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.
Analog – Digital – Organic
The organic future will not be what Hollywood has been telling you. Nor will it be like what most architects assume. This is a good thing. Here's my article from the SCI-FI issue of CLOG that explains why.
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.
In 2014 go BIM or Go home
It's time that all architects switch to BIM. This is 2014 after all. Are you in? Or are you going to quit?
How the Conscious Home Can Make You a Better Parent
In this follow up to my article from mid-January, Eliot from SmartThings shares how the Conscious Home can really make you a better parent today.
The Conscious Home could make me a better Parent
This week I read about the SmartThings Hub and also about Google buying Nest. It made me think about how these technologies could make me a better parent and architect.
Hi, I am an Architect but let me add some qualifiers
We all just want to say "Hi, I am an Architect." But it's almost never that easy. Here's a simple rule and some related thoughts.
Guest Blogger Alicia Liebel Berg: What Emerging Architects are about to inherit
Has anyone noticed that obtaining the title of ‘Architect' is not evaluated on the merit's of one's design, but how mathematically they grade within a set of standardized parameters?
Blacksmith, Telephone Operator, Architect
I want to see a chart tracking Blacksmiths per Capita over the last 150 years. And for telephone operators. And then one for Architects extending to 2050.
Neither Mies nor Corb used BIM
We have powerful digital tools. But neither Ludwig Mies van der Rohe nor Le Corbusier needed them to be famous. Shouldn't you just follow their lead?
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.
One Jacket for winter, spring, summer and fall
I have a great idea for an all season jacket. I just don't have the laboratory to make it a reality. But I guarantee that someone does.
My Computer Never Forgets My Birthday
Generation Y, the evolution of TVs from CRT to flat screen, kitchens that cook dinner for you, cars that drive themselves
Building Intelligence Model
Recently someone was talking about BIM and kept mentioning the word intelligence. I don't know why it took so long for this to click, but what if the I in BIM isn't Information. What if it's Intelligence.
Future of Architecture and the Built Environment – LinkedIn Group
I started a LinkedIn group. It has a grandiose title: Future of Architecture and the Built Environment. You can join the group by clicking here. Why did I start a LinkedIn group when there are already a million billion groups
Will your architecture firm buy a drone?
Doing measures of existing conditions in Minnesota usually meant one of two things: a hot summer day with no air conditioning, or sub-zero temperatures and snow. Plus if the site was outside the Twin Cities (Minnesotans love their cabins): a
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
Could a 21st century pencil be the better tool Architects are looking for?
There are a lot of architects, designers, and drafters out there that aren't convinced by my ruminations on better tools. Either they refuse to be persuaded or just feel the pencil has some ineffable qualities about it. Ineffable doesn't cut
Improved IFC / ArchiCAD Connection Add-In for Revit 2014 Applications
Jared's note: read the beginning of this very closely. The Add-on is for Revit MEP, Structures, and Architecture (aren't they all sort of one program now?). In previous versions of this add-on it was just for MEP and Structures. The