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....
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...
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...
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...
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.
