
6 Tips For Taking Beautiful Pictures With Your Smartphone
Did you know that with a few handy settings and an App you can take professional pictures with your smartphone? Because you always carry your phone, you can easily take a quick picture, for example of an end result of…

Advantages and Disadvantages of BIM
BIM is a tool to construct virtually. BIM will NOT solve the communication problems in the construction. What it can do is save calculation time and reduce failure costs. Does that make BIM suitable for you? BIM, or Building Information…

Best Tablet for Construction?
“What device should I buy for use at the construction site?” That is a frequently returning question from our users, so it makes it a good subject to explore. Instead of just listing a number of suitable tablets, we like…

Best Apps for Architects – Our selection for 2017
Hey there! Glad you’re here. If you’re looking for the most recent version of our Best apps for Architects article: you can find the 2020 update here. Enjoy! Put down the pen and paper. Leave the laptop at your desk….

The Best Tablet For Architects and Contractors (update 2016)
When you’re out on the construction site, your mobile phone or a laptop just won’t cut it for doing work. Your mobile screen just isn’t big enough for viewing building plans, documenting issues, accessing your BIM data or examining site…

How to Set Up Your Own Architecture Company Website (And Save Thousands of Dollars)
The idea of creating a website from scratch is a nightmare for most architects. There’s no shame in that. While one could say that there are some transferable skills between architecture and web design, the reality is that your time…

Construction Calculator Comparison: How They Measure Up
Can you see what is wrong here. I hope you can :) Seriously, do you have a construction calculator app? I know that when I first got started out I’d carry a notebook with all my formulas in it as…

8 Best Architecture Apps in 2016
Hey there! Glad you’re here. If you’re looking for the most recent version of our Best apps for Architects article: you can find the 2020 update here. Enjoy! Put down the pen and paper. Leave the laptop at your desk….

How Architects Can Get The Most Out Of The Cloud
You’ve probably heard about “the cloud” already, but maybe you don’t really know what exactly the cloud is or how it could even help you. The good news is that you don’t need to spend time learning about how it…