• Microclimate analysis allows for intuitive insights into perceived temperature

    Great outdoor spaces encourage public life, inviting people of all ages and backgrounds to meet, play and socialize. Perhaps they might stroll along a promenade, linger for coffee on a café terrace, or simply just hang out on seating steps and people-watch. Especially in an urban context, good outdoor public spaces are essential for improving people’s…


  • Autodesk Introduces Forma, the next evolution of Spacemaker

    SAN FRANCISCO, May 8, 2023/PRNewswire/– Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ: ADSK) today unveiled the first set of capabilities of Autodesk Forma, an industry cloud that will unify workflows across the teams that design, build and operate the built environment. Forma’s initial capabilities target the early-stage planning and design process with automations and AI-powered insights that simplify exploration…


  • CUBE 3: a cloud-based way of working is the way of the future for its business

    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…


  • Sweco: streamlining data- and workflows for project and business success

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


  • ARCO Architecture Company: Embracing the promise of data 

    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,…


  • Europe’s Urban Centers Provide Visions of Smarter, Greener Future Cities

    From Vienna and Paris to the small German town of Lemgo, discover the destinations now setting the agenda for smarter, greener future cities.


  • Patriarche Offices

    How Forma enhances Patriarche’s “augmented” architecture

    Read about how Patriarche uses Forma's "intuitive, smooth and easy-to-use software" to help the team more effectively.


  • Illustration of PKA’s winning proposal for Fridheimskvartalet for Fredensborg bolig AS, image courtesy of PKA.

    Forma contributes to PKA’s competition wins

    Executive summary: Trondheim-based Per Knudsen Arkitektkontor (PKA) is the largest architecture firm in mid-Norway. Specializing in residential projects, PKA takes pride in being at the forefront of using the latest digital tools. So when Axel Kristoffersen, architect and managing director at PKA, first heard about Autodesk Forma he was, unsurprisingly, intrigued. “There are many tools that can…


  • How ARCO used Forma’s data-driven insights to transform a challenging urban site into valuable student housing

    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…


  • Design a Better Future with Forma’s Suite of Sustainability Solutions 

    Cities consume more than two-thirds of the world’s energy and account for over 70% of global carbon emissions*. This means architects, real estate developers, and urban planners have an exceptional opportunity to mitigate the environmental impact of our cities by designing buildings and communities with sustainable outcomes in mind.  Sustainable outcomes are best achieved through a…