Archive · October 2026
Type GH2: a junior architect's first Grasshopper 2 facade, louvre by louvre
Type GH2 in the Rhino 9 BETA and build a sun-driven 6 x 4 m louvre facade bay with native components and one Python 3 script, beside your GH1 work.
The Smear Frame, Built in Steel: What MSCHF's Twisted Lexus Cars Teach Every Freeform Facade
MSCHF bent two Lexus cars into a render glitch made of steel. What one-click twist and bend operators really cost in panels, seams and transport on site.
Bones for a Roof: Fisac's Hollow Concrete Beam That Spans, Lights and Drains
Fisac's hollow post-tensioned bone beam spans 22 m, lights and drains a Madrid hall. Now on show in Newcastle: ask what every void in your roof does.
The Fence Goes Below the Agent: What NVIDIA's OpenShell Means for Design Offices
NVIDIA's OpenShell sandbox and BlueField-4 Sentry watchdog fence AI agents from below. What Swiss architecture offices should write before any agent pilot.
The Crane That Lets Gravity Choose: EPFL's CRCL Puts Robots on Site as Colleagues
EPFL's CRCL and SXL scan, drill and crane-place demolition rubble into structural walls and train robot teams to build arches. Free show in Lausanne.
McNeel's free Rhino Studio Series: one 100 m² ADU, from drawing set to massing
McNeel's free, plugin-free Rhino Studio Series teaches drawing standards, then massing, on one 100 m² ADU. Setup, first steps and a Python layer script.
Robots Can Do 74% of Physical Tasks. On a Building Site, Architects Draw the Room
Anthropic's robot-exposure index finds robots can do 74% of US physical tasks but are cost-competitive on 0.3%. Why detailing sets a site's robot-readiness.
The ASTRA Bridge: a 260 m motorway that walked over its own building site
The 260 m, 1,250 t ASTRA Bridge moved 24 stages along the A2 near Arisdorf in 2026 and carried traffic over a daytime paving crew. A season-end look.
Week 40 in Review: Isler's 9 cm Shells, a Warmer Heat Ledger and the Rules That Hold a Model Together
Week 40 recap: Isler's 9 cm Deitingen shells, ETH's 3.25 °C heat-budget result, CHF 220M vs 470M at Mattertal, and a Shewchuk geometry hack for Grasshopper.
SIA 400 in the Archicad template: our next Power Session sets the Swiss norm once
Our PAZ Archicad Power Session puts SIA 400 into the Archicad template — pens, fills, layouts — so every Swiss plan meets the norm by default.
