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10 Principles of Architecture | What Is Architecture | Why Need Design Principles in Architecture

CivilJungle

JULY 27, 2022

What Is Architecture? The techniques and art of making the layout of buildings and constructing the building are architecture. Architecture is an art. Besides designing and constructing architecture deals with aesthetics. Architecture is just not only art. Why Need Design Principles in Architecture?

Architecture

Architecture Design Visualization Drawings

Aussie_BIM vs the UK_BIM, AKA the global BIM leaders (When and why had Graphisoft given up on their Australian ArchiCAD users?)

DebunkTheBIM

DECEMBER 19, 2013

See, once upon a time, some decade or so ago – BIM (or VC) and Graphisoft (with ArchiCAD) were doing very well in Australia (and New Zealand)! FKA was not the only cutting edge BIM company that pushed the boundaries of BIM using ArchiCAD in Australia in the early 2000s – Rice Dabney, Woods Bagot and others did too. Making progress.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD BIM Software Software

BIM, Productivity, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Revit, Archicad et al… are NOT BIM, but rather 3D visualization components of BIM. Uncategorized architecture BIM construction engineering integrated project delivery - IPD job order contracting JOC PPC productivity public private partnerships' Again, an instance of technology supporting a robust process.

BIM

BIM Architecture Products Engineering

Webinars

Less Stress, More Success: Accounting Best Practices & Processes for 2025

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BIM, Productivity, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

Building Information Management

SEPTEMBER 23, 2013

Revit, Archicad et al… are NOT BIM, but rather 3D visualization components of BIM. Uncategorized architecture BIM construction engineering integrated project delivery - IPD job order contracting JOC PPC productivity public private partnerships' Again, an instance of technology supporting a robust process.

BIM

BIM Architecture Products Engineering

Please don’t clean up my wall intersections.

DebunkTheBIM

APRIL 2, 2011

I should start with a disclaimer: I model in Archicad 13; That is whenever I need to assess something quickly and am not constrained by other project-needs nor the limitations of the software itself. So, what I am about to write may no longer be an issue in Archicad 14, nor the other modelling packages people use.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD Drawings Modeling Software

“I just don’t really understand what’s the point using this?”

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 1, 2011

This little-battle is between Archicad and me – I repeatedly ignore the creators’ hints to use the product in-a-certain-way and force it ‘kicking and screaming’ to perform tasks I dream-up.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD Drafting Modeling Environment

Another example why it is better to stay out of BIM surveys…

DebunkTheBIM

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Autodesk products are conveniently bundled together – not so ArchiCAD and Vectorworks (owned by the same company: Nemetschek). However the high number using ArchiCAD reflects the strong hold this company holds over the architect and architectural designer market (81% of respondents). Then, look at the chart itself!

BIM

BIM CAD ArchiCAD AutoCAD

Same, same but different – My mother is not getting paperfreeconstruction, the concept.

DebunkTheBIM

OCTOBER 21, 2018

I documented full houses in 3D ArchiCAD 20 years ago in our design studio, while she looked after our children. I designed and modelled iconic commercial buildings in Teamwork Architecture when we moved to a bigger town 15 years ago. I ‘drew’ the first axo chair in AutoCAD 25 years ago and showed it to her.

BIM

BIM Modeling IDEA ArchiCAD

24/7

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 24, 2011

Her birth day also marks 3 software related anniversaries for me, 15 years of Archicad, 20 of AutoCAD and 5 of Revit (Architecture). Slowed down a bit when teenage-hood hit, hopefully will regain the trait of ‘keeping going’ as she gets out the other side of the tricky years.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD AutoCAD Revit BIM

BIM Construction Cost Estimating – Top Ten List

Building Information Management

MAY 15, 2012

While the industry is currently fixated upon 3D visualization tools, aka Revit, Archicad, Bentely… they only represent components of a BIM solution. Consistent Format and Terminology – Use of a standard set of terms and data architectures such as Uniformat, Masterformat, Omniclass.

