Palladio’s Villa Venete, by Alfredo Desideri is now under construction on Architecture Island. Alfredo started his Second Life explorations through a Palladianesque installation (still rezzed on the island), and a tiny replica. The model shown here is still...
Le Corbusier’s Villa Savoye, by Anton Brody is one to keep an eye on. The build already looks very promising. Given his careful attention to detail, and deep concern for historical accuracy, it should have been no surprise that Anton started working in Second...
I’ve posted a transcript is posted on a Page on the left column. It was quite an interesting, and productive conversation! Every time we meet like this, I’m reminded that we really should be having more meetings! I’ll add a few thoughts on the...
Thursday, February 15: 6:30 pm SL-Time in the RL Architects gathering space HERE. (Map ‘The Homestead’ in SL) First, a welcome to new members of the group! Newbie real life architects from around the world are showing up in Second Life on an almost daily...
It was early in 2001, and I was (hopefully) about to complete my final semester of graduate school at UW-Milwaukee School of Architecture and Urban Planning. Everyone in my studio was busy putting the finishing touches on the carefully crafted basswood models they had...
Here’s another experiment with architectural Hybrid Machinima. [youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MYIc7Fu0dT8] Machinima, rl video, design concepts and background music by Keystone Bouchard (Jon...
As real-world data is absorbed into virtual environments, it isn’t too daring to imagine a future when architects, their clients, investors, builders and community members will be able to virtually inhabit a design concept, embedded in a ‘smart’ mesh...
“Should the future of communication about architecture and urban planning projects come from the video game development?” Read more HERE. Via reBang; see also 3pointD coverage. YouTube link via Chip Poutine’s comment on reBang....
