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by Jon Brouchoud | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Delaware Technical & Community College has made a strong and successful debut in their use of virtual worlds in architectural education through a project led by Professor L.C. Weaverling’s (Profesora Farigoule in SL) ‘Architectural Design:...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 14, 2009 | Uncategorized
We are starting our fifth week of work here in Cairo. Construction proceeds in SL. We are rapidly running out of prims. The design is starting to be dictated by what looks best with the fewest prims – not an ideal situation. We anticipate a major presentation to our...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
The Next Generation of Virtual Visualization: Vray Rendering + Dynamic Shade and Shadow: http://tinyurl.com/c59aay # @Metanomics, ftw! First show of the season tomorrow, first show in the new event space! Here we are preparing: http://tinyurl.com/dl4d2q # @Metanomics...
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by Jon Brouchoud | May 10, 2009 | Uncategorized
On Friday, May 22nd at 11am PDT (18.00 GMT), we will be hosting a discussion on Architecture Island in Second Life, called “The Learning Curve for Architectural Education in Virtual Worlds” as part of this year’s WIAOC 2009 conference this SLurl....
by Jon Brouchoud | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Check out this Vray rendered model uploaded on the ArchVirtual grid by Jules Vos. The rendering quality, combined with the dynamic shade and shadow create a visually stunning and comparably low-cost way to experience an architectural design. We added finishing...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 4, 2009 | Uncategorized
Written by DB Bailey (David Denton Architect): In the larger sense, I don’t know why we are here. Two years ago, my name appeared on a short list of international architects approved by the Egyptian government for planning projects here. My first reaction was...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
RT @archforhumanity: Coming to #AIA2009? Here’s a list of our events, including coffee at our newly renov office http://is.gd/vcD5 # We’re really looking forward to @be2camp, and giving a brief Studio Wikitecture presentation: http://tinyurl.com/dzakvv #...
by Jon Brouchoud | May 3, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’m a big fan of Torley’s tutorials, and see they have been consolidated into a single resource HERE. Enjoy!
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
I’ve never been inside of Rietveld’s Schroder house, and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Usonian homes are among my favorite. I found replicas of these buildings in Google 3D Warehouse, but orbiting around them in SketchUp is choppy at best, and doesn’t...
by Jon Brouchoud | Apr 29, 2009 | Uncategorized
David Denton, AIA – an architect from Marina Del Rey, California has been spending the past several weeks working on a project in Egypt. He has found virtual world modeling to be far more effective than traditional CAD or BIM applications in sharing ideas with...
