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All the world's buildings available as 3D models for urban and climate research

With the GlobalBuildingAtlas, a research team at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) has created the first high-resolution 3D map of all buildings worldwide. The open data provides a crucial ...
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This brilliant map has 3D models of nearly every single building in the world - all 2.75 billion of them

Google Maps has got fresh competition. Using machine learning, computer engineers have developed an interactive map that shows 3D models of the world's buildings – practically every single one of them ...
nytimes.com

A 3-D Model Built With Public Records and Phone Calls

For an interactive article on business inside the Empire State Building, a New York Times team turned to interviews with tenants, vacancy listings, promotional materials and real estate data. By Sarah ...
e-flux

Missed Magic: Models and the Contagious Togetherness of Making Architecture

Covid-19 radically altered the day-to-day reality of architectural practice and made architects rethink the conditions through which cities are designed. Causing unprecedented interruptions, it forced ...