François Lévy (MArch, MSE; AIA, AIAA), has taught digital design, BIM, and environmental controls courses at The University of Texas, UT San Antonio, and St. Edward's University in Austin at the undergraduate and graduate level. A practicing architect and partner at Lévy Kohlhaas Architects, his projects have attracted regional and national press. Lévy is the author of BIM for Small-Scale Sustainable Design and contributed to The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th Edition, both from Wiley. Jeffrey W. Ouellette (Assoc. AIA, IES), is a technology and culture progress advocate for the built asset industry. Leveraging his past 30 years in CAD, architectural practice, BIM, software development and marketing, he provides independent consulting services for companies interested in buildingSMART International (bSI) open BIM standards, adopting modern business practices, and evolving industry culture to execute projects more effectively. Jeffrey acts as a buildingSMART International ambassador to organizations such as the American Institute of Architects and the Illuminating Engineering Society.

• Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ix1 Digital Design 1Introduction 1What’s Wrong with BIM? 7Leveraging BIM Workflows in the Design and Delivery of Complex Projects 9BIM in Academia: How BIM Is Taught 15Conclusion 272 BIM Past and Present 29A Brief History of BIM 29The Right Project for BIM 33BIM-Authoring Platforms and Technologies 34Driving Model-Based Deliverables with the BIM Forum Level of Development (LOD) Specification 42Industry Foundation Classes 46Other BIM Interoperability 613 What Tools Mean 65Introduction 65BIM: What It Is and What It Isn’t 68The Myth of the Neutral Tool 82Guiding Principles 854 Appropriate Technology 91Introduction 91Transitioning to BIM 955 Case Studies in Form Making 121Introduction 121The Case Studies 122Conclusion 1486 Case Studies in Digital Fabrication 149Introduction 149Case Studies 1507 BIM Tomorrow: Trends in Technology 175A Technology-Rich Future for the Profession 175Digital Realities: Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Modes 176Computational Design and Visual Programming Languages 185LiDAR, Photogrammetry, and Point Clouds 193Artificial Intelligence (AI) 196Conclusion 201Afterword 203Index 207

François Lévy (MArch, MSE; AIA, AIAA), has taught digital design, BIM, and environmental controls courses at The University of Texas, UT San Antonio, and St. Edward's University in Austin at the undergraduate and graduate level. A practicing architect and partner at Lévy Kohlhaas Architects, his projects have attracted regional and national press. Lévy is the author of BIM for Small-Scale Sustainable Design and contributed to The Architect's Handbook of Professional Practice, 15th Edition, both from Wiley. Jeffrey W. Ouellette (Assoc. AIA, IES), is a technology and culture progress advocate for the built asset industry. Leveraging his past 30 years in CAD, architectural practice, BIM, software development and marketing, he provides independent consulting services for companies interested in buildingSMART International (bSI) open BIM standards, adopting modern business practices, and evolving industry culture to execute projects more effectively. Jeffrey acts as a buildingSMART International ambassador to organizations such as the American Institute of Architects and the Illuminating Engineering Society.

• Acknowledgments viiIntroduction ix1 Digital Design 1Introduction 1What’s Wrong with BIM? 7Leveraging BIM Workflows in the Design and Delivery of Complex Projects 9BIM in Academia: How BIM Is Taught 15Conclusion 272 BIM Past and Present 29A Brief History of BIM 29The Right Project for BIM 33BIM-Authoring Platforms and Technologies 34Driving Model-Based Deliverables with the BIM Forum Level of Development (LOD) Specification 42Industry Foundation Classes 46Other BIM Interoperability 613 What Tools Mean 65Introduction 65BIM: What It Is and What It Isn’t 68The Myth of the Neutral Tool 82Guiding Principles 854 Appropriate Technology 91Introduction 91Transitioning to BIM 955 Case Studies in Form Making 121Introduction 121The Case Studies 122Conclusion 1486 Case Studies in Digital Fabrication 149Introduction 149Case Studies 1507 BIM Tomorrow: Trends in Technology 175A Technology-Rich Future for the Profession 175Digital Realities: Virtual, Augmented, and Mixed Modes 176Computational Design and Visual Programming Languages 185LiDAR, Photogrammetry, and Point Clouds 193Artificial Intelligence (AI) 196Conclusion 201Afterword 203Index 207