https://osarch.org/tags/architecture/Recent content in Architecture on OSArchHugoen-usExcept where otherwise noted, content on this site is licensed under CC BY 4.0.Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/30/hippo3d-public-release/Sat, 30 May 2026 00:00:00 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/30/hippo3d-public-release/Hippo3D is a new GPL-3.0 Blender plugin exploring command-based, coordinate-driven CAD modelling workflows inspired by Rhino.https://osarch.org/2026/05/29/bonsai-viewer-is-coming/Fri, 29 May 2026 00:00:52 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/29/bonsai-viewer-is-coming/Bonsai Viewer is being developed as a free software IFC coordination and review viewer, addressing the gap left by commercial tools such as Revizto, BIMcollab, and Solibri.https://osarch.org/2026/05/01/ifclite-adds-point-cloud-and-collaboration-workflows/Fri, 01 May 2026 06:28:46 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/05/01/ifclite-adds-point-cloud-and-collaboration-workflows/IFClite is expanding from browser-native IFC viewing into point cloud workflows and real-time collaborative IFC editing in the browser.https://osarch.org/2026/04/17/bonsai-0-8-5-released/Fri, 17 Apr 2026 00:20:36 +0100https://osarch.org/2026/04/17/bonsai-0-8-5-released/Bonsai 0.8.5 has been released with 962 new features and fixes, including Blender 5.1 support, BonsaiPR, workflow upgrades, AI/MCP tooling, and IfcOpenShell core improvements.https://osarch.org/2026/03/22/olympus-aeco-web-application-toolkit-open-sourced/Sun, 22 Mar 2026 14:50:38 +0000https://osarch.org/2026/03/22/olympus-aeco-web-application-toolkit-open-sourced/Olympus is an open source toolkit for building and prototyping browser-based 3D AECO applications, with IFC support, a Three.js editor, Monaco code editor, charts, Python, undo-redo, and addons.https://osarch.org/2026/03/17/blender-5-1-released/Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:58:24 +0000https://osarch.org/2026/03/17/blender-5-1-released/Blender 5.1 has been released with performance and stability work across the pipeline, including Cycles speedups, Grease Pencil refinements, Geometry Nodes updates, and Video Sequencer improvements.https://osarch.org/2026/01/28/ifclite-adds-federated-loading-support/Wed, 28 Jan 2026 07:44:40 +0000https://osarch.org/2026/01/28/ifclite-adds-federated-loading-support/IFClite, a browser-native IFC viewer built with WebGPU and Rust/WASM, has added federated loading support for IFC4, IFC4X3, and IFC5 workflows.https://osarch.org/2025/11/20/bonsai-0-8-4-released/Thu, 20 Nov 2025 11:46:49 +0000https://osarch.org/2025/11/20/bonsai-0-8-4-released/Bonsai 0.8.4 has been released with 1111 new features and fixes, including Blender 5.0 support, IfcTester.org, RocksDB IFC model handling, and web-focused IfcOpenShell packaging.https://osarch.org/2025/11/18/blender-5-0-released/Tue, 18 Nov 2025 19:15:57 +0000https://osarch.org/2025/11/18/blender-5-0-released/Blender 5.0 has been released with a redesigned HDR and wide-gamut color management pipeline, Video Sequencer improvements, Geometry Nodes updates, Grease Pencil refinements, and more.https://osarch.org/2025/09/17/blender-foundation-announces-new-board-and-executive-director/Wed, 17 Sep 2025 12:15:06 +0100https://osarch.org/2025/09/17/blender-foundation-announces-new-board-and-executive-director/Ton Roosendaal will step down as Blender Foundation chairman and CEO on 1 January 2026, with Francesco Siddi taking over as executive director.https://osarch.org/2025/07/13/bonsai-0-8-3-released/Sun, 13 Jul 2025 10:32:10 +0100https://osarch.org/2025/07/13/bonsai-0-8-3-released/Bonsai 0.8.3 has been released with 770 new features and fixes, including Blender 4.5 support, bSDD improvements, IFC5D updates, and broader polish across Bonsai and IfcOpenShell.https://osarch.org/2025/03/16/castle-game-engine-now-supports-ifc/Sun, 16 Mar 2025 23:41:50 +0000https://osarch.org/2025/03/16/castle-game-engine-now-supports-ifc/The Castle Game Engine is a free, open source, cross-platform (desktop, mobile, console, web) 3D and 2D game engine. It comes with a powerful visual editor and support for open standards like glTF, X3D, ... and now IFC - a key open standardhttps://osarch.org/2023/09/01/qcad-for-technical-drawing-workshop-and-books/Fri, 01 Sep 2023 14:43:41 +0100https://osarch.org/2023/09/01/qcad-for-technical-drawing-workshop-and-books/If you had to choose software to begin working in architectural design, which would be your first choice? Many might think that a BIM solution such as BlenderBIM or FreeCAD would be the ideal choice. In many cases, they offer numerous advanhttps://osarch.org/2023/08/13/freecad-0-21-released/Sun, 13 Aug 2023 12:20:37 +0100https://osarch.org/2023/08/13/freecad-0-21-released/Last week, a new stable release of FreeCAD has been published, tagged 