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I definitely had the recurring themes of IPD and BIM drilled into me. Having experienced both first-hand I can say BIM is great and IPD can be if it's done right.

Most everyone here is feeling the recession. Some are making complete about-faces and reinventing themselves and some are making smaller changes to position themselves for the recovery.

I have known for a while now that young architects of the future won't be doing the drawing as they are now. All of this work can be outsourced to th… Continue

I don't know how this could be the 3rd virtual office/remote office session I signed up for. Maybe my subconscious is telling me something.

Cliff Moser has something of an obsession with ants that added some lightness to his presentation. The majority of his office works from home which can be a challenge. But rather than managing personal he recommends approaching it from a different perspective to manage results instead.

On the projects he is responsible for, no one person is in charge; ever… Continue

Pavel Getov was a director at Morphosis for a number of years so this presentation was a little more cutting edge but also touched on the recurring themes of BIM and IPD.

He based his presentation on two projects, the New Academic Building at Cooper Union which has been getting a ton of press, and another academic building in Madrid.

Mr. Getov recently started his own company based in L.A. and described how he was working on a project based in Bulgaria with the contractor and MEP hired by the… Continue

The title is self explanatory. He believes the mid-sized firms are going to be squeezed hard in the future, especially in downturns like these. The big firms have been dipping down into markets they have never been in and the small firms are more agile and can adapt.