The 2025 BIMsmith Winter Wonderland Holiday Revit Family Competition has officially concluded!

This year brought submissions that made our entire team pause and admire the incredible talent within this community. We want to thank each person who took time to design, refine, and share their work with us. Your creativity turned this competition into something special!

Our judging panel reviewed every entry and, after much deliberation, landed on twelve semifinalists for the 2025 competition. These Revit submissions will move forward to the final round, where the judges will select winners for 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Place, and Honorable Mention. Every semifinalist will also get the chance to have their Revit family featured on BIMsmith Market for the public to download.

Congratulations to everyone who made it this far, and best of luck in the final round!

 

Elf on a Shelf Revit Controls

Creator: Chas Barrott
Company: Drägerwerk

This playful entry reimagines the classic “Elf on a Shelf” as an interactive Revit experience. The elf is controlled through a custom C#-built .dll file, run via Revit’s Add-In Manager. Created simply for fun, the project adds a lighthearted moment to the workflow while showcasing thoughtful technical execution.

 

Christmas Ladder Shelf

Creator: Ronnie Cunha
Company: grarqdesign

Inspired by a Christmas-themed ladder shelf, this Revit family reflects Ronnie’s interior design workflow and need for adaptable furniture elements. Key dimensions such as height, width, shelf placement, and structural thickness can be adjusted to suit different spaces, making the family easy to apply across a range of holiday settings.

 

Pop-Up Holiday Console

Creator: Wenhan Zhang
Company: Perkins&Will

This conceptual Revit family transforms a familiar gaming console into a miniature holiday world. Using a single toggle, the interface shifts from a flat seasonal graphic to a three-dimensional winter diorama, complete with snow, trees, gifts, and a snowman. The family includes three display scenes and is modeled at true scale, blending digital culture with a playful physical expression.

 

Snow Globe Village

Creator: Todd Lee Conant
Company: Silver Petrucelli + Associates and Fairfield University

This detailed Revit family presents a miniature snow globe village inspired by architecture and cold-weather landscapes. Seasonal elements such as snowflakes and door decorations can be toggled on or off, while carefully modeled houses, terrain, and a revolving base showcase thoughtful use of extrusions, sweeps, and voids. Fully modeled in Revit, the project reflects both technical precision and a clear sense of enjoyment in the making.

Who-Ville Inspired Furniture Set

Creator: Carol Wilhelm
Company: Ramaker

Inspired by her son’s love of the original 1966 Grinch film, Carol reimagined holiday furniture through a playful Who-Ville lens. The set includes a Christmas Tree Sofa, Present Chair, and Light Bulb Coffee Table, translating a familiar festive world into character-driven, buildable forms.

 

Cuckoo Clock

Creator: Brendan Burke
Company: The Sheward Partnership

Inspired by the craft and complexity of traditional cuckoo clocks, this Revit family explores the expressive potential of a tool more often used for production modeling. Each component of the mechanism was carefully modeled, with animation driven through Dynamo to illustrate the clock’s internal movement.

 

Santa-Bot

Creator: Dariel Rey García

Drawing inspiration from the TV series Challenge of the Gobots, this Revit family reimagines Santa as a robotic character. The model relies on nested families to manage complex relationships between parts, with carefully aligned parameters driving its behavior. A Dynamo file is included to support testing and interaction.

 

Batman Toy with Holiday Packaging

Creator: Simon Yew
Company: Perkins Eastman Architects

This full-scale Revit family presents a Batman figure packaged in both holiday special and original toy packaging. The model is fixed in size, but has an alternate version with scalability parameters. The project combines pop culture with precise modeling and presentation.

Magic Train

Creator: Marcos Vinicius De Macedo Domingues

This festive Revit family centers on a buildable train rail system that reveals holiday treats along the way. Sweet items such as cookies, milk, and gift boxes are integrated into the track layout, turning a familiar seasonal motif into an interactive and playful model.

 

Revit Free Rider

Creator: Julian Wandzilak
Company: W7k

This interactive Revit project introduces a simple 2D ski game controlled through a custom Revit macro. A rider family moves across drawn linework, with animation and input handled via keyboard controls. The entry highlights an inventive use of macros to extend Revit beyond traditional modeling workflows.

 

Walkthrough Ornament

Creator: Justin Rodriguez

Designed as a large-scale decorative element, this Revit family presents a walk-through holiday ornament suited for experiential and outdoor settings. The model incorporates three simple light families that allow for easy color adjustments, supporting use in festive installations such as public displays or themed environments.

 

Nutcracker and Ballerina Figurines

Creator: Kristin Moscardon
Company: BIMCAP PH

This paired Revit family set features a classic Nutcracker and ballerina modeled using both generic and adaptive family workflows. The ballerina is constructed with adaptive points, while the Nutcracker uses embedded parameters to control decorative elements such as hats, crowns, and scepters. Both families include adaptable materials, supporting customization across a range of holiday and display contexts.

 

Winners Will Be Announced on January 15th

Every one of these twelve semifinalists did a great job. Our judging panel will determine the top three winners this week. Official awards will be announced on Thursday, January 15th, 2026.

• • 1st Place: $500 Amazon Gift Card
• • 2nd Place: $250 Amazon Gift Card
• • 3rd Place: $100 Amazon Gift Card
• • Honorable Mentions: $50 Amazon Gift Card

 

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