Tag: Arckit

Arckit – Design & Build Your Dream City

Posted on Kickstarter.com | By Damien Murtagh Be your own architect and bring your dream city to life! The modelling system that lets you design, build and modify miniature worlds. For the first time ever, Arckit Cityscape, Arckit Masterplan and Arckit Masterplan Pro give anyone complete control to build their very own dream city from scratch. From … continue reading

Arckit Review – Architecture Construction Tool

Posted on techagekids.com, 15 February 2017 Arckit is a freeform architectural modelling kit. It can be used by architects and designers or by those learning about architecture and developing their skills. Arckit was originally designed for use by architects to save time on the traditionally time-intensive way models are constructed. Arckit now also focuses on STEM / … continue reading

INTERVIEW: UNLEASH YOUR INNER ARCHITECT

Boot Camp interview Damien Murtagh about our new Arckit range Listen to the interview below and find out how Arckit can unleash your inner architect! Arckit inventor Damien Murtagh spoke to technology correspondent Fred Fishkin about what inspired him to develop Arckit and the benefits of using Arckit within education in this live interview exploring … continue reading

Arckit inspires young inventors at the Dublin maker 2016

We’ve just come back from Dublin Maker 2016 where we were one of 55 maker stands showing our creations to over 10,000 visitors! We lost count of the number of creative little hands and inventive minds we had gathered around our booth. Many of these budding young inventors stayed for well over an hour at … continue reading

ARCKIT EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS

Posted on Arckit Blog,  ARCKIT EDUCATION PROGRAMME FOR SCHOOLS   We’re working with Teach Design to develop an Arckit Education Progamme for schools in the UK and US to teach hands-on architecture, design and CAD skills using Arckit models. It’s been a long time coming and we are delighted to announce that we are now … continue reading

ARCKIT SEND IN: FLORIAN FROM AUSTRALIA

Posted on Arckit Blog,  ARCKIT SEND IN: FLORIAN FROM AUSTRALIA Here are a few images sent in from Australia. Florian is 15 years old and already an incredibly talented model maker, exploring some creative and inspirational structures using Arckit. We’re hoping to feature more models from the Arckit community in the future, so have fun building and don’t … continue reading

The Mums Choice Awards – Best Construction Toy Winner!

The Mums Choice Awards – Best Construction Toy Winner! After weeks of testing, we here at UKMums.TV are proud to name our favourite Construction Toy for 2016 as: Name: Arckit GO Colours Price: £49.99 Website: www.arckit.net Manufacturer: Arckit “Arckit is a multi-award winning architectural model building design tool. Based on modern building techniques, Arckit’s reusable freeform … continue reading

Arckit GO Colours enters finals for Best Toy for Kids Award

Posted on toynews-online, June 16 2016 ‘We’re all keeping our fingers crossed here, as we have serious competition’, says Arckit’s Damien Murtagh. Arckit’s architectural kits GO Colours has entered the finals for the ASTRA Best Toys for Kids Award, in the Constructive Play eight plus years category. The Best Toys for Kids Award has been designed to … continue reading

Arckit: 3 Steps to Creating a Professional Architectural Model

Posted on Engeneering.com, May 11, 2016 Despite all the wonders of computer-generated imagery, with its photorealistic renderings and virtual reality, sometimes there’s nothing like an actual physical model. In such cases, the typical approach for architects is to construct a one-time-use scale model. These can be very difficult to adapt when a client requests changes—but what … continue reading