If you have not been involved in a project that is being completely designed within a BIM (Building Information Modeling) software package it is just a matter of time.  More and more the owner and the design team as a whole are requiring the project to be designed and administered com

I recently read a transcript from a speech delivered by Dieter Rams in 1976 on the attributes of good design.  Mr. Rams was trained as an architect prior to becoming an electronics designer at Braun in 1955.  If you would like to read the entire transcript (which I highly recommend) y