238: Half Your Day Isn't Design
A conversation with industry leaders about how BIM 2.0 tools consume half of architects’ day, the hidden “technology tax,” and strategies to reclaim design time and control software costs.
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What Free Building Codes Actually Cost
📰 Two brothers put the building codes online in 2016. A year later the lawsuits started and never stopped. Garrett Reynolds on what it actually costs to keep the law free, and why the hardest part was never the software.
236: 'No One Can Own the Law', with Garrett Reynolds
A conversation with Garrett Reynolds about UpCodes' decade-long legal fight to keep building codes free, the impact of the Pro Codes Act, and how sustained litigation shapes the AEC industry.
Define Your Value Before Someone Else Does
📰 In this edition, explore how AI might reclaim architecture’s purpose by capturing process over paperwork, redefining value before owners dictate it, and building tools that empower every skill level.
232: 'Bringing Joy Back to Architecture', with Tatjana Dzambazova
A conversation with Tatjana Dzambazova about how AI can restore joy to architecture by shifting focus from speed to process, capturing design reasoning, and redefining architects’ value beyond mere cost and efficiency.
The Nuclear Bomb Moment for BIM
📰 Is a "nuclear bomb moment" coming in BIM software as AI empowers small teams to rival legacy companies? Antonio González Viegas from That Open Company discusses how open-source infrastructure and expertise redefine productivity and business management in the AEC industry.
225: 'A Nuclear Bomb Moment', with Antonio González Viegas
A conversation with Antonio González Viegas about the open source infrastructure for BIM software, the collapse of legacy vendor barriers, and how AI is enabling small teams to match the development speed of large companies, resulting in a "nuclear bomb moment" for the AEC industry.