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The AEC industry is at the cusp of a major shift in technology and the resulting impact on building
and, by extension, the greater environment will be revolutionary. We can no longer build without
considering the impact of the building, without considering the building as part of a larger network
of interconnected flows. The promise of BIM lies in the ability to visualize and understand how a
building participates in these complex networks: how it performs, how it will age, and how it will
accommodate and adapt to dynamic economic and spatial requirements. This software, along with
a change in process, can change the way you do business, structure your office, present ideas to cli-
ents, win new jobs, and ultimately build a new architecture.
Armed with the skills you’ll develop in this book, you’ll be able to take Revit to the edges of cre-
ative expression and maybe create something as ambitious as the skyscraper in Figure 1.9.
Figure 1.9
Taking Revit to the
edges of creative
expression
Image Courtesy of Phil Read
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