The importance of walking through your building before it is built
Architecture firms, regardless of their size, must offer VR and 3D walk-throughs. It is now a basic service, not an add-on to our offerings.
Obsessed with Sun Studies: Visualization in ARCHICAD
In late 2015 and early 2016, I wrote a number of articles on visualization in ARCHICAD. Here's an update of how I've been practicing what I preach.
Roommate Test of Manhood
Two projects from my time at school show how a strict adherence to digital or analog tools can lead to trouble. I learned a lesson and went with the tool that failed.
AEC Science & Technology, LLC Launches the First Virtual Tradeshow
Later this year there will be a virtual AEC Science & Technology tradeshow. This looks like a pretty interesting event and I hope it does well. It's also free, which is great.
What OpenBIM Does For You (and the life cycle of BIM)
Have you and all your collaborators watched this video about OpenBIM and why the AEC industry needs to change? I'm going to guess no.
ArchiCAD 18: still no disc coming in the mail
Are you waiting for a disc in the mail? Stop. You have to download ArchiCAD 18.
Virtual Time Travel is now possible, Sort of
Google Maps has just made your life as an architect easier, or at least more interesting.
Design like an Architect
How does one design like an architect? Here's a spoiler, the answer isn't tool specific.
Unconscious BIM and Ugly BIM
Some lessons from being too busy to write: remembering shortcuts by forgetting that I had forgotten them and suffering through the ugly BIM phase.
Making BIM the Best Tool for Design
BIM should be the best tool for design, but it's not. What's holding us back? A lack of creativity isn't helping.
One day I will teach this architecture class: Sketching without Sketching
If I get the opportunity to teach a studio or lecture class in an architecture school I know EXACTLY what I'd do. I even know the title of the class.
The convergence of 25,000 years of Art History leads to BIM
I love creating diagrams. But this BIM Diagram is by far my favorite. It probably should become my new logo. Find out why it took 25,000 years to make.
Self-awareness vs Environmental-awareness: A working definition of BIM
From pencil to CAD to BIM, we have come a long way in the past fifty years. What makes BIM so special & different? Here is my working definition of BIM.
AEC Hackathon 1.1 – Facebook HQ, Menlo Park, CA – March 14-16, 2014
The idea of an AEC Hakathon came from Silicon Valley tech companies challenging their employees to come up with breakthrough innovation over the course of a few days of around the clock brainstorming, problem solving and prototype creation.
Exhibition Design with BIMx – Nationalmuseum in Sweden, Revisited
Joakim E Werning is doing some great things with BIMx and ArchiCAD. Check out this short video to learn more.
Guest Blogger Willard Williams: Why I’m going to the AEC Hackathon
Regular guest blogger Willard Williams shares his thoughts on why he's going to the AEC Hackathon this weekend in San Fransisco. And he's also going to convince you that you should go to one of these events as well.
BIMx Docs Brings Fully Integrated BIM Projects to the iPhone/iPad
The official announcement about BIMx Docs for ArchiCAD. The future of BIM documentation arrived last week. Check out BIMx Docs by Graphisoft. The more you explore it, the more you're going to see the potential. If you are interested in
The Structure Sensor for iPad and a game I want to play with my kids (or older brothers)
It seems like new Augmented Reality devices are coming ever faster these days. Will 2014 be the year of Augmented Reality? If the Structure Sensor for the iPad is any clue, then probably.
From Film to Digital Cameras & a Free Copy of OrthoGraph Architect 3D v7
I talk a lot about the future of practicing architecture. I'm really interested in how our tools and processes evolve. I am curious about what common frustrations we will soon no longer need to deal with. A lot of these
The irony of using technology to write about the benefits of technology
On Tuesday my plan was to eat breakfast, make dinner, take care of some admin stuff (emails, responding to post comments, order new business cards, etc.), finish a blog post, and then spend the rest of the day working on
Architects are really just asking for Haptic Feedback
I spend a lot of time thinking about architects and their tools. Why? Because architects struggle to separate themselves from their tools. We see this regularly with job postings that stress software knowledge over process understanding. I find those postings extremely frustrating
Of Bows and Arrows and Machine Guns
I was reading The Economist today. The specific article was on the origins of warfare and about whether humans are inherently warlike. The good news is that we are probably not predisposed to war, unless we are part of
World’s First 3D Ancient City Tour Comes to Life in Bergama
BERGAMA, TURKEY, July 18, 2013 — Bilkom has launched a project called “History comes to life in 3D” using 3D modeling software and mobile technology from GRAPHISOFT and Abvent. As a result, the ancient city in Bergama can be explored
How BIM connects with your client’s clients: a Tour of an Exhibition via BIMx.
Today on Facebook, I saw a link to a 3D tour of an Exhibition at the Nationalmuseum in Stockholm, Sweden. Carl Larsson — Friends & Enemies (update: the above BIMx file is no longer available online, but here's another by Joakim Werning) Grab
ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix #1, ArchiCAD 16 Hotfix #4, AND downloading ArchiCAD 17
I've got three items to report today as I sit on the floor of my childhood bedroom, watching my youngest daughter open and close the door to my oldest brother's old bedroom