EPDB) 2010/31/EU 1 for all new buildings after ...
Nature

BIM for heritage science: a review

Building Information Modelling (BIM) is a new process that is spreading in the Architecture, Engineering and Construction field. It allows the creation of virtual building models, which can be linked ...
EurekAlert!

Intelligent model for rapid blast load prediction on complex buildings

A new study published in Engineering presents an innovative computational method for predicting the distribution of blast loads on complex 3D buildings using graph neural networks. The research, led ...
Gulf Times

Qatar to host Building Information Modeling Summit 2026 in October

Qatar will host the Building Information Modeling (BIM) Summit 2026 on October 4, bringing together engineers, policymakers, ...
CNN

The world’s largest architectural model captures New York City in the ’90s

The Empire State building stands approximately 15 inches tall, whereas the Statue of Liberty measures at just under two inches without its base. At this scale, even ants would be too big to represent ...
The New York Times

A 3-D Model Built With Public Records and Phone Calls

For an interactive article on business inside the Empire State Building, a New York Times team turned to interviews with tenants, vacancy listings, promotional materials and real estate data. By Sarah ...