by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
This machinima is weak, but I wanted to quickly document some of the progress being made on Architecture Island (better machinima will follow as the site evolves). Designer Dingson is installing Mies Van der Rohe’s ‘Farnsworth House’ (SL build by...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 5, 2007 | Uncategorized
Via Gwyneth Llewelyn “Developed by Beta Technologies for Sunbelt Software, this building is inspired by the real building standing in Clearwater, Florida. It’s one of the areas in a private island designed to support Sunbelt Software’s own user...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
Are you an architect or student of architecture that would like some land to start building your projects and architectural experiements? The Homestead (AKA Architecture Island) is an architectural incubator being used by RL architects from all around the world. The...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
You can bet I’ll be posting more about the architecture of simVineyard, by Chip Poutine of Virtual Suburbia. But until then, keep an eye on their project blog HERE.
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Below is an outstanding piece of architectural machinima showing the construction and design methodology behind Scope Cleaver’s remarkable build for the Masters of Digital Media. Scope designed this build based on Architectural illustrations of their soon-to-be...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Last December, I wrote about our Second Life presentation during Autodesk CEO Carl Bass’ keynote presentation in Vegas. LINK I found THIS news to be particularly exciting, especially since my quest to pursue architecture in the metaverse brought me to Clear...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R7bXu2ozXo0] Many thanks to Selma Serrerier, Ace Albion and Dahlia Trimble for collaborating on the creation of this piece.
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 25, 2007 | Uncategorized
[youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KruzH82Z2qQ] I’ve been working on this piece of machinima for the past few days in an attempt to summarize my progress to-date with using Second Life as a professional tool. Given the steep learning curve for newcomers to...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 12, 2007 | Uncategorized
Slideshow HERE While colleagues, friends, family members and even fellow avatars may question my sanity for transitioning from a real-world architectural practice into virtual architecture, I felt reasonably assured I had made the right decision when I was assigned...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jan 11, 2007 | Uncategorized
Required reading for anyone interested in virtual architecture: HERE via Tab Scott HERE via wu-had