Rice Daubney – The Ark 6 Star As-Built Rating
Building information modelling (BIM) is showing all the signs of becoming the next sustainability for the property industry. Darren Tims, principal at Rice Daubney is convinced it will be the next big thing. The experience lead Tims to conclude that BIM will be a revolutionary step forward for the property and construction sector, by improving processes and efficiency. Read more *Photographer: Brett Boardman

25 Trends Transforming Architecture and Design
Design Intelligence have provided the top 25 trends when considering the strategic opportunities for your organisation, take a look to see what's #1. The trends are part of the Architecture and Design Trends Forecast, 2011. Read more

ArchiCAMP – we need your feedback!
As many of you would have seen, we have changed the date of ArchiCAMP to Q3 2011. Don't miss out, you still have time to respond to our survey to tell us what you would like to see at this event. Help us deliver the best ArchiCAMP yet. New date still to be announced.

MESH- Sharing Information Building Innovation, BIM Seminar Series 2011
BuildingSMART is hosting a series of seminars from 29th March - 6th April 2011 in Auckland, Melbourne, Sydney and Brisbane aimed at all those involved in the planning and design of the built environment. The event includes a seminar which runs from 9am-6pm followed by a dinner. Register Now!

Young Architects Program
Graphisoft's Young Architect Program is intended to encourage graduating students to take their first steps using ArchiCAD as commercial users. Graphisoft is reaching out with an offer that incorporates our full architectural modeling and visualisation product range - including ArchiCAD and Artlantis. At 30% Discounted RRP it is a great head start for any aspiring Architect! Read more

Vote now for 2010 ArchDaily.com building of the year
ArchDaily.com is the most dynamically growing and the most visited architectural website today. GRAPHISOFT is sponsoring their Building of the Year 2010 Competition that was announced earlier this week. Nominations to the final round will run for 2 weeks until 31 January. Please help us by voting on your favourite ArchiCAD project for the year! Vote

Woods Bagot appointed to deliver Tonsley Park master plan
The Woods Bagot design consortium has been appointed to deliver the Master Plan for the redevelopment of Tonsley Park. “The project's progress has reached a significant milestone following the appointment of this firm and comes hot on the heels of TAFE SA's announcement that it will build a $125 million Sustainable Industries Education Centre as a cornerstone of the development,” says SA Industry and Trade Minister, Tom Koutsantonis. Read More

Access to a World of Objects!
Graphisoft Australia has launched a new initiative to partner with manufactures so that their products can be made accessible directly to our users. Take a look at the latest addition. Read more

Architecture Television
Architecture Television (ArchiTel.tv) is a new service that will bring information, opinions and project news to architects, designers and building owners in Australia. Based on the successful 90's video-based series “Archivision”, also created by award-winning architectural film maker Ron Brown, ArchiTel will take advantage of the speed and ubiquity of the internet to provide instant, interactive and modular access to the project, product and personality stories that are featured. Read more

Graphisoft – Adelaide Training!
Course dates: 21-22-24-25 th February, 2011
Please note seats are limited!
To register your interest, receive further information or request a quote, please contact Catia on 07 3511 6444 or email me directly mailto:catia.relvas@graphisoft.com.au
Graphisoft Training for 2011 is now in full swing. For further information on national courses, content and calendar, please click below.
Training Information

Creative Industries Innovation Centre
The Government is offering 50% cash back on business management advice for people in the creative space. They are especially looking to support Architects and Interior designers, so click here for more information.

Hassell has been ranked the number one architecture practice in Australasia for a second year running in a UK-based World Architecture survey. Among the world's 100 largest architectural practices, Building Design magazine ranked HASSELL 25 for the number of creative staff and 33 overall as the largest Australian practice included on the list. The practice was also ranked in the global top ten for the Business Parks/Offices and Criminal Justice market sectors. Read more

About archiCADmonkey!
The archiCADmonkey blog is a place to find great articles, reviews, tips tutorials about some awesome architectural design software, as well as other useful apps for iPhone iPad. Read more

Abode House of the Year Awards
Graphisoft is once again a proud supporter of the ABODE House of the year awards to be held on 17 March at the Crown Casino in Melbourne. This year's Abode House of the Year Awards will reward excellence in Australian residential design and construction. Architects, building designers, interior designers, builders and developers are all invited to submit their best work for consideration in this year's awards.
The theme this year is ‘Living in Excellence' Read More

BIM Webcast
Open Design Collaboration webcast presented by Graphisoft USA. Open models do make for better BIM. Please note: if you have not registered before you will need to enter in your details to view the webcast. View

ArchiCAD Tips & Tricks
Did you know you need to turn off your anti-virus software before installing ArchiCAD, or any Hotfixes? Support Website

Add us to your Safe Senders List!
To ensure efficient delivery of all Graphisoft emails, please add us to your safe senders list. For those of you using Microsoft Oulook, you will find this under your Tools > Options > Preferences & click on Junk Email . Please add info@graphisoft-australia.com.au to your list.

South Coast User Group
Please contact Kristian if you are interested in joining the South Coast of NSW User Group network. This will provide a forum for companies between Wollongong and Eden to ensure they are getting the most out of ArchiCAD and keeping up with ArchiCAD's top users.Kristian at kristian@cadswift.com.au

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