Estimating

Estimating BIM Life Cycle ArchiCAD

The Constructor that was not meant to be.

DebunkTheBIM

JUNE 22, 2011

Get rid of the architectural baggage Archicad was weighed down with, and make Constructor a stand alone, construction focused, modelling package. When VICO picked up Constructor about 5 years ago, it elected to upscale the reasonably capable but also architect biased modelling software into a complicated construction suite.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD Modeling Software Software

Nitpicking today – hinging of doors and arrows on stairs.

DebunkTheBIM

MAY 25, 2011

Go into any architectural consultancy employing people from different parts of the world and soon you’ll find two of them arguing about the way hinging of doors must be represented on drawings. Cadimage, the NZ Archicad-tool-developer is wisely catering for all tastes in their Doorbuilder. and indicate the opening of the door.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD DOT Drawings Maine

Do you want to get more specified? A practical post to building material manufacturers;

DebunkTheBIM

MARCH 8, 2011

Let’s say, you supply thermal insulation; Do the following: Create a template for major model-based architectural packages (i.e.:

Materials

Materials ArchiCAD Drafting Revit

Clouds, Collaborative and Integrated Solutions = Efficient Facility Renovation, Repair, Sustainability, and Construction

Building Information Management

MARCH 28, 2012

The convergence of global economic and environmental change with collaborative disruptive technologies is altering the very foundation of the Facility Architecture, Engineering, Construction, and Operations sector.

Renovating

Renovating Sustainability BIM Life Cycle

Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management

Building Information Management

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

That said, BIM has been preoccupied with 3D visualization to the extent that many/most feel that Revit, Archicad, et al are all that’s needed to implement BIM. Despite the above there remains surprisingly little collaboration within the AECOO sector(s) (Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Operations, Owner).

Life Cycle

Life Cycle BIM Environment Management

The Legal Aspects of BIM

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

BIM is NOT 3D modeling (Revit, Archicad, Bentley, etc.), – Via open, transparent data architectures and lexicon. IPD, JOC and similar methods that incorporate procurement, project management relationships and responsibilities, data architectures and formats, etc. although some vendors tend to perpetuate this myth.

Legal

Legal BIM Life Cycle Procurement

The Legal Aspects of BIM

Building Information Management

NOVEMBER 29, 2012

BIM is NOT 3D modeling (Revit, Archicad, Bentley, etc.), – Via open, transparent data architectures and lexicon. IPD, JOC and similar methods that incorporate procurement, project management relationships and responsibilities, data architectures and formats, etc. although some vendors tend to perpetuate this myth.

Legal

Legal BIM Life Cycle Procurement

Have you heard the one about the ‘BIM Analyst’?

DebunkTheBIM

MAY 16, 2013

3/ s/he must be experienced in using ArchiCAD, Bentley, Microstation, Revit, Tekla and Solibri on live projects AND A minimum 1-2 years experience in all of the above applications. Finally, after many re-reads, I settled to treat the job-ad as a good-old HR creative writing. a place to stop and take a deep breath.

BIM

BIM ArchiCAD Feasibility Management

BIM Objects, Data, and Information – More than a 3D Pretty Picture – Soooo Much More!

Building Information Management

JUNE 6, 2013

The classification system, structure of data and technology are enabling better processes and will allow us to move a step closer towards full collaborative BIM.

BIM

BIM nemetschek Vectorworks Life Cycle Estimating

DebunkTheBIM: If only?

DebunkTheBIM

JULY 26, 2012

Rebranding an architectural/engineering modelling program (ArchiCAD, Microstation, Revit or other) into one focused for the contractor-end of the AEC. If only… …Someone was prepared to launch the ‘world’s only, exclusively designed for the AEC-contractor digital modelling package’!

Modeling

Modeling Consulting BIM Sketchup

Revit Beginners: An ArchiCAD Blogger

Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 20, 2006

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. An ArchiCAD Blogger. Miguel Krippahl of Portugal is an ArchiCAD user and blogger who wants to know where are the ArchiCAD blogs are so if you find one or want to start one drop him a line. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara.

