Special guest Paul Petrunia of Archinect joins the podcast to talk about the so-called early days of the internet and how Archinect began coinciding with Paul’s architectural education at SCI-Arc. But the real reason for talking with Paul was to dig into why Archinect was originally started and how the community has evolved over the years—especially in the larger landscape of social media, podcasting, and blogging. We also discuss the role of an entity like Archinect having and expressing their ...
May 17, 2022•1 hr 3 min•Ep. 83
Special guest Reid Senescu of Doxel AI joins the podcast to talk about his path from structural engineer to VP of Product, how and why the company has pivoted in the last few years, how they use machine learning and computer vision to scan buildings in a fraction of the time than was previously required on site, how the BIM model plays a role in their service, who their current and future customers are, efficiencies gained in the construction scheduling space with their tech, how Doxel is positi...
May 10, 2022•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 82
Special guest Josh Weiss of LA Creative Technologies joins the podcast to talk about getting the word out about the basic best practices in IT that have emerged in the last couple of years (read: due to Covid-19, WFH, and hybrid work) in regards to technology as an investment versus expense, privacy, and security, the risks and rewards of being in the cloud, hardware and software setup recommendations, leasing versus buying hardware, recommended A/V setups for working from anywhere, cloud-based ...
May 03, 2022•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 81
Special guest Randall Stevens of AVAIL joins the podcast to talk about the inner day-to-day workflows of architecture and engineering professionals, teams, and offices. Randall quantifies the large number of software titles used and talks about the ways in which we deal with the enormous amount of data that we create. The age-old question of ‘where do I put my stuff’ is still alive and well, and in this episode we talk about how his team is working on that issue, among others. We also talk about...
Apr 26, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 80
Special guest Greg Schleusner of HOK joins the podcast to talk about the fact that the software we all use to do our architectural projects is a major barrier to creativity and productivity. The question is... can something be done about it? In other words, BIM is bust! Now what? Links Greg on LinkedIn Greg on Twitter HOK website HOK on LinkedIn HOK on Twitter Recommended watching/reading: Greg Schleusner’s NXT BLD 2021 Presentation: Creating Balance BIM is bust: how should AEC data work? by Mar...
Apr 19, 2022•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 79
Special guest Paul O’Carroll of Arcol Technology joins the podcast to talk about the upcoming and highly-anticipated Arcol BIM platform, their core values including what Paul refers to as “first principles thinking”, the table stakes of any modern BIM platform, why being opinionated is important in software development, why Paul and team are choosing themselves to solve the problem of ‘bringing the magic back’ to BIM, and architectural modeling & documentation software in general, and more. ...
Apr 12, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 78
Special guest Keith Huser of Peak Projects joins the podcast to talk about owner representation and advocacy, the importance of speaking the languages of design, construction, and effectively translating that for an owner, the highly sought after position of being considered a trusted advisor, getting pushed out of one’s comfort zone, finding joy in the process of a project (and a career), the 3 types of project managers, and more. Links Keith on LinkedIn Peak Projects website Peak Projects on L...
Apr 05, 2022•1 hr 18 min•Ep. 77
Special guest René Morkos of Alice Technologies joins the podcast to talk about his path to ALICE via construction sites and academia, the key elements of construction scheduling and optimization and how AI plays its role in it, the idea of technology as master builder, the idea of the innovation ecosystem, LOD, BIM, and VDC, and more. Links René on LinkedIn ALICE on LinkedIn ALICE on Twitter ALICE website Good to Great: Why Some Companies Make the Leap and Others Don't by Jim Collins (Amazon) C...
Mar 29, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 76
Special guest Thom Chuparkoff of OSPORTS joins the podcast to talk about prefab as an architectural strategy, architectural structures that can be erected and later taken apart, the notion of thriving on problem-solving, thinking about architectural projects at a deeper level when it comes to delivering them via prefab, the point at which he began thinking about using prefab as a strategy, why he pursued it and continues to pursue it, technology as an enabler to the adaptability of his firm, and...
Mar 22, 2022•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 75
Special guest Rita Saikali Carter of DLR Group joins the podcast to talk about the issue of loyalty to an architecture firm versus the stigma of moving to different firms for various reasons including career goals, flexibility, and work/life balance, project experience, exciting project opportunities and curating a résumé, leadership opportunities, getting out of your comfort zone, finding your calling, salary and benefits, culture fit, and changing priorities in life. Please rate ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ and revi...
