Category: Customer Stories


  • Design for Good: The science behind the design at HMC Architects

    Executive summary Guided by their “Design for Good” ethos, HMC Architects are delivering pursuits with a new competitive edge thanks to AI and data-driven tools. A recent proposal for a STEM center at a California community college demanded an innovative design focused on sustainability and student needs–within a deadline of just four weeks.  Navigating the…


  • Forma+MVRDV workshop: three days of learning, conversations, and a nail-biting design competition

    In May 2025, the Forma Community team invited MVRDV to the Forma HQ in Oslo, Norway for an intensive workshop. We spent three days with eight architects from MVRDV, learning, testing, and getting a glimpse into the future. After weeks of planning, it was great to finally meet the whole team to Oslo. The first…


  • Serious fun: data-driven design that hits all the right notes

    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. Guest blog postAuthor: Marco D’AmbrogioLead for Architectural Intelligence, Sweco Denmark Last September, Daniel Rees from Skanska and I, representing Sweco Architects Denmark, had the honor of competing on…


  • 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,…


  • How Stantec used Forma’s sustainability analyses to improve building performance and patient wellbeing

    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. Stantec has leveraged Forma Site Design to fast-track the design of Dubai’s first integrated cancer hospital. Faced with a tight schedule and ambitious sustainability goals, Stantec’s global team…


  • Environmental analysis

    Designing resilient communities: Arcadis’ data-driven approach with Forma and ArcGIS

    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. Our world is changing, and the way we design our environments much shift accordingly to meet new climate and societal demands. Having accessible context and environmental data from the…


  • How Drees & Sommer accelerates data center design with Autodesk Forma

    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. Drees & Sommer, an international consulting firm specializing in construction, real estate, and infrastructure, has developed a fully cloud-based workflow using Autodesk Forma to confidently tackle the challenges of…


  • 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…


  • SSOE Group: Improving sustainability outcomes for industrial projects with Autodesk Forma

    In this insightful interview, Ana Luisa Verduzco Aguirre and Dulce Nayree Lopez Parra, Architects at SSOE Group, discuss the challenges faced while working on industrial projects. Through a case study featuring an industrial manufacturing facility in Coahuila, Mexico, they explain how Autodesk Forma helped alleviate some of these challenges and enabled better sustainability outcomes. Comparing…