As building design becomes increasingly complex, contractors must find new ways to build structures that meet the design intent and align with fabrication models while staying within tolerance. Having access to accurate and comprehensive data...
Using digital workflows and 3D laser scanning technology from Leica Geosystems, part of Hexagon, the student lounge project called the Whirling Arrow at the School of Architecture at Taliesin in Arizona has quickly gone from...
Taliesin West, Frank Lloyd Wright’s winter home and desert laboratory, welcomes more than 100,000 visitors per year. Not everyone can travel to Scottsdale, Ariz., to tour this architectural treasure, but today, anyone around the world...
Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation | 3D laser scanning provides precision in building design and reveals errors in assumptions when constructing an existing 3D model from field measurements. Jose Amaya, a recent graduate of the School...
Twenty-four hours – that’s how quickly the WD Partners Field Services group can complete laser scanning and return high-value deliverables to project managers for retail and food service remodels and other architecture, engineering and construction...
The demand for construction services is on the rise. However, finding skilled construction labor has become increasingly difficult, putting pressure on productivity. In fact, studies have predicted that construction companies need to become three to...
When architects, contractors and homeowners work with an engineer for H.V.A.C., hydronics, plumbing, sheet metal fabrication or other mechanical needs, the documentation of the space and systems is not typically much of a consideration. Schematic...
Anyone wishing to explore Taliesin West, the winter home and desert laboratory of architect Frank Lloyd Wright, can now do so virtually, thanks to the power of reality capture technology. Through a combination of a...