Archive · July 2026
We finally put a carbon number on every BIM object — here is what it cost the studio
NBS and Circular Ecology's new guide puts A1-A5 embodied-carbon factors on BIM objects — geometry-led. What it means for a working studio's model.
L-systems in the Office: Four Rules, One Branching Grammar, and What It Actually Buys You
A 1968 algae grammar in three lines of Python — what branching L-systems actually buy a working architecture office, and where the fabrication cost hides.
A Building That Cannot Be Un-Built Is Already Waste
Circular construction needs recoverable joints, not just recyclable materials. Material passports, CPR 2024/3110, and one IFC query to audit disassembly.
The Immune System Never Ran an Agent — It Ran a Logged Workflow
A self-hosted MCP workflow runner shows why the audit trail — not autonomy — is what makes automation safe on an architecture office's model.
The Swiss timetable is a constraint solver in a trench coat
Why scheduling Swiss trains is one of the hardest optimisation problems hiding in plain sight — and how the same PESP math pre-flights your construction site.
One Endpoint, Every Model: Routing Your AI Coding Agents Through a Local Proxy
Weave's open-source router picks a model per request using an on-box embedder, not a prompt. Setup, a routing histogram hack, and the trade-offs.
Austin Bought 21 Trams. The Real Order Was a Dependency Graph.
Stadler wins Austin's 21-vehicle CITYLINK contract. Why the fleet count is a headway constraint, the catenary is the permanent layer, and how to run the sag maths.
The Parthenon Just Got Two New Stones — and a Lesson in As-Built Memory
Two marble blocks close a 220-year gap on the Parthenon — and show why readable geometry, open protocols and re-scan discipline outlive any vendor cloud.
The robot arm that put its motors in the basement
Disney Research's fluid transmission delivers 4.5 Nm at 120 grams by moving the motors to the torso — and moves robot-cell safety from software into hardware.
Switzerland's 30% solar cell — and the number that isn't on the roof yet
EPFL and CSEM certify 30.02% in a perovskite-silicon triple-junction solar cell — the physics behind the record and what it means for BIPV façade specs.