ArchiCAD

ArchiCAD Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan

BIM Strategy- Why Everything, or Nothing Ever, Changes!

Building Information Management

AUGUST 29, 2012

Okay, so know let’s look a bit more about why BIM is not fully understood, nor being rapidly accepted across the Architecture, Engineering, Construction, Owner, Operations/Facility Management sector(s). BIM’s SLOW START.

BIM

BIM Life Cycle Organization Management

Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

This has included “CAD” using PEAC, GDS, MicroGDS, AutoCAD, MicroStation, SketchUp, ArchiCAD and “Raster” using Cadcore/Hitachi PrEditor, ScanGraphics, Scan2CAD, etc. and analysis on the Architecture/Engineering/Construction industry. Led GIS selection and implementation projects transitioning FM Global from paper maps to GIS.

BIM

BIM Conference Education CAD

Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Building Information Management

DECEMBER 2, 2012

This has included “CAD” using PEAC, GDS, MicroGDS, AutoCAD, MicroStation, SketchUp, ArchiCAD and “Raster” using Cadcore/Hitachi PrEditor, ScanGraphics, Scan2CAD, etc. and analysis on the Architecture/Engineering/Construction industry. Led GIS selection and implementation projects transitioning FM Global from paper maps to GIS.

BIM

BIM Conference Education CAD

Revit Beginners: Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008

Revit Beginners

APRIL 5, 2007

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008. Excitech posted a look at the new Revit Architecture 2008. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. Thursday, April 05, 2007.

Revit

Revit Architecture CAD nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Blogger: slo Arch

Revit Beginners

JUNE 30, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. and other Architecture related subjects. and other Architecture related subjects. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan Sketchup

Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners

JUNE 24, 2010

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Thursday, June 24, 2010. When is a Family Parametric? Question: When should I build a family that flexes?

Revit

Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Malleristic Revitation

Revit Beginners

APRIL 19, 2007

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. He has experience with Gehry Technologies Digital Project (V1, R2), Vectorworks, ArchiCAD, and ADT. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008.

Revit

Revit ArchiCAD CAD nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Should I enable Hardware Acceleration?

Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2010

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Friday, April 16, 2010. Should I enable Hardware Acceleration? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks

Revit Beginners: BIMtionary

Revit Beginners

AUGUST 18, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Tuesday, August 18, 2009. BIMtionary. Brandon Pike has started a new blog called BIMtionary. CAD Digest.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM

Revit Beginners: Some New Bloggers on the Block

Revit Beginners

JANUARY 11, 2010

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Monday, January 11, 2010. Some New Bloggers on the Block. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). CAD Digest.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks

Revit Beginners: AEC EDGE Magazine

Revit Beginners

JUNE 24, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Wednesday, June 24, 2009. AEC EDGE Magazine. AUGI has published their first quarterly AEC EDGE Magazine.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks

Revit Beginners: Filter Unplaced or Unenclosed Items

Revit Beginners

JUNE 26, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Friday, June 26, 2009. Filter Unplaced or Unenclosed Items. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks

Revit Beginners: XL2CAD for Revit

Revit Beginners

DECEMBER 19, 2008

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Friday, December 19, 2008. XL2CAD for Revit. Dotsoft has ported their AutoCad excel software to Revit.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks

Revit Beginners: Editable Worksets and Workset Ownership

Revit Beginners

MARCH 26, 2010

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Friday, March 26, 2010. Editable Worksets and Workset Ownership. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: Resetting the UI

Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Revit 2010: Resetting the UI. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To.

