A growing number of UK architectural practices, including Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios and Stride Treglown, are reportedly integrating IfcOpenShell into their design pipelines to reduce dependence on proprietary Autodesk and Bentley formats. The open source IFC parsing library enables practices to validate, manipulate, and export building models without vendor lock-in. The trend reflects wider industry concern about escalating software subscription costs.

Source: Computerworld UK