Building Better BIM Libraries
Jon Buerg talks about his experiences building BIM Libraries for both Revit and ARCHICAD. To him, it's the key to any successful project.
Be Open, My Friend: Bruce Lee and the secrets of OpenBIM
Guest blogger Jon Buerg shares his thoughts on openBIM. This post includes both the best BIMpoem and best BIM image of 2015.
Your first task when switching to BIM
When learning BIM, the first task is always the same, no matter what program you use or why you made the switch.
A Tale of Two Platforms
Folklore says that Bill Gates's magnificent residence on Lake Washington may have been, ironically enough, designed on a Mac.
The Wedge Between Us
One other pet peeve of mine is to hear architects...talk about their ‘CAD guys' or 'BIM technicians'...It's the same thing as someone touting themselves as an orchestra conductor but they can't read music or play any of the instruments before them.
Here We Go Again
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.
Redefine what Design means to Us
I had to change my thinking on my position in my firm and in my profession if I was going to stay in the field of architecture and grow as an architect.
Architects Are Irrelevant, So You Better Hire An Architect
The architect is the great generalist of the project team. The architect knows a good deal about every other discipline on the team.
The Proper Design of Design Criteria
Design criteria is the content that your organization creates to convey the design intent for your concept to the consulting architects and engineers that are hired to design individual locations for your chain concept around the region, country or world.