Revit

Revit CAD Autodesk nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Additive Views vs. Subtractive Views

Revit Beginners

AUGUST 20, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Thursday, August 20, 2009. Additive Views vs. Subtractive Views. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM

Revit Beginners: Journal of Building Information Modeling

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 15, 2008

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Monday, September 15, 2008. Journal of Building Information Modeling. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit Modeling CAD nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: The Revit Clinic

Revit Beginners

SEPTEMBER 4, 2008

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Thursday, September 04, 2008. The Revit Clinic. Harlan Brumm has started a blog called The Revit Clinic.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan nemetschek Vectorworks

Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes

Revit Beginners

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Thursday, April 16, 2009. Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes. Go to Annotate. Spot Slope. Subscribe To.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM

Revit Beginners: Phases & Worksets

Revit Beginners

JULY 31, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Friday, July 31, 2009. Phases & Worksets. This blog started out as a blog for beginners. Subscribe To.

Revit

Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Using Radar

Revit Beginners

NOVEMBER 11, 2008

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Tuesday, November 11, 2008. Using Radar. What is Radar? Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom). Subscribe To.

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM

Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners

AUGUST 19, 2009

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Wednesday, August 19, 2009. The Project That Almost Could. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit CAD BIM nemetschek AllPlan

Revit Beginners: Excerpt from a Revit Standards Manual

Revit Beginners

OCTOBER 31, 2008

Ive been teaching our office how to use Revit Architecture. Im a Revit Beginner with an architectural office in Santa Barbara. ArchiCAD vs Revit. Architectural Desktop. skip to main | skip to sidebar. Revit Beginners. Friday, October 31, 2008. Excerpt from a Revit Standards Manual. Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom).

Revit

Revit CAD nemetschek AllPlan BIM

10 Principles of Architecture | What Is Architecture | Why Need Design Principles in Architecture

Aussie_BIM vs the UK_BIM, AKA the global BIM leaders (When and why had Graphisoft given up on their Australian ArchiCAD users?)

Webinars

Trending Sources

BIM, Productivity, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

Webinars

BIM, Productivity, Architecture, Engineering, and Construction.

Please don’t clean up my wall intersections.

“I just don’t really understand what’s the point using this?”

Another example why it is better to stay out of BIM surveys…

Same, same but different – My mother is not getting paperfreeconstruction, the concept.

24/7

BIM Construction Cost Estimating – Top Ten List

The Constructor that was not meant to be.

Nitpicking today – hinging of doors and arrows on stairs.

Do you want to get more specified? A practical post to building material manufacturers;

Clouds, Collaborative and Integrated Solutions = Efficient Facility Renovation, Repair, Sustainability, and Construction

Forget “BIM”, and Get on Board with BLM – Building / Built Environment Life-cycle Management

The Legal Aspects of BIM

The Legal Aspects of BIM

Have you heard the one about the ‘BIM Analyst’?

BIM Objects, Data, and Information – More than a 3D Pretty Picture – Soooo Much More!

DebunkTheBIM: If only?

Revit Beginners: An ArchiCAD Blogger

BIM Strategy- Why Everything, or Nothing Ever, Changes!

Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Critical Issues and BIM – NIBS buildingSMART alliance conference – January 7-11, 2013

Revit Beginners: Excitech preview of Revit Architecture 2008

Revit Beginners: Blogger: slo Arch

Revit Beginners: When is a Family Parametric?

Revit Beginners: Malleristic Revitation

Revit Beginners: Should I enable Hardware Acceleration?

Revit Beginners: BIMtionary

Revit Beginners: Some New Bloggers on the Block

Revit Beginners: AEC EDGE Magazine

Revit Beginners: Filter Unplaced or Unenclosed Items

Revit Beginners: XL2CAD for Revit

Revit Beginners: Editable Worksets and Workset Ownership

Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: Resetting the UI

Revit Beginners: Additive Views vs. Subtractive Views

Revit Beginners: Journal of Building Information Modeling

Revit Beginners: The Revit Clinic

Revit Beginners: Revit 2010: New Spot Slopes

Revit Beginners: Phases & Worksets

Revit Beginners: Using Radar

Revit Beginners: The Project That Almost Could

Revit Beginners: Excerpt from a Revit Standards Manual

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