Shoegnome Architects

February 11, 2014

In 2014 go BIM or Go home

Different Types of Architects, Future of Architecture

By Jared Banks

14 Comments

21st century architectural masters, BIM Mastery, CAD vs BIM, cartoons, Why BIM?

It's time that all architects switch to BIM. This is 2014 after all. Are you in? Or are you going to quit?

January 15, 2014

An architect can architect architecture?

Different Types of Architects, Guest Bloggers

By Alicia Liebel Berg

4 Comments

21st century architectural masters, Challenge, Frustration, unlicensed architects, value of an architect

Guest blogger Alicia Liebel Berg shares her thoughts on Kayne West's visit to Harvard.

December 11, 2013

BIM Templates: When ‘If I have to’ becomes ‘I always do it’

BIM and ARCHICAD

By Jared Banks

28 Comments

20th century architectural masters, 21st century architectural masters, BIM implementation, Building Energy Model, complexity, Production, Templates

If you use BIM and don't have a good BIM Template (whether for ArchiCAD, Revit, etc.). You Are Doing It Wrong.

December 10, 2013

Guest Blogger Alicia Liebel Berg: What Emerging Architects are about to inherit

Future of Architecture, Guest Bloggers

By Alicia Liebel Berg

2 Comments

21st century architectural masters, Architectural Education, Generation Y / Millennials, Inspire a Shared Vision, mentor, obsolescence, the future of architecture

Has anyone noticed that obtaining the title of ‘Architect' is not evaluated on the merit's of one's design, but how mathematically they grade within a set of standardized parameters?

December 6, 2013

Blacksmith, Telephone Operator, Architect

Featured, Future of Architecture

By Jared Banks

7 Comments

21st century architectural masters, Architectural Education, Challenge, obsolescence, the future of architecture, unlicensed architects

I want to see a chart tracking Blacksmiths per Capita over the last 150 years. And for telephone operators. And then one for Architects extending to 2050.