Starting today, we have a new Studio Wikitecture project! We’re going to be entering another Open Architecture Network design competition, Safe Trestles.. we need YOUR help!

Ironically, one of the most unique and memorable highlights of my time spent exploring virtual worlds had to do with music, not architecture.

The ‘Wikisonic’ collaborative music installation, first prototyped in Second Life with help from John Street was later chosen for construction at The Tech Museum of innovation in San Jose. Team member Anne Ogborn and I were flown to San Jose for the gallery opening, where we had the chance to play the ‘real life’ Wikisonic installation, built by The Tech’s brilliant team of technicians led by …

Congratulations to the Frank Lloyd Wright Virtual Museum for securing a licensing agreement with the Frank Lloyd Wright Foundation for its work in Second Life.  With Taliesin in my own backyard here in Madison, and the magnitude of influence Mr. Wright has had on my own architectural quest, I am really looking forward to watching this project grow over time.  These people are among the most dedicated and persistent builders and FLW enthusiasts I have ever met, and I am confident they will carry on Mr. Wright’s legacy faithfully, with …

The architecture, the narrative, the graphic design – its all spectacular, with mind boggling attention paid to detail and overall experience. The sim design/builder, Patch Thibaud and his team at Pixelhaus Design Studio have been on fire in recent months, completing some of the most impressive builds I’ve seen in SL, including the Best of SL Boulevard, Casablanca Boulevard, the Patch Thibaud Auditorium and the competition entry I featured in the previous post.
What I like most about Patch’s work is the use of experience and narrative in virtual architecture.  As we collectively …

What an honor it was to have been included in this panel discussion, and to have a chance to hear more about the exciting work being done by the other panelists using virtual worlds in professional architectural practice and education.  I think it was an important and timely event – illustrating the potential of virtual worlds to bring people together.

Many thanks to Draxtor Despres for creating this fantastic machinima piece, to JudyArx Scribe, DB Bailey, and Archi Vita for sharing their exciting work.  Also, thanks to In Kenzo, for the …

It took me a while to stop laughing at these images for long enough to finish this post… What an exciting ‘virtual architecture’ lineup we have this weekend!   On Saturday, the National School of Architecture of Marseille will be opening their new virtual school in Second Life – in parallel with a real world exhibition at 7:40 am PDT (SL time).
Below is the invitation text, translated through Google Translator.  My French is rusty – but so is this translation.  If anyone can translate this more accurately, please send it to …

The United States Department of State Bureau of International Information Programs invites you to attend: “Architectural Design and International Collaboration in Virtual Worlds.” The panel will discuss how architects utilize virtual technologies for international development partnerships. Panelists from various countries will explore the efficiency of virtual worlds and shared 3D design platforms as environments conducive to cross-cultural collaboration.

I captured this brief, though very insightful, clip of Philip Rosedale addressing a ‘mixed reality’ audience streamed live from the Engage Expo in San Jose California, and in-world at the Metanomics event space.
I haven’t had a chance to edit and publish more clips, but want to also give props to Tom Hale, Harper Beresford, JeanieSing Trilling and host Robert Bloomfield, who were also on the panel and did a great job describing the current state of play in Second Life and beyond. The archived video of the whole discussion (well …

This Second Life event should be a pretty interesting, held October 2nd at 12 PM PDT, 21:00 PM CEDT, at this slurl.
It will be moderated by Roy Philbin from Second Interest, and features the following panel:
Kirsten Kiser, Founder and Editor-in-Chief of arcspace.com
David Denton, CEO, David Denton, AIA – http://www.daviddenton.com
Jon Brouchoud, Founder of The ARCH Network and co-founder of Studio Wikitecture
Bernd Boetzel, Architect and Project Developer, and CEO of DU Diederichs Projectmanagement (http://www.du-diederichs.de)

The Studio Wikitecture and Treet TV communities will be gathering tonight in Second Life to discuss progress on their current Wikitecture project – the development of an urban ‘master plan’ for Treet Islands.  They will be on hand to answer questions anyone may have, and demonstrate use of the Wiki Tree for anyone who needs help.  This meeting is held every Thursday, so mark your calendars!
More about the project can be found on the Treet.TV Island Development Wiki here: http://wiki.treet.tv/Treet_TV_Island_Development
The event will be held at the current Wiki Tree site here: http://slurl.com/secondlife/Northpoint/129/166/32 …