A practical career blueprint for architects and designers. Learn how visibility, portfolios, keywords, and career choices shape success in AEC.
Freelance or full-time? Learn the pros, challenges, and decision factors for architects and designers choosing the right AEC career path.
Learn how architects and designers get discovered online and how keywords, skills, and profile fields influence visibility in employer searches.
PDF or digital portfolio? Learn what employers actually look for today and how architects and designers can present their work effectively.
Why talented designers stay invisible. Learn from Miglena Stumbova how confidence, clarity, and self-presentation shape a successful design career.
Clear guides for choosing SketchUp versions, licenses, integrations, and hardware—so architects and studios make confident software decisions.
Stay up to date with SketchUp updates from 2019–2026, plus key Twinmotion and V-Ray changes, explained through real architectural workflows.
Career insights, productivity strategies, professional mindset, and real-world paths for architects, designers, and visualization professionals.
Practical SketchUp and design software tutorials covering modeling, visualization, documentation, and real-world architectural workflows.
Explore enterprise-level design and construction workflows through real-world case studies, scalable processes, and technology-driven project...
Explore architectural case studies, residential projects, and design ideas examining space, light, context, and architectural thinking across...
Learn why interior design presentations fail and how better visuals, lighting, materials, and context help clients understand and approve designs.
Learn how to present luxury interior materials in 3D by refining scale, depth, and material logic to improve client confidence and approval.
Learn which visualization mistakes confuse interior design clients and how poor realism, lighting, and context affect approval.
Learn how adding landscape, horizon, and site context makes interior and exterior renders easier for clients to understand and trust.
Why interior renders often feel empty or unrealistic and how missing context, scale, and lifestyle cues affect client perception.
Why construction-level joinery detail in 3D models increases client trust and confidence in interior design projects.
Why kitchen design is the decisive factor in client approval and how construction-level modeling improves trust and buy-in.
How interior designers make materials look realistic in 3D by controlling scale, orientation, depth, and surface behavior.
Why interior design materials often look fake in 3D renders and how scale, orientation, and depth affect realism.
Why day and night render scenarios help interior designers communicate atmosphere, lighting intent, and lifestyle to clients.
How interior designers use render presets, weather, and seasons to create atmosphere and stronger emotional impact in presentations.
How interior designers use lighting scenarios and presets to create atmosphere, realism, and stronger client approval in presentations.
Flat interior renders fail to convince clients. Learn what causes them and how material depth, context, and lighting restore realism.
With the introduction of new compatibility between V-Ray and Enscape, it is now possible to enjoy the benefits of a fast and easy real-time workflow...
AECO Space and ARCH-E to Support Cross-Border Collaboration between Architects in the European Union by Promoting Architectural Design Competitions
To help architects better adapt with times, learn new skills to keep up with technological advancements, we developed a new online platform.
Located near a lake in Quebec Province, Canada, m.o.r.e. cabin is an unusual mountain hut.
This abandoned, weather - beaten mill located near a lake in Central Bohemia, Czech Republic...
Is SketchUp Pro or SketchUp Studio right for you? AECO Space team comes to the rescue.
With 41 million users globally, SketchUp has proven to be one of the most accessible 3D modeling tools on the market.
SketchUp is the missing link between a traditional CAD workflow and the final photorealistic visualization which makes clients fall in love with your...
Sluishuis (the Watergate translate from Dutch) is a new project for a residential building on the shores of a lake in Amsterdam...
Is there any difference between design and architecture and what is it?
M Moser Associates is a leading global workplace design and delivery company founded in 1981 in Hong Kong by California-native Moira Moser.
Henoto is a company based in Italy that specializes in technologies for exhibitions, temporary structures, contracts, retail, and sports.
This vacation ‘haven’, surrounded by pine trees in Tonden, the Netherlands, stretches out over 150 sq. m.
The best way to 3D for free. Your free 3D modeling software. Make anything you can imagine, without downloading a thing.
Access millions of free models using 3D Warehouse. Instantly add entourage and context to your project with free models from the world’s largest 3D...
Java Architecture implemented a young couple’s risk-involving idea in the centre of Paris
SketchUp for iPad is the new, versatile way to create, edit, and view 3D models whether you’re on a job site, on the go, or in the office.
Renzo Piano – one of the most productive and influential architects of our times.
Greek Sithonia peninsula is the epitome of freedom and summer, but, paradoxically, its architecture is largely defined by the urban regulations.
The PLAY/PAUSE project of the avant-garde Canadian architect Jean Verville offers a complete volume transformation.
Famed architect Glenn Murcutt shares the ingredients of a successful design narrative. He incorporates both client- and climate-driven design needs.
Learn how Aldevron utilized SketchUp to design and expand their 14-acre campus, enhancing their capabilities in biological science manufacturing.
Scott Miller shares his efficient design-build workflow using SketchUp tools to enhance conceptual design for commercial and residential projects.
We deep-dive into this very Instagram-worthy project, Jalousie house, which is making waves on international and local architecture blogs.
