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by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
The AIArchitect online resource for members of the American Institute of Architects recently published an excellent story about architecture in Second Life (read it here). In it, they talk about the work of Guillermo Vasquez de Velasco, Assoc. AIA, who is the dean of...
by Jon Brouchoud | Feb 22, 2009 | Uncategorized
I recently sent out a plea via Twitter (I’m @Keystone) to find a better way to experience real-life scale buildings. It has long been a frustration of mine (and just about everyone who tries to build rl-scale builds in SL!) that anything built at 1:1...
by Jon Brouchoud | Dec 23, 2008 | Uncategorized
Check out this ‘mashup of Google Earth and Second Life creating a collaborative 3D data visualization.’ from the National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration “Virtual worlds like Second Life allow users to show information in ways that are very...
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 20, 2008 | Uncategorized
This is a guest post by Jaz Beverly, cross posted from her blog ‘Metaversity.’ photo by Jaz Beverly On day three of Architecture Days on Orange Island, there was much discussion of balance between how much is preplanned, and how much of community...
by Jon Brouchoud | Nov 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
I’m honored to have been invited to the Metanomics stage this coming Monday, November 17th at noon (12:00) SL-time (PDT) to talk about architecture in virtual worlds. To learn more, visit the Metanomics event page here:...
by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 15, 2008 | Uncategorized
From Dakota Dreamscape: Welcome to the Dakota Skies Cultural Center ~~Chaplet Design Competition Theme: A Spiritual Respite Interpretation of theme is at the designer’s discretion but must be respectful and meditative. Contemplative but not religious. For a...
by Jon Brouchoud | Oct 10, 2008 | Uncategorized
Be2camp is free to register and free to attend , and will be starting in just a few hours! This will be a BarCamp style ‘Unconference’ to promote the use of Web 2.0 technologies in the Built Environment (eg Architecture, Construction, Engineering,...
by Jon Brouchoud | Sep 2, 2008 | Uncategorized
Interest in the upcoming Be2Camp on October 10th is growing rapidly, and I would highly recommend joining the community HERE to be informed of future updates on the agenda as it emerges. Even if you can’t make it to London, we are hoping to stream some of the...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 27, 2008 | Uncategorized
Here we have Lebbeus Woods, who “continues to work at a small drafting table in a corner of his apartment here, a solitary, monklike figure churning out increasingly abstract architectural fantasies…” Would someone please get this man a Second Life...
by Jon Brouchoud | Aug 13, 2008 | Uncategorized
In a recent post, Caleb Booker suggests: “Wider adoption by architects is long overdue. Initial experiments in fast prototyping of architectural designs, and of bringing clients on very early tours, is very promising.” Obviously, we couldn’t agree...
