Is BIM making you a better designer?
October 28, 2015
Why aren’t more people talking about BIM and design? How to design better. How to be a better architect. How to make beauty and art. How to be awesome.
Endless Path of Improvement
Shoegnome Shortcuts for ARCHICAD 19
October 23, 2015
When I upgraded to ARCHICAD 19, I completely redid all my keyboard shortcuts for ARCHICAD. I suggest you do the same.
Here We Go Again
August 18, 2015
Jon recalls the transition from hand drafting to CAD and sees some frightening similarities to our current struggle with the shift from CAD to BIM.
AIA San Francisco is better than you local AIA Chapter
October 14, 2014
AIA San Francisco is better than you local AIA Chapter. But that’s only half the post. The rest is about 99% Invisible and the Radiotopia Kickstarter Campaign.
Interior Elevations in ArchiCAD
January 6, 2014
Do you need to create Interior Elevations in ArchiCAD? Of course you do. We all do. Are you creating them in the best possible way? Watch this video and find out. Got something to add? Share your tips in the comments.
Do you love your BIM software too much?
April 11, 2013
The recent announcement of Google killing Google Reader has me thinking about dead software, over specialization, and the dependence on software companies. My readers who use Autodesk products might feel a little uncomfortable for a moment… are you too dependent on the whims of a mega-corporation that is clearly less interested in architects than they were when their flagship product was AutoCAD? Click on that link and count the number
The Number One Reason for designers to learn BIM
March 20, 2013
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 that our profession involves and REQUIRES a mastery of technology. Here’s a great quote from Thomas Krowka, written on February 22, 2013 as part of my favorite LinkedIn thread: “Of
A tale of Three (Capital A) Architects
March 1, 2013
Yesterday I wrote this other post. You might want to read it first. But you don’t need to. In fact your ignorance of that discussion (amazing comments by the way), might help answer the riddle below. A tale of Three (Capital A) Architects Three Architects are walking down a road. They have just been asked by the Wealthiest Man in the Land to design the Greatest Building Ever. Each is
Maybe Someday I’ll actually Design a Building and see it Built
February 28, 2013
That’s what Architects are supposed to do, right? There’s a big series of posts coming about this topic, but I wanted to foreshadow a bit and ask a question. If you were to give a two word description of the following architect, what would it be: The architect who loves the act of designing through the media of our trade-whether pencil on trace, scale models, or digitally. After being asked