The Researchers and Educators involved in eCAADe share a common desire to further research and enrich education in the field of Computer Aided Architectural Design.
If there is information that you would hope to find here and did not find it, please email us and we will aim to include it, if at all possible. [email to: andygpb@liv.ac.uk]
If you have any suggestions or useful links please let us know, but be aware that we are a not-for-profit organisation.
You may find some of the links below useful:
Research Students
We encourage participation of young researchers, taking PhDs or similar, at our annual conference. As delegates you would get a reduced fee, and we award a prizes to the best papers/presentations at the conference. You can go [here] to see the past prize winners and their work.
Research Papers
An archive of past research papers on a wide range of subjects can be accessed
through the CUMINCAD archive at
http://cumincad.scix.net/
Members of eCAADe can access all of the papers. Non-members can access full papers that are more than two years old.
Software
We do not promote or recommend any particular software environment. But most software companies offer special educational prices if contacted.
Useful links
European Architectural Schools [go>]
Comprehensive database of links to European Architectural Schools web sites
Automation in Construction [go>]
Automation in Construction is an international journal for the publication
of original research papers. The journal publishes refereed material on
all aspects pertaining to the use of Information Technologies in Architecture,
Engineering, Construction Technologies, and Maintenance and Management
of Constructed Facilities. Automation in Construction is published by Elsevier.
AEC software directory [go>]
The most comprehensive directory of software for AEC (architecture, engineering,
construction). It includes about 3400 programs and on line calculators.
Some are available for free. We welcome entries of academic software as
well, so please consider submitting pointers your work
Autodesk Student Community [go>]
Any student or faculty with a valid education email address
is invited to participate in the Community. More than 6,000 students at accredited
universities worldwide have already signed up as test users of the site,
which delivers free* downloads of Autodesk® software products for architecture,
industrial design, civil engineering and mechanical engineering.
Wikipedia
An entry describing eCAADe and similar organisations around the world is [here]