Renaissance Revit: Creating Classical Architecture with Modern Software

Over the years I have followed Paul Aubin's blog and books.  Throughout those years Paul has been posting about creating classical architecture using Revit (literally, he started talking about this a year ago).  Paul's passion for Revit is indisputable and now his passion for classical architecture is too.  These two passions join forces in a manifesto combining the quality, coherence, and usual gusto put forth in all of Paul's work.  The title, "Renaissance Revit: Creating Classical Architecture with Modern Software", appropriately labels the manifesto.

I was fortunate enough to spend some time with Paul at the Revit Technology Conference this year in Vancouver.  We talked about all kinds of stuff.  Paul seemed particularly excited about finishing "Renaissance Revit" (although the name was not chosen yet).  His excitement is evident in the first sentence of the book, "This is the most exciting book that I have ever written."  And 447 value filled pages later I was left understanding why he was so excited.

Renaissance Revit is much more than just a step-by-step how-to book about creating a Corinthian column. It is an architectural history book, a family creation book, a conceptual massing book, and a parametric design course.  Paul breaks down the classical orders in such a systematic way that you can't imagine building them in any other software.  Revit can't do what? Revit CAN do the classics... And really well...

I can't wait for my next restoration job or typical New England Greek revival building that the project team swears can only be completed in AutoCAD...

Click here to purchase your copy now from Paul Aubin.com

Paul Aubin - Classical Architecture and Revit

I met Paul for the first time in Atlanta over two years ago and got to know him even better at this years RTC.  In fact, we had some pretty rough microwaved eggs together at the airport before leaving Vancouver (yuck).

Anyways, Paul is a great guy who produces some quality Revit content.  His next project is a book about created classical architecture in Autodesk Revit.

Paul is looking for some information from the Revit world before finalizing his publication (which he plans on releasing this year!!!  If you are interesting in the subject matter and the book release, please take the time to answer a short survey for Paul.

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