Executive summary:  As cities feel the pressure to accommodate ever-growing urban populations, municipalities are looking to densify existing neighborhoods to build new housing. By repurposing existing structures and optimizing available land for urban development, urban densification aims to limit a city’s footprint, both physically and environmentally and enables infrastructure and amenities to be used more…

How can new technology help architects navigate the increasing complexity in their work? What new opportunities will data open up? And how will the architects’ involvement in a longer building lifecycle benefit the project? In this film, the Autodesk Forma team travels to Oslo, Norway to meet Knut Ramstad and Bridget White from Nordic Office…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  Exceeding clients’ expectations Led by the motto, Designing Your Vision, CUBE 3 brings its client’s ambitions to life through considered, innovative and distinctive solutions across architecture, interior design and planning. Established in 2003 the US-based practice is headquartered in Lawrence, MA, with later expansion to Boston, MA, Miami, FL, and Princeton, NJ, serving the…

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY  Image: Sweco Headquarters, Stockholm. Image courtesy of Sweco

How does data open new perspectives for architects? In this film the Autodesk Forma team heads to Helsinki to meet architect Richard Hogan from the award-winning Finnish practice ARCO Architecture Company.  Richard discusses how data-driven tools give the team a richer view of the buildings they’re designing to help them solve more at the early phase,…

Executive summary How can data give architects deeper insights, and help them transform even the most challenging urban sites into something valuable for the city and its residents? This was the case for the Malmi student housing project in Helsinki designed by ARCO Architecture Company, Finland’s largest architecture practice. Part of a series of new…