The Giraffe Blog

Rob shares the driving philosophies behind Giraffe's product decisions & has a frank discussion with trusted data partner The Footprint Companies' Dr Caroline Noller

Steven is the Chief Editor & CoFounder of Urbanize a passion project turned media empire focused on urban development.

LandIQ is a collection of apps built on the Giraffe platform in partnership with the NSW Government, WSP Australia and Aerometrex. James Strutt shares how his team has guided the project's success & detail on some real use cases.

Landerz is building a land marketplace like no other. Listen to Nadine share how Giraffe fits into their story.

Andrew shares how he has used Giraffe on major projects in LA, building speed & clarity to his pursuits as well as storytelling and problem solving complex deals long after the feasibility stage.

Giraffe was rolled out to all of TCC’s offices in the U.S. Having Giraffe accessible to TCC’s development team will save weeks of work across hundreds of projects a year.

There are a few significant blockers to detailed carbon assessment. Learn how Giraffe's partnership with The Footprint Company helps meet commitments to reduce current practices by 65% by 2030.

We've spent a lot of time building a wide platform. But for some problems - we go deep into a solution.

Leading city building platform partners with location insights provider to make critical location data available to City makers across the US.

Welcome to the next generation of GIS interrogation in Giraffe. Introducing Lens: bringing intuitive filtering and styling controls to your map data and project portfolio.

We are excited to announce Giraffe version 2.8! Tonnes of new Giraffe features have been released this month. Here is a quick snapshot of what we've been working on & is now available on the platform for you to use.

There are major updates coming in December, including a new user interface, the addition of generative design, advanced GIS functionality, and more. 👀‍

You asked, and we delivered. We're so excited to introduce generative design in Giraffe. Create complex outputs in a snap with Smart Geometry and the Flow Builder.

Learn how to design a Wrap construction product in Giraffe with this step-by-step guide.

Learn how to design a podium construction product in Giraffe with this easy step-by-step guide.

Whether you call it a townhome, rowhome, or townhouse, or even a terraced house, attached and semi-attached single-family homes have a historical precedent in many urban centers. A townhouse is “a usually single-family house of two or sometimes three stories that is usually connected to a similar house by a common sidewall” (Merriam-Webster). Let’s discover how to represent townhomes in Giraffe!

Trees and urban forestry create beautiful, livable cities and spaces. Their positive impact not only spans health and happiness, but perceived value and improved asset profits.

Giraffe, UDIA, UNSW and COX Architecture have built a computational design model that generates built form based on a combination of constraints layers and parameters like FSR, height of building and setbacks.

Geometric optimisation allows you to 'dematerialise' a building: to build something that does the job you want it to but with less material. This means the building contains less embodied carbon.

When taking sustainable urban development into account, it’s also important to consider the journey as well as the goal. One path may do the work efficiently or another may consume huge amounts of resources without ever increasing the quality of life.

Software is such a core component of modern business that a consistent way of thinking about what software your business needs is a critical. But what should you consider?

aiming for simplicity

Our mission is to help people make great decisions. We want to build a beautiful, democratic system for reasoning about cities and buildings.

The release of Design Library, Design Compare and Finance continues to build upon data accessibility and empowers our users with access to capitalize on it.

“We’re cutting down from weeks or months to a day or days in terms of that analysis – to find the site and take a site design and layout” - James Strutt.‍

Why do clients care about style so much?

We are in a kind of Cambrian explosion of AEC technology.

When assessing a site - data is king. But so much time and energy can be lost by miscommunication. We've spoken to many architects, developers and engineers who've lost countless hours & had many sleepless nights over data translation errors.

Let’s explore how to design a Core & Shell product in Giraffe with this easy step-by-step guide.

What is a sandtable & why should you build one? Find out in this article why it's so important to have a central source of truth that everyone can see & collaborate on.

As 2021 comes to a close, we’re celebrating the strides Giraffe has made to create a comprehensive, intuitive platform for early stage real estate planning over the past 365 days.