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...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 21, 2007 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 16, 2007 | Uncategorized
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...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 14, 2007 | Uncategorized
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...