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UrbanForm is now an award winning company
Last week, UrbanForm was given an award by the Mid-Willamette Valley Council of Governments for the work in digitizing the zoning codes...
Quang Truong
Mar 13, 20252 min read


Another year. Another client. A review.
This is the usage chart for one of UrbanForm's customers over the entirety of the 2024 year. They're a mid-sized architecture firm...
Quang Truong
Jan 22, 20252 min read


When Building or Rebuilding. . .
The first barrier when you're looking to build, or rebuild, is figuring out what the zoning allows. This is where UrbanForm can help, and...
Quang Truong
Jan 16, 20251 min read


Happy 2025!
Albert and Quang at the UrbanForm offices, 2025 We hope everyone has had a good Holiday Break and is looking forward to a prosperous and...
Quang Truong
Jan 8, 20251 min read


More, please. . .
Happy Holidays from the UrbanForm team! UrbanForm celebrates the close of 2024 with several notable new milestones. We approach the end...
Quang Truong
Dec 20, 20242 min read


That's a wrap!
For 2024 Conferences, at least! We just got back from the Bisnow Pacific Northwest Multifamily Annual Conference in Seattle, Washington,...
Quang Truong
Dec 12, 20242 min read


3 common mistakes about data
Good data will get you about 80% of the way there. The last 20% will require understanding and context that data CANNOT give you. But...
Quang Truong
Nov 18, 20242 min read


LA Multifamily
Our Co-Founder Quang writes this about his time attending the UrbanForm booth at the Bisnow Multifamily event in Los Angeles: One of my...
Quang Truong
Nov 15, 20242 min read


LA State of the Market
😬 Yesterday two people found errors in our UrbanForm Los Angeles demo within a matter of seconds 😬 But the reason why I actually love...
Quang Truong
Sep 26, 20242 min read


LA's Zoning Code = 11.5 feet tall
Approximately 11.5 feet tall (3.5 meters). That's how tall all of LA's z oning text would be if you stacked up the pages. That's...
Quang Truong
Sep 9, 20241 min read


Zoning Levels of Detail
There is a concept in computer graphics called Levels of Detail (LOD). I'd like to borrow this concept to talk about zoning and...
Quang Truong
Aug 28, 20242 min read


Announcing LA
Wow, this one was a real doozy. There are 871,690 parcels in the City of Los Angeles . With 1,983 unique zoning designations. Which are...
Quang Truong
Aug 21, 20242 min read


Architecture hurting
The most recent AIA Architectural Billings Index (ABI) was released showing a continuing decline in architectural activity across all...
Quang Truong
Jun 26, 20241 min read


Learn about AI in Architecture
We've received incredible demand for our new Lunch & Learn presentation called "AI in Architecture: Fundamentals, Classifications, and...
Quang Truong
Jun 4, 20241 min read


One year. One client. A review
This is the usage chart for one of UrbanForm's subscribers over the last 12 months. They're a small architecture design and build firm...
Quang Truong
Apr 3, 20242 min read


Announcing Beaverton
We're happy to announce that Beaverton is now available for all UrbanForm customers 🎉🎉🎉 That means from one website, with one map, you...
Quang Truong
Mar 20, 20241 min read


Announcing Bellevue
We're happy to be able to make Bellevue now available for all UrbanForm customers 🎉🎉🎉 One of the most annoying things about zoning is...
Quang Truong
Mar 5, 20241 min read


Our "competitors"
When we first started building UrbanForm about 4 years ago, we looked around to see if there were other companies already trying to do...
Quang Truong
Feb 27, 20243 min read


UrbanForm in Texas Architect magazine
UrbanForm was featured in Texas Architect magazine in an article by Nkiru Gelles, Assoc. AIA.
Quang Truong
Jan 10, 20241 min read


Happy 2024!
Happy New Year to everyone! At UrbanForm, we're looking to continue the work that we've put in place over the past couple of years. That...
Quang Truong
Jan 8, 20241 min read
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