Using Dynamo to Automate Revit Documentation, Not Facades
Three Revit documentation jobs worth automating in Dynamo — sheets from a spreadsheet, view renaming…
- Parametric
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Why Your Enscape Renders Look Flat — Five Causes and the Fix for Each
A diagnostic checklist for architectural assistants stuck with the Enscape look: sun and sky, exposure, camera…
- Realtime rendering
Architecture Portfolio Format: Page Size, Page Count and File Size That Actually Send
A3 landscape, 15–25 pages, under 10MB. The exact page size, page count, export settings and two-version workflow for…
Peter Zumthor and What Architects Actually Mean by Atmosphere
Peter Zumthor's work explained as a working method rather than a style: three buildings…
After Planning: What RIBA Stages 4 to 6 Actually Demand of a Small Practice
A practical walkthrough of RIBA Stages 4-6 for small residential practices: Stage 4 packages, discharging conditions…
Why Your Architecture Practice Is Profitable and Still Broke
A practical guide to fixing cash flow in a small architecture practice: deposits, stage invoicing, 14-day terms…
How to Talk Through Your Portfolio in an Architecture Job Interview
A ten-minute, three-project structure for walking a panel through your architecture portfolio…
3ds Max or Blender for Architectural Visualisation: How to Choose
A practitioner's comparison of 3ds Max and Blender for archviz careers: hiring adverts, plugin ecosystems…
- 3D Modelling
Building Revit Families: The Decisions That Come Before the Geometry
A working decision sequence for Revit family authoring: in-place vs loadable vs system…
The Building Regs Package for a Domestic Extension, Sheet by Sheet
What a Building Control package for a house extension actually contains: sheet list, scales, which details matter…
How to Carry Out a Measured Building Survey in One Visit
A practical on-site method for surveying an existing building: running dimensions off one zero…
Buy Depth, Not Motors: The Desk an Architect Actually Needs
Why architects need 800-900mm of desk depth, how to run a load sum before buying a monitor arm…
How to Research Architectural Precedents So They Actually Change Your Design
A method for interrogating precedents instead of collecting them: start from your design problem…
What to Put in Your Schedule of Services and Terms of Engagement to Stop Scope Creep
Stage deliverables written as countable items, a revision cap, an exclusions list…
From Surveyor's DWG to Planning Set: Existing, Demolition and Proposed Drawings
A working production sequence for turning a measured survey into clean existing…
Taking One Enscape Scene Into V-Ray Without Rebuilding It
A parity checklist for moving an existing Enscape scene into V-Ray: what carries over, what you rebuild…
Producing GIA and NIA Area Schedules in Revit That Survive a Design Change
A practice-ready method for GIA and NIA in Revit: separate area schemes, wall-associated boundaries…
Building Architecture Models That Actually Change Your Design
A practical guide to physical architecture models: the three jobs they do, what scale and materials suit each…
- Drawing + Making
How to Turn Site Analysis Findings Into Diagrams That Read on a Crit Board
A graphic method for site analysis diagrams: one message per drawing, a five-diagram sequence…
- Drawing + Making
Best Tablets for Sketching and Site Visits: iPad Pro vs Wacom vs Surface for Architects
The best tablet for architects in 2026 is the iPad Pro M4 13-inch, 512GB.
How to Set Up Work Sets in Revit Without Breaking Your Model: A Guide to BIM Collaboration
Nine times out of ten, a "corrupted" Revit model isn't corrupted at all.