AEC Magazine September / October 2025
AEC Magazine • 9. Oktober 2025
Highlights of our September / October 2025 edition
- Cover story ‘Contract killers’
– most architects overlook software small print, but today’s EULAs are redefining ownership, data rights and AI use — shifting power from users to vendors.
_ - From pixels to prompts:
How Chaos is blending AI with traditional viz, rethinking how architects explore, present and refine ideas
_ - Autodesk shows its AI hand:
Autodesk has presented live, production-ready tools, giving customers a clear view of how AI could soon reshape workflows
_ - Autodesk Forma is finally expanding beyond its early-stage design roots with a brand-new product – Forma Building Design – focused on detailed design
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