Welcome to Revit 2021. If you have been using the software for a while you will likely find moments of excitement with some of the new features (yay slanted walls!) while disappointment for a lack of others (search a hashtag or two on Twitter for some good grumbles). There’s a…

Simulating Sports Crowds in the Age of the Coronavirus — “Winning teams, Isiah Thomas decided, always saw themselves as being apart, taking on the rest of the world. If they did not have enemies who were trying to take away what was rightfully theirs, then they invented enemies in order to help push themselves toward their goals.” - David Halberstam…

Just Enough Tips and Tricks to Be Dangerous — When I graduated College I had a hard time getting a job in an Architecture firm because my undergrad degree was not “Architecture”. I interviewed with about 25 companies who all told me to go back to school. The only way I was able to get my foot in the…

In the previous two AutoCAD to Revit posts I focused on custom line types and editing families to begin making Revit feel more familiar to AutoCAD users. Assuming you have completed the heavy lifting associated with those posts, now is the time to pull everything together so you don’t…

In the Shadows of Giants — Previously in Concrete Conversations…. Concrete Conversations: Ancient Beginnings Exploring the Architecture of Louis Kahn and Tadao Andomedium.com

Appreciating Amateur Architecture Studio’s Tengtou Pavilion — Amateur Architecture Studio’s Tengtou Pavilion is all about engaging history without pandering to it. In doing so it not only becomes a powerful commentary on the past but evokes a significant fact of the present; we live in a time of amalgamation. This is true of music and art…

Leveraging Revit, Reducing Your Workload and Getting Back to Enjoying your Chosen Profession — In a career working at firms large and small I have encountered Architects who enjoy a variety of experiences related to the profession. Some enjoy design, while others get engrossed in construction details, but I have yet to encounter an architect whose passion is window schedules. In today’s profession…