Daniel Davis
@drdanieldavis.bsky.social
Workplace researcher at Hassell // danieldavis.com
If AI doesn't replace architects, North Korean scammers will: www.wired.com/story/north-...
North Korean Scammers Are Doing Architectural Design Now
New research shows that North Koreans appear to be trying to trick US companies into hiring them to develop architectural designs using fake profiles, résumés, and Social Security numbers.
www.wired.com
October 21, 2025 at 7:16 PM
If AI doesn't replace architects, North Korean scammers will: www.wired.com/story/north-...
While paying ADSK 1k per seat annually and sucking up a 40% subscription hike just because 🙄
August 28, 2025 at 6:39 PM
While paying ADSK 1k per seat annually and sucking up a 40% subscription hike just because 🙄
And this is part of their solution: "mkBoom fully automates whole aircraft level design analysis, including weights, propulsion, and aerodynamics. We can literally define an airplane parametrically in a configuration file and press a button."
August 12, 2025 at 2:24 PM
And this is part of their solution: "mkBoom fully automates whole aircraft level design analysis, including weights, propulsion, and aerodynamics. We can literally define an airplane parametrically in a configuration file and press a button."
"If something changes, re-running analyses becomes expensive and time-consuming, severely limiting the ability to iterate rapidly." (which sounds so much like architecture!)
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
"If something changes, re-running analyses becomes expensive and time-consuming, severely limiting the ability to iterate rapidly." (which sounds so much like architecture!)
Interesting seeing how much of Boom's innovation is design software: "Most aerospace design tools and practices are stuck in the 1990s—with lots of custom engineering trapped in Excel spreadsheets and laborious handoffs from engineer to engineer."
bscholl.substack.com/p/move-fast-...
bscholl.substack.com/p/move-fast-...
Move fast and don't break (safety critical) things
How Boom Supersonic uses software to accelerate hardware development
bscholl.substack.com
August 12, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Interesting seeing how much of Boom's innovation is design software: "Most aerospace design tools and practices are stuck in the 1990s—with lots of custom engineering trapped in Excel spreadsheets and laborious handoffs from engineer to engineer."
bscholl.substack.com/p/move-fast-...
bscholl.substack.com/p/move-fast-...
The architect is unnamed in the article, but the software is not.
June 11, 2025 at 4:20 PM
The architect is unnamed in the article, but the software is not.
Buried in this article on AI in the food industry: chefs using Midjourney to create the concept sketches for designers/architects. What happens when an AI takes over briefing and conceptual design? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/d...
June 11, 2025 at 4:17 PM
Buried in this article on AI in the food industry: chefs using Midjourney to create the concept sketches for designers/architects. What happens when an AI takes over briefing and conceptual design? www.nytimes.com/2025/06/02/d...
The full monstrosity is here: publications.knightfrank.com/your-space/2... What kills me is that they clearly put time (and money) into creating this this. What happened?
Home - (Y)OURSPACE
Welcome to the 4th edition of (Y)OUR SPACE—Knight Frank’s global research campaign that explores the forces reshaping corporate real estate.
publications.knightfrank.com
June 3, 2025 at 4:42 PM
The full monstrosity is here: publications.knightfrank.com/your-space/2... What kills me is that they clearly put time (and money) into creating this this. What happened?
These cubes are definitely not to scale. And you can't even read this graph without the table. Edward Tufte is weeping.
June 3, 2025 at 4:40 PM
These cubes are definitely not to scale. And you can't even read this graph without the table. Edward Tufte is weeping.
Bars are all different sizes, and make it 3d for absolutely no reason.
June 3, 2025 at 4:37 PM
Bars are all different sizes, and make it 3d for absolutely no reason.
Some of the sloppiest 'research' I've seen recently. Seriously, why is the 5% bar half the size of the 39% bar?
June 3, 2025 at 4:36 PM
Some of the sloppiest 'research' I've seen recently. Seriously, why is the 5% bar half the size of the 39% bar?
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One of the best university buildings completed in Australia this century!
I've written about the Michael Kirby Building and it's radical approach to upcycling the substructure of an existing 1980's building, with a new lightweight timber structure on top
architectureau.com/articles/mic...
I've written about the Michael Kirby Building and it's radical approach to upcycling the substructure of an existing 1980's building, with a new lightweight timber structure on top
architectureau.com/articles/mic...
March 4, 2025 at 8:19 AM
One of the best university buildings completed in Australia this century!
I've written about the Michael Kirby Building and it's radical approach to upcycling the substructure of an existing 1980's building, with a new lightweight timber structure on top
architectureau.com/articles/mic...
