• From runway to concourse: how early analysis lifts airport performance

    Forma Site Design, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. This blog post is based on the Autodesk University 2025 class: Leveraging Forma and its Extension Ecosystem for Airport Design. Watch the full session here. In this interview,…


  • Stantec case study: how to reduce embodied carbon in the schematic design phase 

    Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Early, informed insights during the design phase are crucial for achieving sustainable outcomes in architectural and urban planning projects. Leveraging advanced yet easy-to-use tools like Autodesk Forma not only…


  • How Gray Puksand centralizes early-stage workflows to overcome interoperability bottlenecks and meet deadlines efficiently

    Autodesk Forma, available in the AEC Collection or as a standalone subscription, offers powerful AI-powered tools for architects and designers in pre-design and schematic design phases. Executive summary Leading Australian architecture firm Gray Puksand integrates design and technology to deliver thoughtful spaces that prioritize people and the environment. Every project presents an opportunity to explore…


  • Small firms meet mighty ambitions: how adopting Forma helps them maximize resources and win bigger projects

    Executive summary* Boutique firm Scott Shields Architects boosts its operations through using new tools like Autodesk Forma that help them deliver efficient, sustainable projects while upping their capacity to tackle larger projects. * This strategic addition connects Forma–available from AEC Collection subscriptions–with Revit and Autodesk Construction Cloud, allowing the team to move through the project phases…


  • Stantec: Aligning architecture and engineering workflows with Forma, Revit and InfraWorks

    Discover how Stantec’s Joseph Huang, and Raghavendra Bhat combine the strengths of tools like Forma, Revit and InfraWorks and put them into action when designing infrastructure and renewable energy projects. This innovative process – which Joseph and Raghavendra presented in their popular class at Autodesk University 2024 – is a big win for aligning architecture and…


  • RSP uses Forma’s sustainability analyses to shape the design of healthy learning environments

    Executive summary* The global architecture and engineering design group RSP is renowned for its humanity-centered approach and looks for new ways of empowering its team to work more effectively in achieving this mission.*At RSP Singapore, the architecture team is streamlining its process of developing sustainability strategies and optimizing designs with the help of Autodesk Forma,…


  • How Jacobs integrates people, data, and workflows to deliver better projects

    In this film, the Autodesk Forma team had the opportunity to visit Dubai to meet the talented team at Jacobs, Middle East. We learned more about how they’re using new tools such as Forma to navigate project challenges in terms of pace, scale, and complexity, and deliver better projects for their clients. Central to this…


  • Continental Automotive: planning factory sites for future success

    Executive summary Orchestrating the demands for the development of factories is an art in itself. Business targets, stakeholder management, legislation, time constraints, technical requirements, environmental goals – all challenges shared by most construction projects with one main difference: the risk of disrupting operations. That’s where new, user-friendly data-driven tools are helping manufacturing companies manage the…


  • Architect Q&A with Architectus: “Shopping for AEC applications is like being a kid in a candy shop!”

    Steve Fox, Digital Practice Lead and Principal at leading Australasian architecture practice Architectus, chats with us about digital toolkits and a great user experience, adapting to clients’ technology needs, and how Forma offers the Architectus team a platform for design exploration and collaboration. Steve, what’s your role at Architectus?My role is Digital Practice Lead and…


  • Nikken Sekkei: “The idea is to find more ways to help us achieve our sustainability goals.”

    Executive summary * Japan’s largest architectural firm Nikken Sekkei is accelerating its efforts to lower the environmental impact of its projects, recognizing that its architectural designs ‘are expected to account for nearly 4%’ of greenhouse gas emissions from Japan’s commercial and residential sectors.  * With the new and evolving Rhino + Forma integration, the team sees potential in…