The Australian Financial Review Ranks Archistar on its 2026 AFR Fast 100 List
Sydney, New South Wales – For the fifth time in the past six years, the Australian Financial Review (AFR) has ranked Archistar in its annual Fast 100 list of the fastest-growing Australian companies. Archistar came in at #80 on the 2026 AFR Fast 100, with a CAGR...
Burlington’s AI Building Permit Review: Better Submissions, Faster Turnaround
The City of Burlington and Archistar brought AI-powered plan review—AI PreCheck—to building permit applications under the Ontario Building Code (OBC), starting with low-density residential housing (single detached dwellings). Data shows the applicant side of each...
Burlington, Wanneroo, and Burnaby Demonstrate Award-Winning Planning Innovation and Service
Burlington, Ontario, earned a 2026 PlanON Vision Award of Excellence for its eCheck (aka AI PreCheck), which uses AI plan review to show applicants zoning and building-code issues before formal submission. Wanneroo, Western Australia won UDIA WA’s 2026 Local...
What is the Archistar Digital AI Permitting Transformation (ADAPT) Framework?
Despite two decades of governments working to digitize permitting processes, most of them are not up to speed with what advanced technology could do for them. Understandably, what’s holding them back is trust. Digital and AI-assisted tools are powerful enough now to...
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The Australian Financial Review Ranks Archistar on its 2026 AFR Fast 100 List
Sydney, New South Wales – For the fifth time in the past six years, the Australian Financial...
Burlington, Wanneroo, and Burnaby Demonstrate Award-Winning Planning Innovation and Service
Burlington, Ontario, earned a 2026 PlanON Vision Award of Excellence for its eCheck (aka AI...
Already Zoned: Australia’s “Middle-Ring” Suburbs Can Take 3.6 Million More Housing Units
Archistar has identified 1,991,452 established residential sites across Australia where zoning...
The City of Markham, Ontario, Launches AI-Powered Zoning Review for Building Permits
The largest city in York Region has integrated Archistar AI PreCheck with its existing ePLAN...
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Burlington’s AI Building Permit Review: Better Submissions, Faster Turnaround
The City of Burlington and Archistar brought AI-powered plan review—AI PreCheck—to building permit applications under the Ontario Building Code (OBC), starting with low-density residential housing (single detached dwellings). Data shows the applicant side of each...
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Rebuilding Los Angeles: One Nonprofit, One County, One Mission [Video]
If you ask a survivor of the Eaton or Palisades fires in Los Angeles if they ever imagined having to one day design and build their own home from scratch, most of them would say no. But that’s what 12,000 homeowners faced after the fires ignited on January 7, 2025....
Digital Transformation of Building Codes, One Step at a Time
ICC Innovation’s modular ecosystem supports municipalities with permitting transparency, workflow efficiency, and data security. Archistar AI PreCheck ensures code compliance and accelerates application submission before plans reach final human review. Trusted,...
New BIM and AI Building Permit Automation Tool Sparks Hope in Canada’s Housing Crisis
Arno Matis Architecture + Urbanism is leading innovation in AI building permit automation through the Multi-AR system, which accelerates multi-residential project approvals. Based on BIM data and AI-powered analysis, Multi-AR transforms slow, PDF-based permit reviews...
AI Master Planning and Zaha Hadid Architects’ Modular Components Transform the Malahat Nation
The Malahat Nation is adopting advanced AI-powered master planning to create sustainable, community-led housing rooted in cultural values and environmental stewardship. In partnership with Zaha Hadid Architects and Archistar, the project uses generative design to...
AI for Permitting
The Australian Financial Review Ranks Archistar on its 2026 AFR Fast 100 List
Sydney, New South Wales – For the fifth time in the past six years, the Australian Financial...
Burlington’s AI Building Permit Review: Better Submissions, Faster Turnaround
The City of Burlington and Archistar brought AI-powered plan review—AI PreCheck—to building permit...
Burlington, Wanneroo, and Burnaby Demonstrate Award-Winning Planning Innovation and Service
Burlington, Ontario, earned a 2026 PlanON Vision Award of Excellence for its eCheck (aka AI...
What is the Archistar Digital AI Permitting Transformation (ADAPT) Framework?
Despite two decades of governments working to digitize permitting processes, most of them are not...
Data & Trust
What is the Archistar Digital AI Permitting Transformation (ADAPT) Framework?
Despite two decades of governments working to digitize permitting processes, most of them are not...
Why Building Departments Should Push AI Adoption Decisions “To the Edge”
A futurist keynote argued that command-and-control org charts are a railroad-era artifact, and...
Shadow AI: Why Uploading Submission Documents into ChatGPT Is a Bad Idea
Shadow AI (staff using unapproved tools on public data) is already happening in councils and...
The Importance of Data Interoperability Before Implementing AI for Building Permit Review
Data interoperability is crucial to implementing AI in government. One tech executive at an...
Generative Design
Archistar Snaploader Gives 3D Property Visualizations a New Look with a Refreshed Website and New Milestones
Before even breaking ground on a construction project, the sales process can already begin. When all you have are design files on 2D monitors, the immersive experience of Archistar Snaploader’s 3D visualization tools can bring projects to life with photorealistic...
AI Master Planning and Zaha Hadid Architects’ Modular Components Transform the Malahat Nation
The Malahat Nation is adopting advanced AI-powered master planning to create sustainable, community-led housing rooted in cultural values and environmental stewardship. In partnership with Zaha Hadid Architects and Archistar, the project uses generative design to...
Creating Winning Building Designs: Tips for Success
Some buildings inspire awe, while others fade into the background. But successful building design goes further than great looks. To create developments that potential buyers are drawn you must balance intuitive design with practical needs. Whether you are planning a...
Dual Occupancy: Side-by-side vs Front-to-Back
Dual Occupancy: Side-by-Side vs Front-To-Back Designing a dual occupancy property comes with a few additional considerations, so before you forge ahead, you need to know what you’re in for. Without careful planning, we know that property development can present us...
How AI Is Changing the Real Estate Landscape
How AI Is Changing the Real Estate Landscape Artificial intelligence, or AI, has improved and grown to have a far-reaching impact on the world around us. AI refers to algorithms developed to allow the software to learn from and understand data collected to make...
Sustainability & Resilience
Already Zoned: Australia’s “Middle-Ring” Suburbs Can Take 3.6 Million More Housing Units
Archistar has identified 1,991,452 established residential sites across Australia where zoning...
Reducing Building Permit Delays Starts with Completeness, Not Compliance
Building permit delays often stem from incomplete plan sets, not just city capacity or compliance...
When Housing Density Mandates Create a Missing Middle Infrastructure Gap
In various places across North America, state or provincial governments, in an effort to do...
Why Fixing Parking Minimums Might Be the Fastest Path to Affordable Housing
The numbers around housing affordability in North America don’t lie. For example, from 2019–2024,...
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