David R. Scheer

David Ross Scheer received his Master of Architecture from Yale University in 1984. He brings a broad background in practice, teaching and research to his work on the effects of digital technologies on architecture. His firm pioneered the use of building information modeling (BIM) which has been central to his practice since 1996. His firm's award-winning work includes a variety of building types as well as urban design projects. He has lectured and written extensively on BIM with particular emphasis on its use in small firms and its impact on architectural education. Mr. Scheer has been a member of the national advisory group of the AIA Technology in Architectural Practice Knowledge Community (TAP) since 2007 and was its Chair in 2012. Through TAP’s activities he has gained a broad awareness of the evolving uses and effects of BIM and computation throughout the building industry.

Mr. Scheer has taught architectural design, history and theory at the University of Cincinnati, Arizona State University, Miami University (Ohio) and the University of Utah. While at Utah, he founded the Center for Integrated Design and Construction which carried out research in the adoption of BIM in architectural education and developed a variety of innovative applications.

In spite of his interest in digital design tools, Mr. Scheer has maintained a strong affinity for the tradition of architectural drawing in which he was trained. This dual allegiance led him to think about the effects of the transition from drawing to digital tools, particularly on how architects think and design. This is the subject of the present book.