Archive for July, 2006

Chinese Bookstore in Beijing
1 Comment July 31st, 2006

With the China’s one child policy, children in China are known as little prince and princess, and with the growing middle class hungry for western luxuries and comforts, kids in Beijings are pampered with toys and care.
The image above is one of the bookstore found in Beijing, it is a delightful fairytale world full of [...]



Graphisoft ArchiCAD 10 is Free for Students
13 Comments July 27th, 2006

Two days ago I’ve receive a personal email from Graphisoft, according to him/her, Graphisoft has released the new Archicad 10, the latest CAD software, and has now made it available to students for free! A clean, legal, fully functional and operational Archicad 10! In order to enter Heaven, I’m doing my part for the good [...]



There Once Was a Dream
No Comments July 26th, 2006

She is coming tomorrow, and I do not think she will last for more than a month said the senior draftsperson. Maybe she won’t even turn up tomorrow said another draftsperson.
I took a deep breath and stood up, as I walk towards the toilet, the empty seat at the admin area reminds me of Vicky. [...]



Live in It and Spin It
No Comments July 25th, 2006

What do you do when you have this nice view overlooking the city? You can’t possible have every room sharing the same view towards the city, can you? Well, Janet Johnstone did exactly that and they built a house near the top of Mountain Helix, San Diego. Reason being that they couldn’t decide which room [...]



Architects, Doctors, Prostitutes and Clients
2 Comments July 22nd, 2006

Why do Architects, Engineers, Accountants, Lawyers and Prostitutes have clients while only Doctors have Patients? I’ve been searching for the answer high and low ever since I’ve posted this question month ago, and finally found it during a conversation with my office senior draftsperson.
The only profession that deserve our respect is the doctor, I don’t [...]



Frank Gehry Food Stand Project
1 Comment July 21st, 2006

Could this be true? Frank Gehry actually design this? Looks more like something that came out from Tadao Ando’s office. Delicious is the name of the food stand, and it is located within his 43,000 square foot office. It is a place for his people and his creative neighbors to mix and mingle. The menu [...]



CityScape Coat Hangers
No Comments July 19th, 2006

For those with money to throw, I have just found the best product to waste your hard earn money with. The Cityscape coat hanger! A set comes with 5 hangers, making you 250UK pounds poorer. The coat hanger has the shape of 5 major fashion city in the world - Paris, New York, London, Tokyo [...]



Take the Park With You.
No Comments July 18th, 2006

David Gallaugher, a student at the Dalhousie School of Architecture in Halifax, Nova Scotia, has created a grass-lined wheel to simulate an eternal lawn environment. Remind me of my previous post on PARK(ing).
Looks like a hamster with his wheels running wild in the city, but the reason behind this idea is the feeling of walking [...]



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    Currently studying Architecture in Curtin University, Western Australia. Calvin loves web designing and photography, occasionally he blogs about his thoughts and opinions.

    Every morning he refill himself with weird energy-inducing substances known as coffee and tea and then off saving the world, I mean studying and blogging of course.

    The author is not a CAD expert nor a web genius. Just another guy spending too much time online (believe me, way too much). The tutorials featured here are meant for basic level understanding.








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