Following the logic of its sequence this issue is a bridge that spans between two years is only partly the reason for the subject matter of the text.
Here’s a look with the brand-spankin’-new architect, Adam Osterhoff, of Heartwood Architecture on what his experience getting licensed was all about.
Here’s a look with the brand-spankin’-new architect, Adam Osterhoff, of Heartwood Architecture on what his experience getting licensed was all about...
Design Develop LLC use SketchUp and Trimble technology to accelerate their workflow on a variety of large and small design projects.
Read about the eCasa housing project - a net-zero type of house.
Read about the eCasa housing project - a net-zero type of house.
Interview with one of the few Bulgarian graphic designers committed to the information systems.
„Everything is in the air - it only has to be made true, transforming ideas into objects that will improve the quality of life for everybody.”
The competitive advantage for designers, architects and investors.
SketchUp Studio has made some serious strides inproviding a design program creative enough for students, and robust enough for administrators and...
Today, we will present to you the ways to do your projects really incredible with amazing textures and materials.
Today, we will present to you the ways to do your projects with really incredible amazing renderings.
V-Ray’s robust rendering engines mean you can take your 3D models from idea to art by adding global illumination and, real-life materials, and...
Find out how you can use Sketchup for interior design projects and how to create an extremely functional and aesthetically beautiful interior.
Read about the functionality of SketchUp Pro - how easily you can make your 3D model and make details in Layout.
Scan Essentials is easy and intuitive. Let you import, view, and model directly on point cloud data in SketchUp
SketchUP studio includes SketchUp Pro, V-Ray, Scan Essentials. Find out what the differences between Sketchup Studio and Sketchup Pro are and more!
The basic principles into 3D Modeling in SketchUp and how easily and quickly we can create 3D models, related with interior design and architecture.
Creativity in action with Bulgarian REDVERTEX Studio
Studio Shkafa opened in 2013 as a shop for home accessories and country style by the interior designer Miglena Stumbova.
M Moser, a global AEC firm with an extensive track record in workplace design and construction, is using SketchUp and LayOut for design...
What is the speed difference when rendering with V-Ray Next on the same CPU with and without hyperthreading. How does hyperthreading work and more...
Why pay annually? What do you get with a Sketchup license? Does Sketchup have a web version? We have your questions covered.
Do you feel insecure while installing your SketchUp PRO license? We have prepared for you a quick and easy installation guide. Simply follow the...
Northpower Stålhallar is a construction company based in Stockholm, Sweden that specializes in warehouse construction.
Here, we will talk about what you can do, as a 3ds Max user, to make SketchUp more suitable for your needs and the workflow you are used to.
Part of ESCREO's mission is to help businesses operate more efficiently. In the online book, you will find universal solutions and some ESCREO added...
The founder of Recom Blacksmith studios, Ivoslav Stanev reveals more about the secrets of the perfect render, the tools, and his daily inspirations.
ALL In Studio, founded by Arch. Pavel Yanev in the 2011 year at Sofia is well known for its brave innovative ideas and specific trademark.
If we are to sum up the creative approach of IXDesign studio in one word - it is innovation. Let’s meet its manager - arch. Dimitar Tzanev.
One of the great tools that Scenario Architecture is using is Unreal Engine's software for real-time architectural visualization is Twinmotion.
Have you ever wondered what the successful architects do? And what particular actions have led them to the top? We share with you some useful life...
Born in Israel, working across the state borders, Moshe Shemesh recently published a crucial book about SketchUp and V-Ray.
Ten years ago, Icons of Denmark established itself as a distributor of Danish furniture for the U.K. market.
David Daniels heads up Starbucks’ America East design teams, overseeing over a hundred designers across New York, Chicago, Dallas, Latin America.
Leading architecture and interior design firm, balbek bureau, was chosen to design an entirely new space for one of Grammarly’s largest offices.
Steelcase was established in 1912. Their first patent was for a metal wastebasket; replacing wicker with steel was a lifesaving innovation.
We show you how to present your vision to customers and blow them away with your designs making the most of your SketchUp Pro subscription. Let's...
Are you a design professional trying to win more projects? We'll show you how to successfully use Sketchup to come up with the best design ideas.
Ivan Borov got the 3D bug when he collaborated on a project using SketchUp and Google Earth. He was fascinated by SketchUp’s accessibility and...
This 5-minute read will give some proven tips on how to manage your time and to feel content at the end of the day. Ready to optimize your day?
From Barcelona to Bangalore (and everywhere in between) SketchUp users create noteworthy designs, often influenced by their unique surroundings.
There is always more to be done, more that should be done, always more than can be done. Let’s take a look at some tips for an easy-breezy working...
Take a look at how you can combine Advanced Attributes and ‘Group By” aggregation in Generate Report to create door and window schedules using...
Tom Kaneko is an architectural designer and SketchUp ninja specializing in bespoke residential retrofits and extensions in the United Kingdom.
For presenting work to clients, planning boards, contractors — whomever — we still use 2D drawings to convey design and detail. That’s pretty clear.