According to the Paris Agreement on climate, we need to reduce global carbon emissions by 50% by 2030 to hold long-term global warming to a maximum of 2 degrees Celsius compared with pre-industrial levels. It’s an ambitious goal, attainable only if we get to work on a number of fronts. READ MORE >

Ready to get inspired by new approaches and reimagine what’s possible? Ready to build your skills and advance your practice? Ready to learn from industry experts and connect with your peers? Join thousands of professionals from the fields of architecture, engineering, construction, manufacturing, and media and entertainment for four days of learning and discovery at AU 2020, our first global digital conference. It's all happening November 17-20 and registration is now open. READ MORE >

This interview is part of a series featuring the members of our diverse AU community, from speakers and conference attendees to forum participants and online commenters. You are AU. 1. What’s your current job role? Global Engineering Applications Leader READ MORE >

Data center. Image courtesy of DLB Associates. You’re making the data. With every building or product you design, you’re generating vast amounts of information—the details about every component, angle, and material. The question is: what are you doing with that data? READ MORE >

Generative design is like a Swiss Army knife—there’s a lot you can do with it. Like any digital tool, it’s come a long way since it was first introduced. Once used primarily for discrete functions like topology optimization—finding ways to use less material while maintaining performance—it’s now capable of solving for a multitude of constraints at once, giving you the power to explore design possibilities more fully than a human designer ever could alone. You enter the design goals, the desired fabrication methods, cost parameters, and other requirements, and it goes to work, generating, ... READ MORE >