Our fourth annual architosh INSIDER Reports—typically delivered in the first quarter but not this year—thematically focuses on a crop of rising star technology firms serving the AEC and CAD industries.
Latest Industry News
Chaos releases Veras 4.0 with Nano Banana Pro
New generative AI engine in Chaos Veras 4.0 improves accuracy and intention speeds up interative workflows for architects
The Khronos Group Announces glTF Gaussian Splatting Standard
Khronos Group spearheads new glTF Gaussian Splatting Extension as open industry standard for 3D, AEC, and infrastructure industry workflows
Maxon appoints Steve Forde to Chief Product Officer
Maxon appoints Steve Forde as Chief Product Officer (CPO), where he will lead Maxon’s global product group and drive innovation and deeper connections to artists’ needs.
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Latest Architosh Features
A New Center of Gravity—Arcol is Rebuilding Architectural Authoring
Arcol, AI Agents, and the quiet revolt inside the world of BIM. Architosh talks to Paul O’Carroll about how Arcol is rewiring early design, collaboration, preconstruction, and BIM
Green Badger's New Leap: Rewiring Sustainability Data for the AEC
Green Badger’s next leap is about this new moment in AEC sustainability: the software is rewiring sustainability data for AEC.
End of an Era: How Silicon Will Decide BIM's Future
As computing enters a voltage-limited era, the shift away from x86 toward ARM—already reshaping datacenters, laptops, and cloud platforms—carries profound consequences for architectural computing. This feature explores how those silicon realities are redefining BIM’s future, and why adaptation is no longer optional.
Industry Commentary and Analysis
Maxon Intros Cinebench 2026—Industry Standard Benchmark
Maxon’s new Cinebench 2026 gains advancements, supports SMT CPU cores, and Nvidia Blackwell and M4 and M5 silicon support.
Trimble Launches SketchUp AI—New AI-Powered Modeling
Trimble intros new SketchUp AI with AI-assisted geometry model creation capabilities, text prompt to model, image to model generation, AI rendering features and more.
Vectorworks Wins "Architectural Design Software of the Year"
Annual “Hammers” ceremony honors Vectorworks Architect for redefining efficiency in architectural design.
INSIDER Reports—In-Depth and On Focus
Issue 2020.01
A Focus on AAD (algorithms-aided design) in Architecture
Our third annual architosh INSIDER Report—now delivered in the first quarter of the new year—takes a deep look at AAD (algorithms-aided design) in Architecture by talking to those involved in its key new developments.
Our second annual architosh INSIDER Report focuses on the state of (.dwg) CAD technology, by looking at the present and future innovations of its main adherents.
Our inaugural launch of architosh INSIDER Reports begins with a focus on Hungarian BIM software developer, GRAPHISOFT.
(emTech)—Emergent Technology Reports
Member Access — (emTech) Section Plus for Xpresso #19
Member Access—(emTech) Section Plus is our new exclusive that builds off of what we shared in Xpresso #19. We offer deeper content and analysis from the topics of BIM, Revit Open Letter, BIM Interop, AI and Robotics in AEC, and more.
Early Access(+): (emTech) section for INSIDER Xpresso—newsletter #16
Early Access (+) is the preview release of the Emerging Technologies section of the upcoming Xpresso newsletter. The (+) stands for our new format of providing “even more” carefully curated content from around the web on (emTech) and its impact in AEC and manufacturing industries. It’s a publication just for INSIDER Member annual subscribers.
Member Access — (emTech) Section Plus for Xpresso #21
Member Access—(emTech) Section Plus is our new exclusive that builds off of what we shared in Xpresso #21. We offer deeper content and analysis from the topics of Gensler’s new proprietary tools, Hilti Robot, Digital Fabrication in Architecture, BIM and Bentley, and more…
What You May Have Missed
How Chaos Has Moved Beyond Just Visualization
Chaos’ growth is expanding beyond the visualization track in AEC software workflows to include the entire design workflow space in the market.
ToshTalks 25-02: Chaos Envision and Futures with Roderick Bates
Architosh’s second ToshTalk episode dives deep with all things Chaos as we talk to Roderick Bates, Head of Product Operations, Chaos, about AI, visualization, Chaos Envision, and more.
ToshTalks 25-01: Vectorworks Futures with Ruby Siddiqui
Architosh launches first issue of ToshTalks with Vectorworks and its future as the focus. The video interview below is also hosted on a new Architosh YouTube channel.
Editor Selections -- For You
Firm Profile: BOGDAN & VAN BROECK—The Ecology of Densification
Continuing on a trend of expanding the scope of discourse beyond the “digital” in design practice, Architosh is pleased to present this feature interview of Belgium professor engineer-architect Leo Van Broeck and his award-winning ecological, research-oriented design practice. The design keynote speaker at the recent Vectorworks Design Summit, Leo spoke to Architosh recently about his firm, co-founder, work and their philosophical positions in the field of architecture and urban design.
Former Apple Executive Richard Kerris Says AR Future Big, Talks About 'Glyph'
Many Architosh readers may remember Richard Kerris from his days at Apple as Senior Director of Developer Technologies (his role from 2001 – 2007) where he led worldwide developer relations and technical marketing across audio, video, photography and other pro apps. Presenting in eight Steve Jobs keynotes, Kerris was one of the few Apple executives permitted to talk to the press about Apple products. In this second Architosh interview (his first was well over a decade ago) Kerris discusses his career at places like Apple, HP, and Pixar and provides an informed market perspective on virtual and augmented reality (AR/VR), the changing nature of the creative “pro” in digital fields and of course the new Avegant Glyph.
Five Emerging Trends and Their Potential Impact on the Future of the AEC Industry
To kick off the new year, Architosh looks at five emerging technology trends happening broadly across society and what their influence and impacts may be on the AEC industry and the professionals that drive it—including architects, builders, engineers and environmental stakeholders like the citizens of cities.
