Fadil Karim

Computational BIM Engineer

founder of BasilicaLabs.AI — the apps I’ve built, the things I’ve written & the books on my shelf

Appsthings I’ve built · on the web & iOS

VISUAL NEUROSCIENCE ANATOMY

an interactive 3D atlas of the human brain — regions, Brodmann areas, white-matter tracts & receptors, free

WebApp StoreVision Pro · soon

VOCAB CARDS

vocabulary cards for language learners

WebApp Store · soon

BUSINESS NUMBERS

the numbers behind a business: revenue, margins & cash, made easy to read

WebApp Store · soon

Websitestwo studios & a school

Basilica LABS.AI Practical AI for BIM & Construction Parametric building dashboards, prompt-by-prompt AI tutorials and Revit integration through pyRevit Visit basilicalabs.ai Pocket UNIVERSITY.AI Tutorials & guides in practical AI AI and automation for architecture, engineering and construction, finance and investing, AI image and video, and general AI Visit pocketuniversity.ai FKarim DESIGN.COM Web design · new builds & rebuilds New websites and rebuilds, designed, built and live on a temporary link the same day you brief me Visit fkarimdesign.com

Channelscode, video & ways to follow along

browse the code on GITHUB github.com/fadil-karim OttomanLabsAI on YOUTUBE @OttomanlabsAI · Revit, Grasshopper & AI Visual Neuroscience on YOUTUBE @VisualNeuroscienceAI · the brain atlas connect on LINKEDIN Fadil Karim · Computational BIM Engineer

Writingessays, a tutorial & an annotated ledger

The lead essay AI Strategy of

BIM & CONSTRUCTION

parametric design with Claude Code · briefed in plain English · built in hours
  1. 1Scope
  2. 2Brief
  3. 3Build
  4. 4Iterate
  5. 5Export
  6. 6Place & Track

Hours, not weeks. A working tool with a proper UI from the first conversation — the Grasshopper / Dynamo equivalent takes weeks, and years of experience to build well.

EssayRIBA 2–63 min read Read the essay: AI Strategy of BIM & Construction
what it’s written in UNDER THE HOOD vanilla JavaScript vs Grasshopper & Dynamo · live demo inside Essay4 min read the pyDymak PROMPT TUTORIAL built prompt by prompt · each raw prompt & the live dashboard at that step Tutorial17 steps Fadil’s STOCK PICKS the watchlist, annotated · what each company does & why I’m in Ledger63 companies
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Reading listthe reading room · filed in reverse order of completion

Now on the desk
Chepart one
Good Strategy Bad StrategyRichard RumeltStrategy
The Reading
Room 50 volumes 2006 — present
with covers, on BasilicaLabs.AI
  1. Warren Buffett and the Interpretation of Financial Statements2026Mary Buffett & David ClarkFinance
  2. Money2026Jacob GoldsteinEconomics
  3. The Odyssey2026Homer · translated by Emily WilsonGreek literature
  4. Narconomics2026Tom WainwrightEconomics
  5. The Rise of Superman2026Steven KotlerPsychology · Neuroscience
  6. Atomic Habits2026James ClearPsychology
  7. Three Strategies of Huang Shigong2023Huang ShigongStrategy
  8. Only the Paranoid Survive2023Andrew S. GroveBusiness
  9. Can banks individually create money out of nothing?2023Richard A. WernerFinance · Research paper
  10. Your Next Five Moves2023Patrick Bet-DavidBusiness
  11. Bitcoin: A Peer-to-Peer Electronic Cash System2023Satoshi NakamotoFinance · Whitepaper
  12. Zero to One2022Peter ThielBusiness
  13. Memories, Dreams, Reflections2022Carl Gustav JungAutobiography · Psychoanalysis
  14. LSD: The Divine Scientist2022Albert HofmannPsychology · Neuroscience
  15. DMT: The Spirit Molecule2022Rick Strassman M.D.Psychology · Neuroscience
  16. Doors of Perception2022Aldous HuxleyPsychology
  17. Archetypes and the Collective Unconscious2021Carl Gustav JungPsychoanalysis
  18. The United States of Fear2021Mark McDonald M.D.Psychology
  19. On the neurobiology of hallucinations2021Patricia Boksa, PhDPsychology · Academic editorial
  20. The Undiscovered Self2021Carl Gustav JungPsychoanalysis
  21. The Communist Manifesto2021Karl Marx & Friedrich EngelsEconomics
  22. REBUS and the Anarchic Brain: Toward a Unified Model of the Brain Action of Psychedelics2021Robin L. Carhart-Harris & Karl FristonNeuroscience · Research paper
  23. The entropic brain: a theory of conscious states informed by neuroimaging research with psychedelic drugs2021Robin L. Carhart-Harris et al.Neuroscience · Research paper
  24. Prisoners of Geography2021Tim MarshallGeopolitics
  25. The Secret2021Rhonda ByrnePsychology
  26. The Psychedelic Experience2021Timothy LearyPsychology · Neuroscience
  27. Trump: The Art of the Deal2021Donald Trump & Tony SchwartzBusiness
  28. Blackout2021Candace OwensPolitics
  29. The Red Book2021Carl Gustav JungPsychoanalysis
  30. Malcolm X2021Malcolm X & Alex HaleyAutobiography
  31. 12 Rules for Life2021Jordan PetersonPsychoanalysis
  32. Never Split the Difference2021Chris VossPsychology
  33. The Unconscious2020Sigmund FreudPsychoanalysis
  34. Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Anxiety and Depression2020Liam AndersonPsychology
  35. Dark Psychology2020Richard CampbellPsychology
  36. Evolutionary Psychology I & II2020Allen D. MacNeillPsychology
  37. Propaganda2020Edward BernaysPsychoanalysis
  38. The Prince2020Niccolò MachiavelliPsychology
  39. Hustle Harder Hustle Smarter2020Curtis JacksonBusiness
  40. The 48 Laws of Power2019Robert GreenePsychology
  41. The Art of War2016Sun TzuStrategy
  42. How to Win Friends and Influence People2015Dale CarnegiePsychology
  43. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich2014Aleksandr SolzhenitsynRussian literature
  44. Cement2013Fyodor GladkovRussian literature
  45. The Godfather2008Mario PuzoAmerican literature
  46. An Inspector Calls2007J.B. PriestleyEnglish literature
  47. Of Mice and Men2007John SteinbeckAmerican literature
  48. Macbeth2006William ShakespeareEnglish literature
  49. Romeo and Juliet2006William ShakespeareEnglish literature
  50. Think and Grow Rich2006Napoleon HillPsychology

50 volumes · most recent first

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