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Professor William J. Mitchell, pioneer of urban computing, RIP
Prof. Mitchell’s work has had, and still does, a significant influence on how I approach the intersection of art, design and digital work. A quote below from Revit Factory veteran David Conant: The...
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Gulf Oil Spill Update
I just wanted to post a quick update on the spill. Attached is a link to the current bird list, which is updated daily (Bird list).Things are going very well and the rehabilitation effort has been very...
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High Performance Whitepaper
High Performance Mechanical Systems for Institutional Buildings When it comes to “High Performance,” are you up to snuff on the best available tools? In his latest whitepaper, Alan Butler– with the...
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Ideas Worth Spreading
Biomimicry has been one of those buzz words in the architecture community for a while now. There are many different products on the market and also many buildings that claim to have been inspired by...
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AIA IPD Case Studies
The AIA, AIA Minnesota & the School of Architecture – University of Minnesota released an interactive document last February featuring case studies on the use of Integrated Project Delivery with...
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KA Connect 2011 – Talks Online
KA Connect is a knowledge and information management conference for the AEC industry. Thought leaders from all over the world come together San Francisco to share best practices, stories, and ideas...
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How 3D Printing Will Make U.S. Self-Sufficient
Informative video (see link below) of an interview by Forbes magazine of Autodesk’s Jeff Kowalski on how manufacturing will change in five years, in fact, it already has. Note: I discovered this via...
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Revit Technology Conference 2012
Guy Messick, TLCD’s Director of Design Technology just got back from the North American Revit Technology Conference (RTC) near Atlanta, Georgia. In keeping with TLCD’s goal of being one the of leading...
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Connecting with Today’s Digital Students
We are witnessing a major shift in the educational environment of the 21st century. Today’s students are plugged into a digital, global learning network. More than ever before, the way they learn is...
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Redwood Empire Revit Users Group (RERUG)
TLCD is hosting another RERUG event on August 22nd, this time the presentation will be focused on the Revit Technology Conference. Guy Messick was fortunate to attend the Revit Technology Conference...
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Urban Sketching in the Bay Area
By Alan Butler AIA Last week I took a three day urban sketching and watercolor class in the East Bay. It was taught by Alameda architect David Savellano, http://davidsavellano.com. He was a great...
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Healthcare Design Conference Highlights
The annual Healthcare Design Conference was held in Orlando Florida this year, and is put on by the Healthcare Design Magazine and The Center for Health Design. As an attendee of the four-day...
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Rainwater Harvesting; What’s the Payback?
Two Slimline tanks that will hold 1,060 Gallons of rainwater. By Alan Butler AIA This weekend I installed a thousand gallons of rainwater storage tanks in my side yard. I found some very nice Bushman...
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Project-Based Learning: The Catalyst for New STEM Buildings
Entry plaza to The Center for Sciences and Innovation at Trinity University By Alan Butler AIA, LEED AP Project-based learning is at the forefront of teaching in the STEM (Science Technology...
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The Emergency Department – Considerations for Innovative and Strategic Design
Kaiser Santa Rosa Emergency Department, completed 2010 I recently had the pleasure of attending a conference focused on Emergency Department design hosted by The Center for Healthcare Design and held...
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Keeping up with Architectural Fabrication Techniques
Selexx Chief CNC Router at Sonoma Country Pine Alan Butler AIA As architects, it’s critical to keep up with new materials and emerging fabrication techniques. The materials we use, the way they go...
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Rapid Prototyping: Exploring Multiple Design Options
One year ago TLCD Architecture purchased an Universal LS 6.60 laser-cutting machine. This amazing piece of equipment can cut and etch wood, cardboard, plastic and metal with precision cuts to 3/1,000...
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Rapid Prototyping: Captured on Video
This was the perfect project to take a test drive of Autodesk’s Dynamo for Revit and see what we could do. Dynamo is a new, exciting, visual programming software that is similar to Grasshopper for...
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TLCD Architecture: Revit Tips for February
TLCD Architecture has a design technology committee that meets weekly to talk and strategize about issues and opportunities in the office. A few years back we started writing a weekly Revit Tip of the...
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Revit Virtual Reality…What?!
Get ready World….you’re about to change. By Nick Diggins, Associate AIA Recently, Carl, Phil and I watched a webinar about cloud rendering in Revit. I had seen this process emerge some months back and...
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