Monthly Archives: May 2010

He’s just not that into you…or BIM

Today I’m going to introduce you to a new acronym. That’s right. One more. Just this last one, then we’re through. Done. Kaput. I promise. You ready? Good. JAT There, that wasn’t so bad. Right? It’s short for Just a … Continue reading

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27 Reasons to read Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 now, before it comes out

What are you doing on August 2, 2010? That’s the day* Mastering Autodesk Revit Architecture 2011 – or MARA2011 for short – written by the authorial triumvirate of Eddy Krygiel, Phil Read and the inestimable James Vandezande comes out. I … Continue reading

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Fixing our Gaze on BIM and Integrated Design

I want the unobtainable. Other artists paint a bridge, a house, a boat, and that’s the end. I want to paint the air which surrounds the bridge, the house, the boat, the beauty of the air in which these objects … Continue reading

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The Surprising Civility of Primal IPD

When we come one by one to the quadrille at the four-way corner, we are who we are at our best, bowing, nodding, and moving on. Verlyn Klinkenborg After you. No, please, after you. Have you ever approached a 4-way … Continue reading

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The Needle and the Damage Done

I’ve seen the needle and the damage done A little part of it in everyone Neil Young “Needle and the Damage Done” Ready for today’s physics lesson? I’ll try to keep this simple (think of it as Physics for Architects.) … Continue reading

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Learning to Be Roughly Yourself

From the moment you meet at the big table in the big room with the big team of stakeholders and fellow professionals, you’re there for one reason and one reason alone. You’re an expert at something. You didn’t get to … Continue reading

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