François Lévy (MArch, MSE; AIA, AIAA), has taught digital design, BIM, and environmental controls courses at The University of Texas, UT San Antonio, and St. Edward's University in Austin at the ...

In the world of architecture and engineering, laboratory buildings are among the most complex buildings to design, plan, and document. Traditional methods rely on the use of photographs, hand drawings ...

Nottingham City Hub. Image courtesy of Ares Landscape Architects Ltd. The landscape architecture industry’s recent movement to standardize BIM workflows is a transition quite similar to its former ...

Architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) is increasingly becoming a data-driven industry, and a new study by Dodge Data & Analytics, conducted in partnership with Autodesk, demonstrates that ...

In Newforma’s new study, “Finding Common Ground: The Future of Project Information Management”, we examined challenges related to sharing project information including model and design data. The study ...

Like the weather, everyone in the AEC industry is talking about using BIM models for operations and maintenance, but no one—well, almost no one—is doing anything about it. That’s because there’s a ...

One of the more famous urban legends holds that the head of the patent office quit in 1875 declaring in his letter of resignation “there is nothing left to invent!” What makes this tickle our fancy is ...

Augmented reality (AR) has made leaps and bounds over the past few years. With the explosion in power of mobile devices, nearly anyone with a modern smartphone can experience AR without specialized ...

Announced at the annual Design & Make conference, Autodesk University, Autodesk is introducing new artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities and data connections to accelerate the digital ...

Starting an architecture firm may sprout from one’s love for and interest in the discipline, but running a competitive business requires more than just a tendency to enjoy the work. BIM could be the ...