by Jon Brouchoud | Mar 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
“Seeking the coolest, most spatially interesting and aesthetically independant pieces of architecture from the inhabitants of Second Life.” The SL-Award via Virtual Suburbia (good eyes!)
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 28, 2007 | Uncategorized
Lately it seems the content of this blog could remain fairly constant even if I were to only report the formation of new architecture-related groups in Second Life! The rapidly growing awareness of the potential for architects to use SL as a professional tool is very...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
The Tracer, founder of SLSA, recently shared coordinates with the new school’s location in Second Life. The build is still under construction, but appears to be quite an expressive place. The Tracer has clearly taken steps toward transcending the habit of...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 26, 2007 | Uncategorized
Designer Dingson has completed his installation of the Farnsworth House on Architecture Island in Second Life. Designer Dingson: “I worked with Troi Timtam on the landscaping (who was wonderful), she chose to use the tall thin white barked trees so as to echo...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 24, 2007 | Uncategorized
Mark Wallace of 3pointD asks in a recent post: “Is there anyone out there who’d be interested in attending another 3pointD Think Tank on this subject (wikitecture)? My goal would be to get the original participants in the ARCH discussion in touch with some...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
If anyone has an idea for an idea for a post that fits the concentration of this blog, or a meeting idea for the RL Architects group in Second Life, I would love to hear from you! I would like to start decentralizing this blog, and the group, and would love to include...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 23, 2007 | Uncategorized
In addition to the ‘RL Architects in Second Life’ groups that I strongly encourage everyone to join, there are some new Second Life architecture groups to keep and eye on! The ‘SLSA members’ which relates to the ‘Second Life School of...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 22, 2007 | Uncategorized
[update…transcript posted] Tom Portante will be giving a presentation about lessons he has learned through 20 years of experience with online communities today at 2:00 SL-time. During the last Community Development presentation, we heard Lys Ware of Stanford...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
Don’t ask me what I was thinking when I named my island ‘The Homestead’, but the name has now been formally changed to Architecture Island… whew!
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
If I had to isolate the most commonly held concern real life architects have with building their projects in Second Life, it’s that the building tools are too limiting. They claim that realistic architecture is difficult, or even impossible to achieve using the...
