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Karen Kensek and Doug Nobel, professors at USC, put together an impressive list of contributors to their new book entitled Building Information Modeling:  BIM in Current and Future Practice.  The book is an expansive look at BIM and it's influence over all facets of the building life cycle.  Topics covered in the book include BIM in relation to design thinking, analytics, performance, and building delivery.

Daniel Davis and I teamed up to put together a chapter entitled "Performance Art:  Analytics and the New Theater of Design Practice".  In the chapter we discuss the challenges and opportunities that Building Information-centric approaches offer for achieving performance-driven design and high-performance teams.

Check it out!  You can buy it through Wiley or Amazon.com

arcCA 10.1: Parametrics and IPD

arcCA (Architecture California) has recently published its latest issue on Parametrics and IPD. Included is an article titled "Parametric Voices" where various practitioners and academics have chimed in with their thoughts on the relevance and potential of parametric technology. I am happy to have my thoughts included alongside other leading practitioners involved in the field....

Articles:
Integrated Project Delivery: A History of Leadership, Advocacy, and Commitment
by Stephan Castellanos, FAIA

Toward Integrated Project Delivery: A New Design and Delivery Method
by Armando L. Gonzalez, FAIA and David L. Goodale, AIA

Internships for IPD: Gaining Perspective on Collaboration
by Dorit Fromm, AIA

Parametric Design: A Brief History
by Stephen Phillips, PhD

Parametric Voices
With contributions from....
Mark Anderson, Anderson Anderson Architecture
Phil Bernstein, Autodesk
Thomas W. Chessum, CO Architects
Tim Durfee, DurfeeRegn
John Enright, Griffen Enright Architects
Thom Faulders, Faulders Studio
Lisa Iwamoto, IwamotoScott Architecture
Hina Jamelle, Contemporary Architecture Practice
Michael Meredith, MOS
Nathan Miller, NBBJ
Pierluigi Serraino, Author
Nick Sowers, UC Berkeley
Carrie Byles, SOM
Mark Sarkisian, Eric Long, David Shook, SOM Structural Group
Craig Hartman, SOM

Pick it up if happen to come across it!