Building a Collection

Are architectural drawings art? No matter--they are the latest covetable on the market. With all the attention given these days to architects, it should be little surprise that there’s a burgeoning market for their work.

No, not that work. Not shining riverfront condominiums or big-budget museums, but far-more-affordable architectural drawings. Everything from a rough idea sketched on a napkin to the meticulously crafted final illustrations used to present concepts to clients are being purchased by people who admire the buildings, appreciate the historical value of the depictions, or simply think they are beautiful in their own right.

“We can’t collect buildings,” says Chrysanthe Broikos, a curator at the National Building Museum in Washington. “So these are the next best thing. They’re works on paper that breathe life into what the architect was trying to say, what he saw as the inherent possibilities of what he wanted built.”
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Lectra signs new “Privilege” partnerships with 3 “fashionable” US Universities and schools and announces its new Education space on www.lectra.com

Lectra, the world's leading provider of integrated technology solutions for the fashion industry, is pleased to announce the signature of new “Privilege” education programs with the two most famous New York Fashion Schools Parsons, FIT and with North Carolina State University, one of the most renowned university in the United States having a dedicated fashion section.

These partnerships demonstrate Lectra’s will to further reinforce the existing links between Lectra and the North American Fashion schools and to strongly support future fashion professionals through its new education program, launched in September 2007: the “Advanced” partnership — including end-of-studies support and sponsoring — and the “Privilege” partnership — a personalized approach and follow-up, based on a very strong joint commitment, which implies: the support of teachers and instructors to train their students, the development of useful professional skills and tailored follow-up, internships and personalized support for student projects, organization of events with the schools, etc.

Maxwell Systems Releases Quest Earthwork 7.5

Maxwell Systems, Inc. is proud to announce Maxwell Systems™ Quest Earthwork™ 7.5, the latest release of its powerful earth-measuring software. This version of Maxwell Systems’ cut and fill program contains a significant new enhancement—the incorporation of machine control capabilities.

“Quest Earthwork 7.5 enables Maxwell Systems’ sitework customers to use our software in conjunction with today’s advanced machine control systems, offering an unprecedented level of accuracy,” says Jim Flynn, president and CEO of Maxwell Systems. “We’ve worked hard to provide this important enhancement at the request of our customers. This new release brings tremendous value to Maxwell Systems customers by helping keep them at the forefront of estimating technology.” More on Maxwell Systems here.

GKS Improving 3D Laser Scanning Services in its Minnesota Office with New Engineering Services Manager

GKS Inspection Services, a global provider of dimensional measurement, 3D laser scanning and terrestrial scanning services for over 25 years, is expanding the capabilities of its Minneapolis office with a new Engineering Services Manager. Larry Carlberg, GKS Service Bureau Manager commented, “I am delighted to announce that Mike Wilcox has joined GKS Minneapolis to assist me with quoting and services leads. He has a comprehensive background in manufacturing and sales, with a sound understanding of our laser scanning capabilities and of the Laser Design equipment.”

The addition in personnel increases the office’s ability to follow up with scanning services and quoting projects in a timely manner. Wilcox is fully trained in all the Laser Design scanning equipment and data processing software, and has a wide knowledge of manufacturing procedures, so he can explain to customers how the 3D laser scanning technology can help them be more efficient and lower their project costs. With Mike’s comprehensive sales skills and the implantation of 64-byte technology, GKS has unmatched capabilities to offer faster service at competitive prices and meet the growing demands our our economy.

Architectural drawings for the AEC industry

Architectural drawings form the backbone of the design industry and play a significant role in architecture related projects today. Paper drawings are a great challenge to manage and store. Therefore, to get a complete picture of the paper based architectural drawings is difficult.

Architectural drawings, based on paper, also consume a lot of time to manage and sometimes may not be in a good enough condition to use. Therefore, to overcome all these hurdles, Computer Aided Design (CAD) system is an indispensable tool for your paper based architecture drawings. Whether you want to know how a house or an interior of an office would look like after completion, want to pre-visualize your new building design, architecture rendering is an excellent tool that plays a significant role.
And what better way to put across your ideas than in graphic display. Architectural drawings and renderings have a great role to play when it comes to engineering drawings. Why use architectural renderings? Because:
• For better visualization and presentation of projects
• Gives you better picture of buildings, interior of the house etc
• Realistic and accurate
• Walkthroughs available for various projects
The benefits of architectural renderings are many including that for the architects to present themselves better and for the potential client to better view his services/work.
The architectural renderings help convey a great deal of information about the concepts of architects, contractors and engineers to their clients. The client list of architectural drawings includes architects, contractors, builders, interior designers, homeowners, and developers. Architectural drawings and architectural renderings form the basis of medium and large scale AEC industries.

To know more on architectural services contact the author of the article, Tia Martyn, who is working with architectural drawings and architectural renderings company – www.dp-architecturaldrawings.biz

Adobe CEO Chizen Earned $8.3M in 2007

eparting Adobe Systems Inc. CEO Bruce Chizen received compensation valued at $8.3 million in 2007 and gained another $29.6 million by exercising stock options that year, according to a regulatory filing.Chizen, who served seven years at the helm of one of the world's five largest software companies, received a base salary of $925,000 and $2.3 million in an incentive payout. He received stock and option awards worth $5.1 million and $7,440 in other compensation, which comprised mostly matching contributions to his 401(k).Read here.