A new book out by the Yale School of Architecture, BIM in Academia, features an essay by the College of Design's School of Architecture Head, Professor Renee Cheng. The collection includes essays by educators and practitioners weighing in on the debate over how Building Information Modeling (BIM) should be taught in architecture schools in the United States. Professor Cheng's essay, "Facing the Fact of BIM: Architectural Curricula Past, Present and Future," argues that tools like BIM are helpful in practice but often in conflict with historically used pedagogical approaches towards architectural education.

"Identifying the most valuable aspects of current and past educational models will help us as we develop a positive future education for architects," explains Cheng, who was recently recognized as one of the top 25 most admired design educators for 2012 by DesignIntelligence (DI) magazine.

You can find more information about the College of Design's School of Architecture here. Copies of BIM in Academia are available on demand from Yale.