Mar 15, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 74
Special guest Nick Cameron of Perkins+Will joins the podcast to talk about a recent virtual AIA Technology and Practice (TAP) panel discussion on data, equity, and design—three important, overlapping categories that all architects and planners should be thinking about on every project. The event was moderated by Evan Troxel, AIA with expert panelists Dawne David-Pierre of Moody Nolan, Elizabeth Christoforetti of Supernormal, and Gautam Sundaram of Perkins+Will and is being rebroadcasted with add...
Mar 08, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 73
Special guest Theodoros Galanos of ArchiText joins the podcast to talk about artificial intelligence (AI) as it relates to architectural design using written language. More specifically, we talk about how his ArchiText tool is beginning by generating residential floor plan layouts now and where it may go in the future. We also talk about this in the context of democratizing design, how he trained the language model, what biases and gaps potentially exist in the data used for the training, the vi...
Mar 01, 2022•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 72
Special guest Roderick Bates of Enscape joins the podcast to talk about his interesting path to architecture and technology through sustainability, the importance of lateral thinking, why architects should about the ethical outcomes of the projects they work on, the general challenge of communication that architects face, and how Roderick is applying his scientific and research approach to the field of visualization and more specifically real time rendering at Enscape. Links Roderick on LinkedIn...
Feb 22, 2022•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 71
Special guest Jose Cruz, Jr of Integrated Projects joins the podcast to talk about the value he sees in the service he’s created for digitizing “background buildings” and how his team is creating this resource using reality capture technologies, how digital twins of existing building stock has the potential to add value and jumpstart future projects that owners hire design teams and architects for, his Layer Zero analogy, and more. Links José on LinkedIn José on Twitter Integrated Projects websi...
Feb 15, 2022•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 70
Special guest Christian Giordano of Mancini Duffy joins the podcast to talk about how he came to the 100-year-old firm with a vision to modernize Mancini Duffy, how he ultimately changed the firm’s approach to emphasize the use of technology to transform the way designers across disciplines work, why he launched a research & development incubator—dubbed the Design Lab—to bring together designers, technologists, and clients to leverage various technologies to support their practice and to bre...
Feb 08, 2022•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 69
Special guest Shane Burger of Woods Bagot joins the podcast to talk about how he stays in contact with the global team at Woods Boagot, how he responds to the wide-ranging needs of the technology users in their international architecture firm, how cross pollination happens between teams and offices, how Shane is a huge fan of note-taking, what tools are his favorite and why, and so much more. Links Shane’s website Shane on Twitter Shane on LinkedIn Woods Bagot website Woods Bagot on Twitter Wood...
Feb 01, 2022•1 hr 14 min•Ep. 68
Special guest Samuel Schneider of Homestead joins the podcast to talk about his experience at MIT’s graduate School of Architecture and City Planning and where his interests lie, how he fared in traditional practice, how Homestead began in the ADU space and has changed recently because of SB9, what architects need to understand about people and clients & how they think about spending money, how technology plays a role in Homestead’s offerings, how they offer space as a product, and much more...
Jan 25, 2022•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 67
Special guest Atif Qadir of REDIST joins the podcast to talk about his mission to aggregate and redistribute financial and near-monetary incentives in the real estate development space, the lack of coordination between governmental agencies' data, how he built a team and leverages their superpowers, how his career led to REDIST coming from an architectural background, and more. Links Atif on LinkedIn REDIST website REDIST on LinkedIn American Building Podcast OK Computer Lecture Series: Autonomo...
Dec 14, 2021•52 min•Ep. 66
Special guest Andreea Cojocaru of NUMENA joins the podcast to talk about her company of coding architects and their work with their varied client types, synthetic immersive reality's affect on their practice over time, the 'real you' and the 'phenomenal you' when it comes to experience, the overuse of the word "experience" in mixed reality, how neuroscience and philosophy provide a framing for the profound ramifications of design and spatial experiences, whether architects and the profession wil...
Dec 07, 2021•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 65
Special guest Jason Addy of Neoscape joins the podcast to talk about how architects communicate and how clients experience architectural design before projects are built from a value-added partner's perspective. We also talk about his vast experience working in the ArchViz profession, what it's like working with his team on a project, what architects need to do to enhance the process, how the industry has evolved over the last 2 decades, what their R+D department is working on, and more. Links J...