0.21. This release is mostly there to provide a stable point before implementing Toponaming resolution functionality. Toponaming is how we call the problem of unstable rehttps://osarch.org/2023/07/29/what-is-brickschema-and-how-can-i-use-it-update-blenderbim-add-ons-brick-module/Sat, 29 Jul 2023 06:49:17 +0100https://osarch.org/2023/07/29/what-is-brickschema-and-how-can-i-use-it-update-blenderbim-add-ons-brick-module/For the past 8 weeks, I've been working on the BlenderBIM Add-on's Brickschema authoring module as part of the Google Summer of Code Program . I’m pretty new to the schema, but I’ve learned a lot about its usage and implications! I’ve listehttps://osarch.org/2023/03/27/funding-for-a-git-ifc-interface-in-blenderbim/Mon, 27 Mar 2023 17:46:58 +0100https://osarch.org/2023/03/27/funding-for-a-git-ifc-interface-in-blenderbim/Imagine GIT for IFC files. That is, imagine a tool that keeps track of changes to an IFC file over the duration of a design project--a tool that allows branching or forking of different design options from a distributed team, and tool thathttps://osarch.org/2023/03/09/google-summer-of-code-2023-starting-soon/Thu, 09 Mar 2023 09:38:53 +0000https://osarch.org/2023/03/09/google-summer-of-code-2023-starting-soon/Google Summer of Code is an annual programme that helps students and those new to open source software make their first steps into contributing code to software projects. GSoC Contributors work with an open source organization on a 12+ weekhttps://osarch.org/2022/11/12/ifc-101-a-free-ifc-crash-course-with-python/Sat, 12 Nov 2022 04:40:00 +0000https://osarch.org/2022/11/12/ifc-101-a-free-ifc-crash-course-with-python/The IFC-101 series is a free course with python, taking you from the Basics of IFC up to building a native IFC native application.https://osarch.org/2022/10/15/whitepaper-published-on-native-ifc-methodologies/Sat, 15 Oct 2022 12:38:00 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/10/15/whitepaper-published-on-native-ifc-methodologies/A new whitepaper has been published on Native IFC methodologies, authored by Bruno Postle, developer of Native IFC software Homemaker, and co-authored by Thomas Krijnen and Dion Moult, developers of Native IFC libraries and interfaces. Thehttps://osarch.org/2022/10/09/open-source-ecology-seed-eco-home-2-product-release/Sun, 09 Oct 2022 01:26:19 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/10/09/open-source-ecology-seed-eco-home-2-product-release/The Seed Eco-Home 2 is a highly sustainable open source design for anybody to build their own modular 1,000sf home for 50k in a week.https://osarch.org/2022/09/22/procedural-pavilion-blender-for-architects-course-open-for-registration/Thu, 22 Sep 2022 08:00:03 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/09/22/procedural-pavilion-blender-for-architects-course-open-for-registration/This course focuses on creating a beach procedural pavilion. You will learn how to work with subdivision modeling with Blender's modifiers.https://osarch.org/2022/09/15/technical-drawing-creation-with-blender-and-inkscape-workshop/Thu, 15 Sep 2022 19:32:35 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/09/15/technical-drawing-creation-with-blender-and-inkscape-workshop/When you start working with Blender to create architectural models, one of the last things you imagine is that it is possible to output technical drawings instead of a traditional render. Did you know that you can produce technical drawingshttps://osarch.org/2022/08/09/a-banner-for-using-blenderbim-in-production/Tue, 09 Aug 2022 21:37:50 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/08/09/a-banner-for-using-blenderbim-in-production/OSArch has a new banner image! The BlenderBIM image is courtesy of a collaboration between Ioannis Christovasilis of Aether Engineering and Ryan Schultz of OpeningDesign. Read more about the project ...https://osarch.org/2022/07/12/openbim-blenderbim-add-on-in-aec-magazine/Tue, 12 Jul 2022 17:19:42 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/07/12/openbim-blenderbim-add-on-in-aec-magazine/AEC Magazine has published a 16 page special edition featuring IFC, OpenBIM, and Open source software like the BlenderBIM Add-on and IFC.JS.https://osarch.org/2022/07/07/blender-for-architecture-workshop/Thu, 07 Jul 2022 17:11:22 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/07/07/blender-for-architecture-workshop/Since this is my first article, let me introduce myself and Blender 3D Architect . My name is Allan Brito, and I've been an architect working with Blender since version 2.35. When I started using Blender in 2005, it wasn't something that mahttps://osarch.org/2022/06/26/freecad-0-20-released/Sun, 26 Jun 2022 10:00:37 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/06/26/freecad-0-20-released/FreeCAD 0.20 has been released with tree view