TT5: You tried AI. Now what?
March 26, 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!
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Here are this week's top links.
#1: How AI Is Rewriting the Advantage of Scale in Architecture
Bricolage's Leslie Wilson makes the case that AI's biggest impact on architecture isn't visualization. It's production, coordination, and delivery. The interesting argument here is that AI is eroding the built-in advantage that large firms have always had. Smaller practices that learn to use these tools well can now compete on capabilities that once required a 200-person office.
Click here to read the full article at Bricolage.
#2: These 10 Revit Mistakes will get you Fired
Balkan Architect walks through 10 common Revit mistakes, from misuse of in-place modeling to treating Revit like CAD. Some of these will feel obvious, but I guarantee at least two or three are lurking in your current project. Worth watching and sharing with your team.
Click here to watch the full video on YouTube.
#3: You Tried AI. It Wasn't Great.
I surveyed AEC professionals before my recent “Claude for Busy Architects” workshop. Most of them are already using AI. The problem isn't adoption. It's that the output feels generic, and people don't have time to figure out why. In this post, I dig into what's actually going wrong and what it takes to get from "I played with it once" to "this is part of how I work."
Click here to read the full article at ArchSmarter.
#4: We Modeled an Entire Building Live
RevX MEP teamed up with BIM Pure to build a Revit model from scratch, live and in real time, with no prebuilt model and no plan. It covers project setup, scope boxes, live linking in ACC, and real-time coordination between architecture and MEP. It's long, but it's the most honest look at how real BIM collaboration actually works.
Click here to watch the full video on YouTube.
#5: Avoiding Digital Productivity Traps
Cal Newport looks at a study of 164,000 knowledge workers that found AI tools increased administrative tasks by over 90% while reducing deep work by nearly 10%. His takeaway: digital tools sometimes speed up the wrong things. He offers three ideas to ensure new tools actually improve your output, not just make you busier. This one pairs well with article #3.
Click here to read the full article at Cal Newport.
That's it for this week. Have a good one.
Michael
