InsightMarch 20, 2018Jenine KotobInsight Series: School Safety Today – Architecture Community Response In the aftermath of the horrific shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Florida, where 17 individuals were killed, many are wondering what measures are being taken in the design of schools to ensure that students are protected from potential violence....
In the PressOctober 26, 2017Larry Barr, FAIASmithsonian Institution Announces National Air and Space Museum Grand RenovationSmithsonian Institution officials announced a major renovation for the National Air and Space Museum in Washington, DC last Wednesday. According to the Washington Business Journal, the project, led by Quinn Evans Architects, will “include complete refacing of...
Firm NewsMarch 31, 2017Jeanine Quaglia, LEED APJack Chin, AIA, Joins Quinn Evans Architects as Senior ArchitectQuinn Evans Architects, an award-winning planning and design practice, has announced that Jack Chin, AIA, has joined the firm’s Washington, D.C. office as a senior architect. Chin has 16 years of design experience in the U.S. and overseas, working primarily in...
InsightOctober 31, 2016Alyson Steele, AIA, LEED AP5 Ways HBIM Can Add Value to Historic PropertiesThe Historic Building Information Management (HBIM) tool serves multiple purposes, many that have been defined in our previous blog posts on data and usage. Still, there are some that have yet to be realized. How can HBIM be utilized going forward, beyond its...
InsightOctober 21, 2016Alyson Steele, AIA, LEED APSupport Visitors and Educators at Historic and Cultural Sites With A Single ApplicationHistoric Building Information Management (HBIM) is a flexible platform that can be used in a number of ways at historic and cultural attractions. One of the neat things about it is the amount of people that can use this platform. We discussed in a previous...
InsightOctober 17, 2016Alyson Steele, AIA, LEED APData, Data EverywhereHistorical data comes from multiple sources including geographic information systems (GIS), laser scans, old surveys, other print records, and existing databases. That information comes together into a single source with Historic Building Information Management...
InsightOctober 3, 2016Alyson Steele, AIA, LEED APTaking BIM to the Next Level for Historic Sites Traditional Building Information Modeling (BIM) is a useful tool, and we have taken it to the next level in creating Historic Building Information Management (HBIM). This technology platform fuses traditional BIM three-dimensional visualization, search, and analysis...
