The importance of walking through your building before it is built
Architecture firms, regardless of their size, must offer VR and 3D walk-throughs. It is now a basic service, not an add-on to our offerings.
The future of buildings is low-tech and dumb
Good Star Wars movies give clues on how to design buildings to last for centuries.
A brief history of living rooms and their televisions
Finding the best location for a TV in my own house is a good excuse to talk about the history of living rooms-and the evolution of home entertainment.
Obsessed with Sun Studies: Visualization in ARCHICAD
In late 2015 and early 2016, I wrote a number of articles on visualization in ARCHICAD. Here's an update of how I've been practicing what I preach.
BIM advice from Pantera’s Reinventing the Steel
I love Pantera's BIM advice to such a degree that I've been referencing Pantera song titles in every lecture I've given since at least 2012.
Why your Building Project Might Fail in 2016
BIMQ CEO Christian Ehl shares his thoughts on the data-driven building and why the construction industry needs to reinvent itself in 2016.
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.
Basic Unchangeable Decisions
I look at the roads in Australia and think about BIM. It feels so simple and easy to declare that they are wrong and the majority of the world is right.
Roommate Test of Manhood
Two projects from my time at school show how a strict adherence to digital or analog tools can lead to trouble. I learned a lesson and went with the tool that failed.