I've written about the Michael Kirby Building and it's radical approach to upcycling the substructure of an existing 1980's building, with a new lightweight timber structure on top
architectureau.com/articles/mic...
But I also wonder if their classifiers are mislabeling discussions about software architecture and software engineering as being about the built environment...
February 10, 2025 at 5:50 PM
But I also wonder if their classifiers are mislabeling discussions about software architecture and software engineering as being about the built environment...
Conversations on Claude over-index for architecture and engineering. These topics represent 4.5% of conversations but account for only 1.7% of the US workforce. www.anthropic.com/news/the-ant...
February 10, 2025 at 5:49 PM
Conversations on Claude over-index for architecture and engineering. These topics represent 4.5% of conversations but account for only 1.7% of the US workforce. www.anthropic.com/news/the-ant...
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we built copilot for space planning! @hypar.bsky.social
January 8, 2025 at 7:22 PM
we built copilot for space planning! @hypar.bsky.social
It also takes these companies 23% longer to hire a replacement 😬
December 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
It also takes these companies 23% longer to hire a replacement 😬
When companies implement RTO, these firms "experience abnormally high employee turnover", according to a study of LinkedIn data from 3 million tech and finance workers. The impact is three times higher for females (and not statistically significant for males). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Return to Office Mandates and Brain Drain
By tracking over 3 million tech and finance workers' employment histories reported on LinkedIn, we analyze the effect of S&P 500 firms' return-to-office (RT
papers.ssrn.com
December 19, 2024 at 3:59 PM
When companies implement RTO, these firms "experience abnormally high employee turnover", according to a study of LinkedIn data from 3 million tech and finance workers. The impact is three times higher for females (and not statistically significant for males). papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
A tale of two cities. -89% takeup 🙃
December 13, 2024 at 1:07 AM
A tale of two cities. -89% takeup 🙃
LinkedIn's roundup of Big Ideas for Australia and New Zealand in 2025: www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-id...
December 4, 2024 at 5:11 PM
LinkedIn's roundup of Big Ideas for Australia and New Zealand in 2025: www.linkedin.com/pulse/big-id...
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Doesn't appear (yet) to be a lot of CEOs following Amazon and @washingtonpost.com back into offices 5 days a week.
Latest from Flex Index shows that we're at stasis: 2/3rd of firms have some form of workplace flexibility that allows work from home at least a couple days a week
Latest from Flex Index shows that we're at stasis: 2/3rd of firms have some form of workplace flexibility that allows work from home at least a couple days a week
December 4, 2024 at 4:23 PM
Doesn't appear (yet) to be a lot of CEOs following Amazon and @washingtonpost.com back into offices 5 days a week.
Latest from Flex Index shows that we're at stasis: 2/3rd of firms have some form of workplace flexibility that allows work from home at least a couple days a week
Latest from Flex Index shows that we're at stasis: 2/3rd of firms have some form of workplace flexibility that allows work from home at least a couple days a week
Reposted by Daniel Davis
Almost every day I'm asked whether I think RTO mandates will eventually lead to a near universal return to 2019 patterns of attendance in offices.
My answer is always that the vast majority of organisations have adopted distributed work in some way or form, (1/)
My answer is always that the vast majority of organisations have adopted distributed work in some way or form, (1/)
November 26, 2024 at 5:18 AM
Almost every day I'm asked whether I think RTO mandates will eventually lead to a near universal return to 2019 patterns of attendance in offices.
My answer is always that the vast majority of organisations have adopted distributed work in some way or form, (1/)
My answer is always that the vast majority of organisations have adopted distributed work in some way or form, (1/)
They also see an inverse relationship between office attendance requirements and actual usage. In other words, companies with low utilization are the ones most likely to introduce a mandate. So if you see a company introducing a mandate, it's really a sign that their workplace is in trouble.
November 25, 2024 at 8:39 PM
They also see an inverse relationship between office attendance requirements and actual usage. In other words, companies with low utilization are the ones most likely to introduce a mandate. So if you see a company introducing a mandate, it's really a sign that their workplace is in trouble.
New study from Density finds that up to a 1/3 of office space in the US is used for less than an hour a day. Blows my mind that in a city like New York you can have a space sitting empty 23 hours a day. Not great for the environment or the economy!
insights.density.io/the-new-geog...
insights.density.io/the-new-geog...
November 25, 2024 at 8:33 PM
New study from Density finds that up to a 1/3 of office space in the US is used for less than an hour a day. Blows my mind that in a city like New York you can have a space sitting empty 23 hours a day. Not great for the environment or the economy!
insights.density.io/the-new-geog...
insights.density.io/the-new-geog...
Meanwhile in America
November 21, 2024 at 7:17 PM
Meanwhile in America