WELCOME TO ARCHITOSH’S third episode of its new ‘ToshTalks’ video series where we discuss AEC software and digital technologies. You can find the video below and on our new Architosh Official YouTube channel. We have a lot more planned for the channel, including instructional videos, videos essays from AEC and tech conferences, and specialized videos on foundational technologies and more.
Episode 3
Episode 25-03 delves into our annual Architosh BEST of SHOW awards for best digital technologies shown at the annual AIA National Convention and Exposition. Annually we cover the AEC digital pavilion and each year we highlight the products and companies we feel were the most important, innovative, and of high interest in architects attending the show. We award winners and prizes and make a formal announcement and each year that announcement is read by thousands of AEC users worldwide. (read here now).
Episode 3 is long and we know your time is important, so here are the chapters written out for you so you can skip around to just the parts of interest to you. (must open video in YouTube, click YouTube button once playing below.)
Chapters:
- 00:00 – Introduction
- 03:36 – List of Winners & Themes
- 13:19 – Areas of Technical Impact
- 19:50 – Award Criteria
- 25:15 – C.Scale
- 28:46 – Polycam
- 34:58 – Twinmaster
- 40:34 – Arcol
- 50:04 – Revizto
- 56:45 – SketchUp
- 1:04:15 – UpCodes
- 1:09:30 – Chaos Envision
- 1:15:36 – D5 for Teams
- 1:18:34 – BIMBeats – CBT Event
- 1:23:22 – Yard-sticking
Important Video Highlights to Not Miss
Some of the big highlights of this video include hearing from Pete Evans, AIA, who was one of the earliest members of the national AIA BIM TAP group and who organized the BIM TAP awards presentations each year at the AIA National Convention. Pete offers important insights about this year’s winners. Additional highlights include all of the following:
- Core Thematic Pillars of Architosh AIA BOS awards (3:36) — we highlight how our merit process is aimed at the health and the core values of the architectural profession
- C.Scale — one of the more interesting solutions at AIA25 Boston this year was a technology solution that exist as a web app and is embedded behind some of the most critical new BIM 2.0 tools by Autodesk, Arcol and Graphisoft. (24.15)
- Twinmaster — a digital twin tool that not just aimed at the post-occupancy phase of AEC/O but the entire lifecycle of a building from its initial conception and beyond. This app features an AI text-prompt as a primary part of its generative user interface. (34:58).
- Arcol — one of the most anticipated new tools to appear this year in AEC/O is one partially funded by a key ex-Autodesk co-CEO in addition to top-tier VCs. Arcol is aimed at competing with Autodesk’s Forma but has an interest in working with a much broader ecosystem. It also has early-stage pricing (cost studies) functionality. (40:34)
- BIMBeats — we discuss the importance of measurement and how it has long been missing in the architectural industry. BIMBeats was not at AIA25 but rather at a special event co-produced by CBT Architects in Boston and the Nemetschek Group. That special event (invite only) was actually one of the highlights of AIA25 Boston this year. BIMBeats is a tool that architect firms must check out, but sadly the industry isn’t naturally aligned toward such approaches. So we at Architosh will continue to focus and help promote this exciting new tool. (1:18:34)
- Yard-sticking — this is a discussion about a chart first produced for Architosh’s Xpresso newsletter in a feature there. This ties into what BIMBeats is doing and the importance of measurement (or lack thereof) in the architecture industry. (1:23:22)
Other ToshTalks to Watch
We are only three episodes into our new ToshTalks series. Here is why you should listen to and watch the others:
- ToshTalks Episode 25-02 — Everyone knows about V-Ray in the architecture world, but Chaos owns more than V-Ray and Enscape. Watch and learn about Chaos’ new Envision platform that is more than visualization but also immersion and future collaboration. We also cover Chaos futures. Gain unique insights into Chaos and its AI strategies.
- ToshTalks Episode 25-01 — This episode discusses Vectorworks futures. This is especially of interest to folks on the Vectorworks platform now, but it should also be of interest to other Nemetschek Group application members and architects, in general, who have been curious about Vectorworks.
