Artifice , Inc. Information

Today at Artifice we publish, as shown by independent Alexa.com statistics, the Web's leading network of architecture sites, the leading architectural media site, the leading architecture community site, the top architectural email newsletter, the best-selling architectural reference CD-ROM, one of the most widely used 3D design tools ever, and the original and category-leading online petitions web site. Together, our sites serve millions of visitors monthly, while our products enhance creativity and community around the world. Artifice, Inc. was founded in 1992 to develop and publish a new generation of creative 3D modeling software for the building design professions. Artifice continues that pioneering spirit today, developing and publishing new media and tools for environmental design, communication, and participation, from 3D home design to professional architecture. These days we see ourselves as creators and international publishers of digital media for environmental designers and design aficionados, and as a committed provider of creative design tools. Our continuing mission is to creatively apply timeless principles of good tools and good design, in the fast-paced modern world of digital media. Learning from world culture, grounded in appropriate technology principles, our work is often guided by a progressively-refined philosophy of low-tech/high-tech. Our award-winning family of 3D design tools, with its patented user interface and hundreds of thousands of users worldwide, is the design-oriented 3D CAD DesignWorkshop® family, including DesignWorkshop Lite, Classic, and Professional. Our family of related web sites attracts literally millions of visitors, anchored by GreatBuildings.com, the leading general architecture site on the Web. Our innovative ASP web site is RenderCity!, providing both free and subscription-based daylight rendering over the web, using the Radiance lighting simulation software engine. Artifice web sites include the most popular architecture site overall ( GreatBuildings.com), ...