improvements, multiple edit modes, section tool, documentation, new add-ons, and improved 2D BIM support.https://osarch.org/2022/04/16/studio-gib-open-source-architecture-as-a-business-model/Sat, 16 Apr 2022 03:16:48 +0100https://osarch.org/2022/04/16/studio-gib-open-source-architecture-as-a-business-model/Studio GIB describes how they use open source principles for their design and architecture projects, including a table and open air workshop.https://osarch.org/2021/11/01/topologic-is-now-a-one-click-install-for-blender-sverchok/Mon, 01 Nov 2021 21:49:37 +0000https://osarch.org/2021/11/01/topologic-is-now-a-one-click-install-for-blender-sverchok/Topologic offers topological analysis of geometry in architecture. A new milestone release offers an easy install for Blender and Sverchok.https://osarch.org/2021/06/09/google-summer-of-code-students-announced-for-opencax/Wed, 09 Jun 2021 16:57:54 +0100https://osarch.org/2021/06/09/google-summer-of-code-students-announced-for-opencax/Google Summer of Code 2021 students have been announced for OpenCAx projects, including BRL-CAD, FreeCAD, IfcOpenShell, and OpenSCAD.https://osarch.org/2021/05/25/epic-megagrants-funding-awarded-to-blenderbim-add-on/Tue, 25 May 2021 10:52:50 +0100https://osarch.org/2021/05/25/epic-megagrants-funding-awarded-to-blenderbim-add-on/Epic MegaGrants funding will go towards developing the BlenderBIM Add-on and IfcOpenShell in three aspects: geometry, drawings, and IFC.https://osarch.org/2021/03/26/freecad-0-19-has-been-released/Fri, 26 Mar 2021 13:36:07 +0000https://osarch.org/2021/03/26/freecad-0-19-has-been-released/One of the most expected releases if finally here. FreeCAD 0.19 has been released with a lot of improvements and new features in all workbenches.https://osarch.org/2021/02/22/foss-development-for-the-aec-industry-highlights-from-the-fosdem-2021/Mon, 22 Feb 2021 12:41:17 +0000https://osarch.org/2021/02/22/foss-development-for-the-aec-industry-highlights-from-the-fosdem-2021/In the last February 6th and 7th, took place the FOSDEM 2021, an event organized to promote the use of free and open source software.https://osarch.org/2021/01/12/libredwg-0-12-is-released-a-free-c-library-to-read-dwg-file/Tue, 12 Jan 2021 12:27:04 +0000https://osarch.org/2021/01/12/libredwg-0-12-is-released-a-free-c-library-to-read-dwg-file/LibreDWG 0.12 is now released. LibreDWG is a free C library to suppport softwares to handle DWG files, the native file format from AutoCAD.https://osarch.org/2020/12/18/krita-is-releasing-the-first-beta-for-version-4-4-2/Fri, 18 Dec 2020 17:29:16 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/12/18/krita-is-releasing-the-first-beta-for-version-4-4-2/The Krita team released the first beta of their new version 4.4.2. It comes with a lot of bug fixes and few new interesting features.https://osarch.org/2020/12/10/new-archipack-add-on-release-for-blender-2-91-on-v2-3-3/Thu, 10 Dec 2020 14:07:28 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/12/10/new-archipack-add-on-release-for-blender-2-91-on-v2-3-3/Archipack has now a new release which is compatible with Blender 2.91! Archipack 2.3.3 brings a few bug fixes and enhancements.https://osarch.org/2020/12/08/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201207/Tue, 08 Dec 2020 07:45:28 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/12/08/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201207/The BlenderBIM Add-on release v0.0.201207 include improved IFC round-tripping, and stabilisation of the new material system.https://osarch.org/2020/12/05/geometry-nodes-is-coming-to-blender-2-92/Sat, 05 Dec 2020 14:20:31 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/12/05/geometry-nodes-is-coming-to-blender-2-92/%%title%%. There is an alpha release you can download and check its possibilities for architecture.https://osarch.org/2020/12/02/new-tissue-for-blender-2-91-add-on-v0-3-48-released/Wed, 02 Dec 2020 12:54:25 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/12/02/new-tissue-for-blender-2-91-add-on-v0-3-48-released/Alessandro Zomparelli just released a new version of his Tissue for Blender add-on featuring the new Convert to Curve tool..https://osarch.org/2020/11/17/freecad-bim-development-news-update-for-october-2020/Tue, 17 Nov 2020 06:34:00 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/11/17/freecad-bim-development-news-update-for-october-2020/FreeCAD BIM features Oct 2020 monthly summary of improvements include new TechDraw patterns, Draft styling, and BIM image plane tool.https://osarch.org/2020/11/15/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201115/Sun, 15 Nov 2020 05:42:10 +0000https://osarch.org/2020/11/15/new-blenderbim-add-on-release-v0-0-201115/The BlenderBIM Add-on release v0.0.201115 comes with 52 new features and fixes, including improved materials, layers, geolocation, and vendor workarounds.