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  • Your new electronic addiction

    Two wonderful things happened today. Apple announced it’s next iPhone device – complete with 1500 new ‘features’ – and the New York Times published an article on how our electronic devices are changing our lives – and probably not for the better. Sure, I love gadgets as much as the next geek. I have more…

  • It’s all code

    How times change. Back in 2007, I lamented that technology is “all code.” In those days, as a AEC technology specialists, we were coming to the end of that age – when everything we wanted to do was all code. Today, it’s a very different story. Not too surprisingly, we have tools available to us…

  • Downturn Economy: Strategies that Don’t Work

    Distributing Coordination ResponsibilitiesWhen you take responsibilities that really are best done by one person, say managing a Samples Library, writing AIA contracts or organizing and distribute it among multiple people, problems will happen. It’s a simple case of no leadership and central decision making. How one person goes about it will undoubtedly conflict with another…

  • When Architecture Gets “Ignored”

    A criticism that I’ve had over the years from various Architects is that IT appears to spend more time researching and protecting systems than supporting the actual practice of Architecture. It’s hard to argue with this on the surface: Security issues, rapid mandatory upgrade cycles and the BIM movement have made a lot of tough…

  • To Visualize or Not, That is the Question

    Among several firms here in Portland, there has been discussion as of late regarding the future of 3D services in house and its the roles, responsibilities and capacities. Much of the “3D” work done in house these days is really nothing more than SketchUp models and exports from Revit. In this discussion, concerned 3D specialists…