Google Maps has got fresh competition. Using machine learning, computer engineers have developed an interactive map that shows 3D models of the world's buildings – practically every single one of them ...

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 ...

City of Possibility contains an 18-feet by 20-feet wooden model of Portland’s urban core. Credit: Photo by Taylor Griggs Before ground is broken or bricks are laid on any building, architects get to ...

In 2008, the American Institute of Architects released its first BIM contract document—AIA E202 Building Information Modeling Protocol Exhibit—which outlined five “levels of development” (LOD 100-500) ...

Shakopee, MINNESOTA (WCCO) — A Shakopee, Minnesota, man is sharing a unique talent with the public. Jerry Hackett uses toothpicks to painstakingly create detailed, scale-model replicas of historic ...

At Siemens, everything we do paves the way towards human-centric autonomous environments. These use AI to continuously ...

In 2004, truck driver Joe Macken created a miniature replica of New York City’s 30 Rockefeller Plaza out of balsa wood. Although he had intended to stop there, he realized he was hooked. “Then the ...