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Add-on Designs Custom Railing Systems > ENGINEERING.com



  • The add-on lets users create ball post railing systems in their building information modeling (BIM) designs.

  • For more information and to download the Ball Post Railing Designer add-on for Advance Steel, check out the GRAITEC website.

  • Recently, French BIM and CAD software vendor GRAITEC announced the Ball Post Railing Designer add-on.
  • Custom systems have options for various aspects of the design process, including:

    Much like in earlier discussions about the benefits of ready-made BIM content, the Ball Post Railing Designer app is intended as a time-saving concept.

  • The aptly named software is an extension for Autodesk Advance Steel 2016 which can be downloaded for free.


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ArandaLasch adds pleated concrete facade to Tom Ford store



  • US firm Aranda\Lasch has completed a store for fashion designer Tom Ford in the Miami Design District, featuring an angular facade that references bold Art Deco motifs (+ slideshow).
  • Robins, co-founder of the Design Miami fair, is turning the area into a neighbourhood dedicated to fashion, design, architecture and dining spaces.
  • Inside the Tom Ford store, menswear and womenswear are split up over the two floors.
  • The architecture studio – which recently designed looping Railing chairs made of metal pipes for Design Miami – referenced patterns and shapes typical on the Art Deco-period architecture around Miami in its design for building’s facade.
  • “Inspired by the pleated Art Deco patterns found in architecture and fashion, the facade is given a texture that revives the exuberance and ornament of Miami’s golden era,” the studio told Dezeen.


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French Minimalism’s Love Affair With 1950s Architecture Explored at Galerie Pascal Cuisinier



  • Architectural & Minimalist: French Design of the Fifties runs from October 29 through December 31, 2015 at Galerie Pascal Cuisinier, Paris.

  • A new exhibition at Paris-based Galerie Pascal Cuisinier examines the motivation behind the close love affair and its influence.
  • The new show, “Architectural & Minimalist,” highlights about 30 select pieces, among them some of the most radical and minimalist designs of the era, across furniture, chair, and lamp design.
  • French minimalistic design and architecture have been married for years.
  • The gallery champions the first generation of French industrial designers – those with works produced between 1951 and 1961.


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Mapping the World in 3D — with Drones? > ENGINEERING.com



  • In fact, these UAVs (or drones, as they are commonly called) will soon be able to see and map the world in 3D using reality capture software.
  • This is where the reality capture drone comes in.
  • These reality capture drones, capable of easily rendering flat photographs into 3D models, will have the ability to collect information on a scale previously thought difficult or impossible.
  • Drones are to be fitted with Leica’s RCD30 Oblique camera for 3D urban mapping.
  • They will also be equipped with Acute3D’s ContextCapture software, which is designed to produce high-resolution 3D models from photographs without human intervention.


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Top five things to see this week: The Goods Line, Arj Barker and Montaigne



  • In this stage show, Harbridge pays homage to the girl who inspired La Traviata, The Lady of the Camellias and Baz Luhrmann’s Moulin Rouge.
  • Her moniker was inspired by the 16th century French philosopher Michel de Montaigne, pioneer of the modern essay.
  • Warmer ocean conditions mean jellyfish are able to thrive better than ever before, with overfishing wiping out competitors.
  • Indie pop singer Montaigne, also known as Jessica Cerro, begins her national tour in Perth, following the release of her single Clip my Wings.
  • By spending more time in Australia than his country of birth, he’s able to present some pointed insights on what Aussies are like – jokes that he says homegrown comics wouldn’t be able to get away with.


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Super Lamp by Martine Bedin



  • Pomo summer: Memphis Group designer Martine Bedin’s Super Lamp can be trailed along like a dog on a leash, demonstrating the collective’s playful style.
  • “We were always discussing the possibilities of new furniture, furniture that could move,” said Bedin. “I was designing everything on wheels at this time.
  • The Super Lamp was one of a variety of lighting designs that Bedin created for Memphis.
  • The Super Lamp is still produced and sold through the Memphis Milano gallery, and has remained one of Memphis’ most recognisable pieces.
  • Sottsass and his wife Barbara Radice also visited Bedin in Paris, and spotted the design for the Super Lamp while flicking through her sketch book.


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