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Technology content at AIA25

By Emma Tucker posted 19 days ago
If you are coming to the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA25) this year (June 4-7 in Boston), there are a couple official TAP events plus many more great sessions to consider! This guide provides you with an inside look at some of the ...
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Technology content at AIA24

By Emma Tucker posted 03-21-2024
If you are coming to the AIA Conference on Architecture & Design (AIA24) this year (June 5-8 in Washington, DC), there are a couple official TAP events plus many more great sessions to consider! TAP events Wednesday: TAP Symposium ...
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Technology content at A'23

By Emma Tucker posted 04-13-2023
If you are coming to the AIA Conference on Architecture (A’23) this year (June 7-10 in San Francisco), there are a couple official TAP events plus many more great sessions to consider! TAP events Wednesday: TAP Symposium at A'23 TAP100 ...
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Building Connections Congress

By Emma Tucker posted 04-12-2023
The TAP Symposium, formerly known as Building Connections Congress (BCC), is the annual event of the AIA TAP knowledge community exploring how technology is changing architecture—in both design and the people impacted by it. 2025 TAP at AIA25 Stay ...
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The lack of software readily available to architects that provides automation for repetitive tasks and has intelligence is surprising.

By Douglas D. Hanson FAIA posted 10-06-2022
There are a number of tasks that architects do on a daily basis that could easily be automated and there are other tasks where a database could save time and create less uncertainty. For example. WHAT IF the software worked out the Parking Plan? ...
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AEC TECH+ Conference 6/13 NYC

By Susan Kramer posted 04-10-2019
The Architect's Newspaper 3rd annual TECHplusExpo.com/nyc/ NYC 6/13 @New York Academy of Sciences, 7WTC. Great lineup: Morning Keynote Dr. Andrea Chegut/ Director of the MIT Real Estate Innovation Lab ...
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Surviving the end of architecture

By Ricardo J. Rodriguez De Santiago posted 07-03-2018
By Ricardo J. Rodríguez De Santiago , Assoc. AIA, LEED AP BD+C Do you think contemporary architectural practice is averse to the digital realm? Our profession portrays itself as being highly creative, however, its business practices are ...
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Get involved with TAP

By Brian D. McLaren posted 12-31-2017
General information and expectations The AIA Knowledge Communities are volunteer member-led special interest groups of the AIA national organization. They help members to connect with others who share the same passions and commitment—and develop a project ...
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Local TAP

By Brian D. McLaren posted 12-31-2017
United States The list is alphabetical by state abbreviation. AK AL AR AZ AIA Arizona Phoenix Metro Chapter - VDC Committee ( LinkedIn Group - Website ...
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Architecture as an ethics of technology

By David Ross Scheer posted 09-16-2014
The following is an excerpt from my blog at deathofdrawing.com related to my new book The Death of Drawing: Architecture in the Age of Simulation published by Routledge. Among the professionals involved in the building industry, architects ...
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Above-ceiling Digital 3D Models

By Doug Brinley posted 03-22-2013
Last year on the TAP, several members identified challenges in technical environments accessing and gathering information in concealed spaces, particularly above ceilings. The workflow we developed with the TAP members' input is highly relevant to BIM ...
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Bridging the Gap Between Architecture School and Successful Practice

By Tara L. Imani AIA posted 02-13-2012
QUALITY CONSTRUCTION DOCUMENTS & SPECIFICATIONS Do you know how to put together a good set of construction documents? As a new practitioner, an emerging architect, intern architect, or recent graduate, you may have felt that someone was withholding ...
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Is BIM a trend? Could BIM answer current building topics of discussion?

By Alissa M. O. McInerney posted 12-06-2011
Is BIM the tool and the method building designers have long avoided? The AIA TAP FASTER FORWARD conference 2011 presented the idea of BIM, the process, the intelligence, and the potential. In addition, I attended the Autodesk University last week ...
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Informative look at Technology being used in Practice

By Tilghman A. Shamer III posted 11-17-2011
Take a look at this article generated by LMN Architects, detailing their process for designing, fabricating, and simplifying a complicated panelized facade. http://lmnts.lmnarchitects.com/featured/mm-intro/
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Notes from "BIM Scorecard: Measuring the Values of BIM"

By Morgan B. Jones posted 11-17-2011
Calvin Kam, PhD, AIA, PE and Tony Rinella, Associate AIA How do we evaluate BIM? Up until now, BIM evaluation has been subjective. Everyone (companies, manufacturers, etc) has BIM guides and standards as well as contracts. bimSCORE, ...
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BIM into the Future...

By Alissa M. O. McInerney posted 11-17-2011
Can BIM solve problems relating to building design? Such as budget, efficiency, systems integration? Are new standards need? Will the construction team use the same model? How will they use it? The world is becoming more virtual with every step. This ...
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The Evolution of Collaborative Practice with BIM as the new Operating System

By Morgan B. Jones posted 11-17-2011
During his seminar at Build Boston, Bruce Cousins claimed that the Master Builder Era has gone the way of the dinosaur--that H.H. Richardson, LeCorbusier, and Frank Lloyd Wright are all icons of the past. We have entered the new Virtual Building Era. ...
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Faster Forward + Sesame Street Architecture

By Joanna E. Beres posted 11-17-2011
I am very excited to participate in the AIA TAP Faster Forward Conference 2011 as an AIA Knowledge Scholar today. I have been interested in IPD, or integrated project delivery, since I learned about it in the summer of 2008. The following is a ...
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