Nov 30, 2021•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 64
Special guest Daniel Davis of Hassell joins the podcast to talk about his latest blog post about CAD's boring future and why it's exciting, the long tail distribution of architectural project typologies as a framework for his thesis, where he thinks the real opportunities lie for CAD software, how it relates to practice and employee expertise, horizontal vs vertical software applications, architechie startups and their approach to this problem, web vs desktop apps, and much more. Links Daniel Da...
Nov 23, 2021•1 hr•Ep. 63
Special guests Boris Rapoport and Alex Osenenko of ArchIT join the podcast to talk about the security and privacy aspects of IoT devices when deploying them inside our practices and on the client-side, cybercrimes and other threats targeting the weakest link (people), the enormous rise in attacks including phishing and ransomware, particularly over the last 2 years due to the remote work situation, and what everyone can and should do today as their first line of defense to address the top 3 risk...
Nov 19, 2021•50 min
In this episode of the podcast, Evan Troxel describes his observation of the building industry at a critical tipping point, leaving us with the choice to see it as an opportunity to design our profession toward a better future together, or to do nothing and allow it to further slip toward obsolescence. Links TRXL Episode Database “The Man in the Arena” by Theodore Roosevelt Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect with Evan Twitter LinkedIn Instagram...
Nov 16, 2021•18 min•Ep. 62
Special guest Adam Chernick of SHoP Architects joins the podcast to talk about his role where he is leading augmented reality development, how he steered his career in architecture toward software development, why he's excited about AR as it relates to our profession, what software tools he and his team are using for development, what hardware he's using now to implement AR, what hardware he's watching, and more. Links Adam's LinkedIn Adam's website Adam's GitHub SHoP Architects website SHoP's L...
Nov 09, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 61
Special guest Kelly Cone of ClearEdge3d joins the podcast to talk about his path from architecture school to ClearEdge3d, reality capture and laser scanning, upcoming advancements in reality capture, and more. Links Kelly on LinkedIn Kelly on Twitter ClearEdge3d on Twitter ClearEdge3d website Edgewise Verity Rhythm Faro scanners Leica scanners RTC360 BLK360 BLK2GO BLK2FLY Scan to BIM University Reality Capture Network (RCN) Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube c...
Oct 26, 2021•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 60
Special guest Brian Ringley of Boston Dynamics joins the podcast to talk about the notion of continually as-built models as digital twins via the pairing of artificial intelligence and mobile agile robotics, the concept of digital twins as a building's operating system changing the design and delivery procurement relationship with owners, how companies in AEC can use robotics today to transform their business and enhance revenue generation, and more. Links Brian Ringley on Twitter Brian Ringley ...
Oct 19, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 59
Special guest Mayur Mistry joins the podcast to talk about our beloved profession of architecture through the eyes of a new graduate. What do architectural technologists think of the industry they are inheriting? What are they excited about? What can we do now to help make them more successful? Listen in to hear his fresh perspective as a newly minted architectural professional. Links Mayur on LinkedIn Mayur on Twitter Mayur's Engineering ArchiTECHure YouTube channel OpenAI ( Website | Wikipedia...
Oct 05, 2021•53 min•Ep. 58
Special guest Brian Potter of Construction Physics joins the podcast to talk about his newsletter. We discuss why he's writing it, who it's for, and what parallels exist between his observations on the complex nature of the construction industry and the architectural profession. Links Brian on LinkedIn Brian's recent blog posts on his Construction Physics Substack: Building Complexity and the Construction Community of Practice Why It's Hard to Innovate in Construction Check out my other podcasts...
Sep 28, 2021•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 57
Special guests Belinda Ercan of Epic Games and Anthony Cortez of Arup join the podcast to talk about the democratization of architectural visualization tools, the benefits of real time rendering technology for everyone, using real time rendering as a tool for unleashing creativity and making design decisions, and how Twinmotion reduces the friction found in traditional rendering pipelines. Links Download your free trial of Twinmotion here Belinda Ercan on LinkedIn Anthony Cortez on LinkedIn Arup...
Sep 21, 2021•57 min
Special guest Tyler Goss joins the podcast for a wide-ranging conversation on what it means to be a manager, optimizing the industry, the baggage parties bring to the table, being a solutions provider, and more! Links Tyler on LinkedIn Tyler on Twitter Construction Physics Substack by Brian Potter Check out my other podcasts too: Archispeak and Peopleverse My YouTube channel Connect with Evan Twitter LinkedIn Instagram YouTube Email Sponsor Twinmotion is a real-time rendering solution used by ar...
Sep 14, 2021•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 56
