Announcing UrbanForm San Diego
UrbanForm is proud to announce the launch and immediate availability of UrbanForm San Diego, the third city for which UrbanForm operates,...
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Quang Truong
Oct 11, 20221 min read
Why UrbanForm? Part 2
As we wrote about here, this past summer, UrbanForm was part of a local startup accelerator program called PIE (Portland Incubator...
Quang Truong
Oct 11, 20222 min read
Why UrbanForm? Part 1
This past summer, UrbanForm was a member of the 2022 PIE (Portland Incubator Experiment) cohort, along with other great startups such as:...
Quang Truong
Oct 3, 20227 min read
Featured customer: Rallymade
Many of you know Rallymade principal Jennifer Wright through her tireless activity on the AIA's Small Firms Exchange; or, through her...
Quang Truong
Sep 27, 20222 min read
The Fundamental Challenge
Part of the fundamental challenge UrbanForm faces is that, in the US, each city has its own zoning code and system. The solution...
Quang Truong
Sep 15, 20221 min read
Reports about the death of single-family zoning have been greatly exaggerated
While headlines about recent zoning changes have touted the "end of single-family housing", the reality is much more nuanced. Just...
Quang Truong
Sep 12, 20227 min read
Featured customer: UrbanLens Planning, LLC
We couldn't be happier to introduce UrbanLens Planning, LLC as one of UrbanForm's newest users. UrbanLens Planning is one of the most...
Quang Truong
Sep 7, 20222 min read
Be it ordained by the City of Seattle
Recently, Seattle's zoning code changed. Ordinance 126509 (https://lnkd.in/gc7wNjvC) changes the zoning name for all "Single Family"...
Quang Truong
Sep 1, 20222 min read
A Meat Sandwich?
I had a great conversation with the Director of Design Technology at one of the largest national architecture firms in the nation, and...
Quang Truong
Aug 29, 20222 min read
You’ll never get an architect to admit this.
But every architect I know has a variation on this story. The story goes like this: a project gets kicked off and the entire team eagerly...
Quang Truong
Aug 24, 20221 min read
When we see one of our customers using UrbanForm heavily, we know it's a good sign
Not only because it shows they are finding value with it, but also because it means they've got a full pipeline of work they're...
Quang Truong
Aug 14, 20221 min read
Testimonial: "It's about information management. . . "
I had the chance to lunch with another of UrbanForm's first adopters this past week. I would have characterized this person as slightly...
Quang Truong
Aug 12, 20221 min read
Use-case: multi-family housing
With all of the attention on the need for multi-family housing lately, like in this recent article by the Portland Business Journal, how...
Quang Truong
Aug 9, 20221 min read
Use case: new markets for architects
I had the chance to catch up with one of UrbanForm’s first adopters over the weekend. They had asked for advanced access to UrbanForm...
Quang Truong
Aug 7, 20222 min read
What if architects had adopted BIM first?
In the last two architecture firms where I was employed, I watched both offices get dragged kicking and screaming into adopting Building...
Quang Truong
Aug 3, 20221 min read
We're hearing this question a lot
In Portland and Seattle, we’re hearing this question a lot: “Can I build an ADU on my property?” Given the advent of Airbnb, the move...
Quang Truong
Jul 27, 20222 min read
RIP City?
When I was growing up, Rip City meant one thing: the Portland Trailblazers. But today, mention 'Rip' in architecture, real estate, and...
Quang Truong
Jul 25, 20221 min read
We got it wrong.
An UrbanForm customer, a mid-sized architecture firm, emailed us last week, saying they used one of our automatically downloadable...
Quang Truong
Jul 18, 20221 min read
Use-case: Finding ADU-receptive Properties
Here's a quick use-case scenario of UrbanForm for you: Find properties that: 1) allow household living uses; 2) are corner lots with...
Quang Truong
Jun 28, 20221 min read
Introducing: MaxBuild Calculator
So UrbanForm customers can respond more immediately to that fundamental question: what can I build here? Based on customer feedback, we...
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