Airbnb co-founder Joe Gebbia announced Backyard, an initiative to prototype new ways that homes can be designed, built, and shared. Driven by an abiding passion for humanistic, future-oriented, and waste-conscious design, Gebbia is taking a bold step forward into a new domain. AirBnB has announced a major move into the architecture and construction industry, with […]

How will buildings and cities communicate with their users in the future? Which technologies will remain relevant for the architectural profession? In this ­interview, Ben van Berkel shares inspiring insights about founding UNSense, his new ArchTech start-up on sensorial technologies for future cities. After building and operating a very successful architecture office for the last […]

Building Ventures, an early-stage investor committed to innovation in the built world, has closed its debut fund at $53 million. The fund was oversubscribed and surpassed its initial target. Building Ventures, founded by industry veterans Jesse Devitte and Travis Connors, is focused on investing in and mentoring built technology startups that will propel the built […]

Managing the built environment today is becoming more important than ever. With more and more stakeholders involved, lots of complex operations to control, and tons of data to handle, comes the risk of overwhelming disintegration and mismanagement. This is where BIMMUNITY (or the Building Community) comes in. BIMMUNITY is a cloud-based system that aims at […]

At the end of every year we take a look at some of the most promising emerging architecture practices that exemplify innovative and experimental aspects of the architectural profession. These enterprises often work across disciplines and scales, and manage to push the envelope despite their small size, geographical constraints or youth. We’ve compiled a list […]

Adoption by leading architecture and engineering firms indicates high demand for saving money on buildings. Atlanta-based Cove.Tool, an energy efficiency automation platform for the building industry, has closed a $750K seed round from Urban Us, Tech Square Labs, Knoll Ventures and more to focus on their next stage of growth. The building industry typically makes decisions […]

The startup office design by Studio Perspektiv is a new work environment for FUNTASTY, a mobile app development company from Brno, Czech Republic. The new office is located in a unique conversion of a former parking garage and hosts forty-two developers, coders and designers today. Dozens of cars cruising the garage every day have given way to a full-fledged […]

VR Sketch is a plug-in for SketchUp which enable you to create, edit and view your models in virtual reality just as you would in SketchUp. It offers the easiest way to bring VR into your existing workflow with extremely intuitive tools. Architectural design is an inherently spatial discipline. Yet, for over 99% of its written […]

As architecture students, Daniel and Lisbeth had an idea for a room that can be used internally and externally. To do this, they designed a one-of-a-kind facade system and have spent the last five years bringing the concept to life as founders of Flissade. In the following interview Daniel describes the intensive process of creating […]

Autodesk on Tuesday announced plans to acquire the construction software firm PlanGrid for $875 million net of cash. The deal is Autodesk’s largest acquisition to date. PlanGrid software lets general contractors, subcontractors and owners in commercial, heavy civil and other industries work together throughout the construction project lifecycle. PlanGrid software offers real-time collaboration, keeping the field […]

The AEC industry is on the cusp of a technological transformation which will reshape its future. Over recent decades, the traditionally structured attitude of the architecture and building industry has stunted its growth and natural tendency to explore new territory as innovative thinkers and city shapers. The Archipreneur Report focuses on new trends, business and […]