TT5: Mind the Gap
May 14, 2026
This weekly email is my curated selection of interesting and useful topics related to BIM, design, and technology. I aim to provide you with some good information and a few laughs along the way. So, what did I find interesting this week? Read down to find out!
We're heading into the home stretch of the Claude Workflows for Architects course, and the students are developing some really interesting workflows. That's the whole point of the course, so it's great to see it come together. If you missed this cohort, another one will be starting in June. I'll be announcing the exact date soon. In the meantime, this week's links hit on a theme I keep circling back to: the gap between what AEC professionals need to know and where the industry (and education) actually is right now. Read on for a couple of great learning resources, some AI-generated architectural art, and a thought-provoking essay on utopia.
#1: The AEC Education Gap
Valentin Noves at e-verse makes the case that AEC education is stuck in a pre-AI era, training students for a world of manual drafting and isolated disciplines while the industry moves toward data-driven, AI-augmented workflows. The article argues that university programs need shorter initial foundations, earlier specialization, and continuous professional training rather than expecting a single degree to carry someone through a 40-year career.
Click here to read the full article at e-verse
#2: Coding Terms Every AEC Pro Should Know
If you've started vibe coding or building Revit add-ins, you've probably run into terms like "namespace," "DLL," or "NullReferenceException". This post is a plain-English glossary of 32 programming terms organized by when you'll encounter them, from reading your first script to managing code on GitHub. Each term gets a definition, an AEC-specific example, and a note on why it matters.
Click here to read the full article at ArchSmarter
#3: A Little Comic About...Revit Fundamentals
Jason Kunkel from the Design Tech Field Guide made a comic book about Revit fundamentals, and it's exactly what it sounds like. Not a software manual or a step-by-step tutorial, but the foundational concepts that make Revit make sense, explained visually, the way they should be. Read more on his site, then go purchase it at Amazon. I highly recommend it!
Click here to read more at Design Tech Field Guide
#4: Richard Nadler's AI-Generated Worlds
In this interview, Richard Nadler reflects on the tension between authorship and automation, and why meaningful AI art still demands patience, craft, and a strong personal point of view. Worth a look if you're thinking about what "intentional" AI use actually looks like in a creative context.
Click here to read the full article at Archinect
#5: What if We're Already Living in Utopia?
In this article, Scott Young asks a bigger question: if society keeps getting better at giving people what they want, why does everyone feel worse? He walks through the "vibecession" and how technology has optimized for our cravings rather than our well-being. A genuinely interesting framework for thinking about how we relate to the tools and systems we build.
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