This past year was a whirlwind of advancements in design and technology. In 2018, the architecture and tech communities focused on performance, new building materials, and aesthetic design tends, among others. The last edition of “This Week in Tech” for 2018 reviews some of our popular tech and product stories in this past year.
Best of Technology
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3D Printing and Swarm Robotics Merge in Neri Oxman’s Fiberbots
A research team supervised by the founding director of MIT's Mediated Matter Group has fabricated a human-scale structure with autonomous robots.
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Virtual Reality as the Future of Collaborative Design
Tech company Nvidia has partnered with architecture firms like CannonDesign to create a VR experience for multiple users to virtually edit and annotate designs.
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Autodesk University 2018 Challenges the Future of Work, Again
The annual conference showcased recent technologies to approximately 11,000 AEC professionals with hardly a pause to reflect on lingering issues, such as data sharing.
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Blokable’s Quest to Disrupt Prefab
Can a Seattle startup help solve our affordable housing crisis?
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Asif Khan Designs the World’s First Super-Black Building for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics
Coated with the world's blackest black, the pavilion creates the illusion of a black void in its backdrop.
Best of Trade Shows
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3D Printing and Swarm Robotics Merge in Neri Oxman’s Fiberbots
A research team supervised by the founding director of MIT's Mediated Matter Group has fabricated a human-scale structure with autonomous robots.
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Virtual Reality as the Future of Collaborative Design
Tech company Nvidia has partnered with architecture firms like CannonDesign to create a VR experience for multiple users to virtually edit and annotate designs.
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Autodesk University 2018 Challenges the Future of Work, Again
The annual conference showcased recent technologies to approximately 11,000 AEC professionals with hardly a pause to reflect on lingering issues, such as data sharing.
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Blokable’s Quest to Disrupt Prefab
Can a Seattle startup help solve our affordable housing crisis?
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Asif Khan Designs the World’s First Super-Black Building for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics
Coated with the world's blackest black, the pavilion creates the illusion of a black void in its backdrop.
Best of Mind & Matter
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3D Printing and Swarm Robotics Merge in Neri Oxman’s Fiberbots
A research team supervised by the founding director of MIT's Mediated Matter Group has fabricated a human-scale structure with autonomous robots.
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Virtual Reality as the Future of Collaborative Design
Tech company Nvidia has partnered with architecture firms like CannonDesign to create a VR experience for multiple users to virtually edit and annotate designs.
-
Autodesk University 2018 Challenges the Future of Work, Again
The annual conference showcased recent technologies to approximately 11,000 AEC professionals with hardly a pause to reflect on lingering issues, such as data sharing.
-
Blokable’s Quest to Disrupt Prefab
Can a Seattle startup help solve our affordable housing crisis?
-
Asif Khan Designs the World’s First Super-Black Building for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics
Coated with the world's blackest black, the pavilion creates the illusion of a black void in its backdrop.
Best of Products
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3D Printing and Swarm Robotics Merge in Neri Oxman’s Fiberbots
A research team supervised by the founding director of MIT's Mediated Matter Group has fabricated a human-scale structure with autonomous robots.
-
Virtual Reality as the Future of Collaborative Design
Tech company Nvidia has partnered with architecture firms like CannonDesign to create a VR experience for multiple users to virtually edit and annotate designs.
-
Autodesk University 2018 Challenges the Future of Work, Again
The annual conference showcased recent technologies to approximately 11,000 AEC professionals with hardly a pause to reflect on lingering issues, such as data sharing.
-
Blokable’s Quest to Disrupt Prefab
Can a Seattle startup help solve our affordable housing crisis?
-
Asif Khan Designs the World’s First Super-Black Building for the Pyeongchang 2018 Olympics
Coated with the world's blackest black, the pavilion creates the illusion of a black void in its backdrop.
Check out ARCHITECT’s top 10 “This Week in Tech” roundups of 2018 here.
