EntreArchitect Episode 550: Jared Banks – Your Business Journey as a Small Firm Architect
I'm now a three-peat guest on the EntreArchitect Podcast. Check out my latest interview with Mark R. LePage.
EntreArchitect Episode 524: Jared Banks – Sharing a New Paradigm for the Profession of Architecture
I was a guest (again) on the EntreArchitect Podcast. Check out my interview with Mark R. LePage.
Two Burned Projects
Last spring I put out proposals to two clients who needed help because of fire damage. One will soon be under construction; I don't know about the other.
DWG output from ARCHICAD via Worksheets
A brilliant way to get bullet proof DWG output from ARCHICAD. Your archaic DWG using consultants will be amazed and extremely happy with the results.
Trimble and Nemetschek Group form Strategic Alliance
Trimble and Nemetschek plan to leverage the Trimble® Connect collaboration platform to integrate workflows between various BIM software. This is fantastic. More BIM. More Open. More Choice.
Trimble Partners with Microsoft to Bring Microsoft HoloLens Wearable Holographic Technology to the AEC Industry
Trimble is working with Microsoft to develop a new generation of tools, integrated with the HoloLens holographic platform on Windows 10. Make sure to watch the (marketing) videos. This is the world that is upon us.
BCF Manager for Navisworks via BIMcollab
Kubus increases the value of BIMcollab with a BCF Manager for Navisworks.
Webinar: Master your BIM workflow with BIMcollab
Learn about BIMcollab and the benefits of using it for BIM coordination and issue management in one of these upcoming webinars.
BCF Manager for Navisworks
Kubus increases the value of BIMcollab by introducing a BCF Manager for Navisworks.
Urban Strategies Inc. Wins Prestigious Awards for Innovative Designs
Urban Strategies, a GRAPHISOFT client based in Toronto, Ontario, has won a number of prestigious awards for recent urban design work done using ArchiCAD.
KUBUS introduces BIMcollab
Official press release about BIMcollab from KUBUS. It takes BCF collaboration to a whole new level. Also they are now giving away for free their BCF managers for Revit, ArchiCAD, and simplebim. That's awesome. I love when people put sharing
Is there a benefit for Engineers and Architects to both use Revit?
Is there a benefit for Engineers and Architects to both use Revit? I think that's a legit question. Are there benefits beyond standard BIM advantage?
KUBUS launches BCF Managers for both ArchiCAD & Revit
Are you familiar with Building Collaboration Format? The BCF Managers for ArchiCAD and Revit bring this functionality directly to your BIM authoring tool.
‘Smart BIM Cloud’ Pilot Project Completed by Obayashi Corporation, NEC and GRAPHISOFT
Next generation of cloud-based BIM services to deliver better customer satisfaction TOKYO, September 30, 2013 -- Obayashi Corporation, together with NEC and GRAPHISOFT SE has successfully completed its Smart BIM Cloud pilot project. The new system will start operation from October
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
Get on the Collaboration Bus. Or Quit. I don’t care which.
 The Generation Y Architect In February 2012, during a session at the AIA Minnesota Leadership Forum, I discovered that I am a stereotype. Painfully so. I am Generation Y. In a room with fifteen Generation X architects, I was the oddball.
THIS is how Architecture and Jazz relate.
There are a few things that really get my blood boiling. This for instance. Here's another: People talking about how Architecture is like Jazz enrages me. I HATE when people make this comparison. I want to ask, okay so you say architecture
OpenBIM and IFC? Listen to Bond Bryan Architects
You shouldn't be allowed to use the acronym BIM if you can't collaborate. That's just one of the many awesome BIM and IFC related tweets you'll get if you follow Bond Bryan Architects on Twitter. I've been following them for awhile