BIM Content With Too Much Detail — It’s All Your Fault
Are you frustrated with all the over detailed BIM content out there? Or all the under detailed content? It's all your fault. Luke explains why.
Putting the “I” into your BIM Documentation
Nathan Hildebrandt follows up his previous post with more on how and why you need to focus more on Information when working with ArchiCAD and BIM.
Modlar is looking for BIM users in San Francisco, CA
Modlar is looking for new and innovative ways to provide BIM information to their subscribers. Would you be willing to come into their office in San Francisco, CA and provide feedback on how you utilize BIM on Wednesday February 19th,
Strippers, High School Friends, & a Hundred Dollar Bill
This post has been sitting unpublished for a long time. It's about resource management and some young foolishness. I don't really need to make the obvious connections to Architecture, BIM, and running a firm, but they are there.
Another Architecture website with images of architects sketching
What does an architect look like when working? Architecture websites with images of architects sketching paint a pretty clear (and misleading) picture.
Four Architects having Coffee
Cartoons and intros or titles that could be the start of a good joke. This is how I am writing blog posts now, I guess. I can live with that. I've had a lot of great meetings with local Seattle-based
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?
Profile Manager in ArchiCAD 17
Graphisoft product designer James Badcock is back with a new blog post about the changes to the Profile Manager in ArchiCAD 17.
Goodbye Vista, we hardly knew you.
Are you still using Windows Vista to run ArchiCAD? Your days are numbered.
ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix (build 5019) with EcoDesigner Star Trial
Download this latest Hotfix for ArchiCAD 17 to get access to an EcoDesigner Star Trial.
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.
Live Online Seminar: Creating high-impact architectural renderings of your ArchiCAD models with Artlantis 5
GRAPHISOFT, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, will host a live online seminar featuring Abvent's Artlantis 5, the latest version of the fastest, stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers. Artlantis is ideal for
The House my Master’s Degree Built: my path to becoming a licensed architect
Another great guest post by Alicia Liebel Berg. Great and a little depressing
Auditing your ArchiCAD Model using Building Materials and Surfaces
I love this post. Guest Blogger Nathan Hildebrandt starts with Building Materials, then leads you down a path towards reinventing how you think about BIM and use ArchiCAD. It's a great example of how focusing on improving how you use
Black and White 3D Documents in ArchiCAD
Someone asked me a simple question. So I recorded about 13 minutes of answers: it's time to talk about Black and White (and red) 3D Documents in ArchiCAD.
ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix #5
ArchiCAD 17 Hotfix-5 package (build 5014) was released today.
GRAPHISOFT Releases EcoDesigner STAR
GRAPHISOFT®, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has announced the launch of EcoDesigner STAR, the first software that places standard-compliant energy analysis in the heart of the architect's familiar BIM work environment. EcoDesigner STAR enables architects
Learning from Train Wrecks – AIA CRAN Chronicle looking for submissions
We are looking for items for our next CRAN newsletter issue: Learning from Train Wrecks. Do you have a story about a project that went wrong? A client you let go? Something you forgot to include in your drawings? Missed
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.
An architect can architect architecture?
Guest blogger Alicia Liebel Berg shares her thoughts on Kayne West's visit to Harvard.
GRAPHISOFT Reaches the Final of Prestigious European Business Awards, Named 100 Ruban d’Honneur Recipient
BUDAPEST, January 14, 2014 — GRAPHISOFT SE, the leading Building Information Modeling (BIM) architectural software developer, has qualified for the third and final round of the 2013/2014 European Business Awards, in the Infosys Business of the Year category. GRAPHISOFT and other finalists
TEKLA EUROPEAN BIM FORUM 2014
Are you in or around Europe? Are you interested in BIM? Free February 13th and 14th, 2014? Check out the Tekla European BIM Forum 2014.
ArchiCAD Videos by ArchiLINK
Last week I shared 3 ArchiCAD videos. How about 9 more from one of my favorite ArchiCAD users?
500th post, are you freaking kidding me?
Feel free not to read this post. It's really just to remind myself how amazing and awesome I am. You know, because I have written a lot over the past 3 1/2 years.
Why are we hanging Architects for the illegal actions of a homeowner?
This article about the illegal actions of a homeowner and the subsequent house fire is just one more example of the decreasing stature of architects.