To be a better Architect, learn how to talk to computers
Not so long ago if you tried to talk to computers, people laughed at you. Now if you aren't teaching yourself that skill, it might be too late to catch up.
The Digital Transformation of CRAN
Like many people, my involvement with CRAN started by checking the box when renewing my AIA membership.
Deleting Attributes and the One Layer Model
There are all sorts of interesting things you can do in ArchiCAD if you simplify your Attributes to almost zero. Here's where to start.
Virtual Time Travel is now possible, Sort of
Google Maps has just made your life as an architect easier, or at least more interesting.
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.
It Happened Again: someone reminded me that Computers are Just Tools
Today on Twitter, in response to this post about the most amazing BIMx model I've seen, I saw a Tweet that went like this: "4all their power computers are just tools #architects still need 2do the hard work of #design" Yes, but.
Starting an Architecture Firm? Let’s Discuss Software and Hardware Costs
Priorities in the 21st Century Architecture Office When starting an architecture firm, you are confronted with a lot of expenses. How do you prioritize or justify where to spend your money? For the 21st Century Architecture Office, IT costs come before
Generation Y Unfolding – DesignIntelligence Article
In addition to all the posts on Shoegnome and BIM Engine, I've had the pleasure to write for some other venues this year (both print and digital). I'm proud of all of those articles, but there are two that I'm
The Number One Reason for designers to learn BIM
Okay so perhaps if you're 100% going to retire in the next few years this doesn't apply to you. But if you plan on working for sometime yet, you need to get with the latest technology, you need to accept
First Memories, AutoCAD version 2.5, and 3D Studio R4
I've been using ArchiCAD since 2006. Over 7 years now
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.
You are a Dinosaur
If you are reading this you are a dinosaur. The digital natives will steal your job. But that's okay because you won't be qualified to do your job when they start taking responsibility from us. And I do mean us
Michael Graves and the Cult of the Pencil
So this Michael Graves New York Times opinion article has been making the rounds. I would like to state here that his argument is BULLSHIT. We should all be up in arms that this is how our profession is being represented