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Field notes from the studio. AI tooling, AEC workflows, and what we learn shipping.
Claude Code Cheat Sheet for Architects and Designers
A practical Claude Code cheat sheet for architects: installation, essential commands, project setup, skills, and architecture workflow examples.
One Wall, Five Ways to Build It
We tested five ways for agents to build a brick wall in Rhino. Larger operations reduced exchanges; direct Python was cheapest with Sonnet in these runs.
Arch Studio 1.5 Improved Cold-Start Project Records
In 27 cold-start runs per arm, Arch Studio produced valid project records 55.6% of the time against vanilla Claude's 14.8%.
Arch Studio 1.5: The Four Layers a Firm Builds On
Arch Studio 1.5 brings 61 skills and Norma to Codex and Claude Code, or to Claude and ChatGPT through hosted MCP. One release, two channels.
Architecture Studio Now Runs on Codex
Architecture Studio v1.4.2 brings 46 open-source AEC skills to Codex, with native packaging, portable workspaces and shared project memory.
AEC Magazine on the Judgement Stack
AEC Magazine features Skills for Architects as a reference for the judgement stack: the layer an architecture practice owns above the AI model.
Can Your Firm Train Its Own AI Model? Pre-Training, Fine-Tuning, and RAG, Explained
Pre-training takes a frontier lab; fine-tuning can run on a Mac mini. A guide to what architecture firms mean when they say they will train AI.
Architecture Studio 1.4: The Skills You Write Yourself
Architecture Studio v1.4 adds a studio workspace, firm-owned skills and durable project records, with 46 skills and a breaking migration.
Architecture Studio 1.3: A Course in the Terminal
Architecture Studio v1.3 ships 40 skills and /learn, a six-module Claude Code course built around a fictional Brooklyn art museum project.
Architecture Firms Need an Agent Harness
Why architecture firms need an agent harness: durable tools, approvals and memory, with Eve, Architecture Studio and Norma as complementary layers.
Introducing Norma
Meet Norma: an AI material library that turns schedules, quotes, specifications and product research into private, cited studio memory.
Architecture Studio at Three Months: Your Project Gets a Memory
Architecture Studio at three months: 179 stars, 39 skills and project memory. Version 1.2 adds a dossier and decision log in plain files.
How Architecture Firms Should Build Their AI Stack
Build an architecture AI stack with model access, agent harnesses, domain agents, project memory, material libraries and human review.
Agentic AI in AEC: What Actually Changes for Practice
A practical view of agentic AI in AEC: agent harnesses, project memory and material libraries, with decisions and review kept human-led.
Architecture Studio's First Month: 100+ Stars on GitHub
Architecture Studio hit 100 GitHub stars in its first month. Here's what the numbers say about how architects are adopting AI tools — and what surprised us.
Introducing Architecture Studio
Meet Architecture Studio: open-source AI workflows for architects covering site research, zoning, specifications, FF&E and sustainability.
Most AEC AI Apps Are Just Claude Wrappers
A practical test for firms evaluating AI tools: what proprietary data does it hold, what does it actually compute, and what would it cost to build yourself?