• Living the Dream: Lake|Flato’s adaptive reuse project to repurpose their 100-year-old workspace 

    The three-story structure at 311 Third St. was built in 1920 and has been home to various businesses. In 1984, architects David Lake and Ted Flato established their firm on the second floor of this historic building and ever since they have expanded their workspace steadily to take over the entire structure. They soon got…


  • How Project Phoenix fulfils their sustainability and business goals

    An empty plot of land in West Oakland, California, will soon transform into The Phoenix that will consist of 316 affordable and sustainable homes. MBH architects, Factory_OS and Autodesk have teamed up, leveraging AI and other new technology and materials, to ensure that this project will be built at about half the cost, time, and carbon…


  • Advancing AI in Autodesk’s AEC software

    At Autodesk, we’ve always recognized the transformative power of AI and have been investing in it for the past decade. Specifically for the AEC industry, our advancements in AI are continuously helping customers tackle challenges and harness new opportunities.  In this blog post, we’ll take a look at how AI is being integrated and advanced in…


  • 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…


  • Making sustainable design more accessible for architects at Arcadis

    Executive summary * A global leader in design and engineering, Arcadis is advancing its sustainability ambitions to become a net zero company by 2035. Doubling down on these efforts demands new ways for architects to integrate and scale up sustainable design in every project and navigate the increasing complexity of the built environment. * As such, the…


  • Simon’s journey with Forma in helping shape the future of building design

    Simon Irgens is a Senior Customer Success Manager and industry expert at Autodesk Forma. In this Autodesk Life feature, Simon shares his journey of transforming from a traditional architect to an architect who actively contributes to the development of tools used in his profession.   As someone who works closely with customers at Forma, Simon emphasizes how…


  • Forma meets Revit 

    How to Load Forma data into Revit and Update Forma projects with Revit changes  Picture this: You have sketched an epic design in Forma. Now, you are itching to amp up the details in BIM and send your conceptual design into the world of Revit, and if you make some snazzy changes in Revit, you…


  • Forma’s integration with Rhino and Dynamo

    From the outset, Autodesk Forma has been designed with the vision of openness and extendibility at its center. Forma’s list of integrations is constantly expanding with extensions to various third-party tools and data sources. These integrations can significantly expand Forma’s ability to support complex design studies that incorporate computational design methods, leading to more efficient,…


  • What’s New in Autodesk Forma – Fall 2023 Update

    Editor’s note: You can watch the on-demand version of our product update webinar here. Hi there. It’s Jesper, from the Forma team. I’m currently sitting down with a cup of coffee in Manchester, UK, after going through pages and pages of changes and updates to Autodesk Forma from changes.autodeskforma.com (login required) and I’ve had some…


  • Film: Nordic Office of Architecture part 2–New opportunities for digital collaboration 

    In this second video featuring Nordic Office of Architecture, Knut Ramstad shares how Forma has enhanced the firm’s data-driven and collaborative way of working, starting at early phase design.   Led by its mission to shape thriving societies, Nordic Office of Architecture works with projects of all scales across the globe. Their team comprises of 500…