2030: A BIM odyssey

What will future design systems be capable of doing? With built-in AI and more knowledge-based capability, we should expect more assistance from our BIM technology, writes Richard Harpham, with the help of Greg Schleusner Recently, I got together with my good friend,...

AI: augmenting not changing AEC workflows

The new revolution will bring convenience, not disruption, writes Greg Demchak, senior director, Digital Innovation Lab, Bentley Systems For many, the concept of artificial intelligence (AI) inspires dread rather than intrigue. AI gone awry is a staple of science...
Artificial Intelligence (AI) for concept design

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for concept design

Corey Weiner had a play with Midjourney, an AI program that creates images from textual descriptions. Could it be used to spark creativity in architectural design? I started playing around with Midjourney’s AI and was soon able to generate a lot of varied graphics...
Midjourney architecture: Hassan Ragab

Midjourney architecture: Hassan Ragab

Social media has been alive with an explosion of realistic AI-generated art, created by inputting natural language descriptions into AI tools DALL-E, Midjourney, Latent Diffusion and others. Hassan Ragab has quickly established himself as one of the most prolific and...

From BIM to FIM (Fabrication Integrated Modelling)

How digitising offsite construction and moving to a process of Fabrication Integrated Modelling (FIM) will save the planet The next generation of buildings will have to be designed and built differently. When connecting the dots, it is no wonder that 40% of CO2 is...
Towards augmented detail design

Towards augmented detail design

We are told next generation design tools will use Artificial Intelligence to automate mundane repetitive tasks. Some AIs will even automate the detail design phase of a project. Martyn Day spoke with Franceso Iorio, CEO of Augmenta In the process of researching the...