by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 7, 2007 | Uncategorized
Quite a few quality entries in the Meltori Editore architecture competition, recently organized by Mario Gerosa (Frank Koolhaas in SL). [youtube= http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7Glm-iaTDg&eurl=] Via Virtual Architecture...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
This week, we’ll be trying out a meeting at 2:00 PM SL-time (PDT) on Architecture Island (last week’s 6:00pm time wasn’t very popular). I’m in the process of verifying a guest presentation, and will provide more details as soon as I know more....
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 6, 2007 | Uncategorized
What? Spatially interesting and aesthetically independent pieces of architecture are sought from the inhabitants of the digital parallel world that has almost five million participants. The competition is open for all. Why? The aim of the competition is to explore new...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
Within 10 minutes, I had my adobo customized to be ‘Oh So Fresh and Clean’. When I started, it was an ‘Enemy of the Planet’. Whew! What a great way to end the week, saving the planet in...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 3, 2007 | Uncategorized
Interesting article on Coldwell Banker’s Second Life presence, including the replication of this $3 million dollar home, on ABC News – check out the story HERE.
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 2, 2007 | Uncategorized
[youtube = http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xy90VxgWTP0] Taking the idea of reflexive architecture a step further, perhaps virtual architecture could not only be sensitive and dynamic to the movement of its occupants, but capable of incorporating real time data streams,...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 1, 2007 | Uncategorized
A very interesting post by IBM Eightbar’s Ian Hughes (epredator Potato) on Terra Nova regarding the perceived differences and similarities between real life corporate environments and ‘games’ or virtual worlds. Is there an architectural equivalent to...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
We’ve now added a shared Google Calendar for all things architecture and design in Second Life. Please let me know of upcoming events the group would be interested in, and I’ll add it here!...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 30, 2007 | Uncategorized
Every Thursday at 6:00 PM SL-Time (PDT) The Architecture group will be hosting weekly meetings, starting this week in the Wikitecture gathering space on Architecture Island. If you are interested in moderating a parallel meeting to accomodate additional time zones, or...
by Jon Brouchoud | Jul 29, 2007 | Uncategorized
This is an exception to the norm for The Arch, but I can’t resist – I think it’s a truly native use of SL, and well worth a visit. If Googie Architecture, sci-fi, horror and/or good-bad old school cinema is your thing, Sky Cinema fly-in theater will...
