Functional zoning in urban planning and architectural design

Curbing Urban Sprawl in the Zoning and Planning Games

The Architectural and Interior Design Planning Process

LIBRARIES depend upon the RESOURCES, SERVICES, AND PROGRAMS space layout and installation of certain types of furniture and equipment. Operating costs depend in large measure upon how well the facilities are designed. This article explains the planning process and focuses upon library building requirements wrought by the advent of electronic information technologies. AN OVERVIEW Libraries are o...

The Convergence of Architectural and Engineering Design and GIS: Implications for Emergency Response and Urban Planning

Convergence is occurring in the fields of architectural and engineering design, construction, and GIS. The primary goal is to ensure that everyone working on a building, road or highway, and infrastructure project has a seamless flow of design information. The primary business drivers for this transformative technology advance are productivity and efficiency in the design, construction and faci...

The Augmented Round Table - a New Interface to Urban Planning and Architectural Design

The Augmented Round Table provides a collaborative interactive AR environment, where users can interact naturally and intuitively. They may create and manipulate complex 3D geometry naturally by using wands, gestures and real world placeholder items as tangible interfaces.

ARTHUR: A Collaborative Augmented Environment for Architectural Design and Urban Planning

Projects in the area of architectural design and urban planning typically engage several architects as well as experts from other professions. While the design and review meetings thus often involve a large number of cooperating participants, the actual design is still done by the individuals in the time in between those meetings using desktop PCs and CAD applications. A real collaborative appr...