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As the world of building design becomes more complex, the need for sophisticated software will increase. A design environment that unifies the consultants and the clients will greatly benefit all involved and will result in better building designs. Using the Virtual Reality Modeling Language, coupled with the Java programming language, the communication of design decisions and design intent can be greatly improved. Simple teaching tools illustrate the effects of design decisions, such as increasing a beam span to cause a beam to increase in size. Once the design is complete, communication with the client and the builders can also be improved using this technology. Instead of having a set of drawings and a set of specifications, a single virtual reality model can be accessed and queried to find out information on specific pieces and the process involved in creation of building systems. Finally, VRML is not an overall solution to the integrated design environment problem