Archive for October, 2006

Art meets CAD - Autodesk Impression
No Comments October 31st, 2006

If Autodesk Impression hits the market, it is going to change they way people compile their presentation boards. This software is simple and easy to use, possibly the next must have architecture software is everyone’s list. You can actually give this yet to be release software a try, the good news is the trial version [...]



Using Google Architecturally
No Comments October 30th, 2006

1. Google Search
Google now searches Microsoft Office, PostScript, Corel WordPerfect, Lotus 1-2-3, and others. The new file types will simply appear in Google search results whenever they are relevant to the user query. For example, if you’re looking for the Door Detailing in AutoCAD DWG format, key in door detail filetype:dwg

The image above is an [...]



Matchstick Marvels - Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry
1 Comment October 28th, 2006

God must be crazy, he made so many of them. This is madness, my brain would explode into tiny bits if I were given the task to built this matchstick version of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry at the Matchstick Marvels museum in Gladbrook, IA. The entire Harry Potter castle should be finished by [...]



Draw With The Wind
No Comments October 26th, 2006

Is this not cool? Semi-living things like a tree produce such a wonderful art. This reminds me of Frank Gehry’s sketches, according to the creator of Tree Art, the tree uses wind as her guide now is the secret to Frank Gehry’s masterpiece? Draw with the wind. I have to admit that Frank is a [...]



Pirated Neufert Architect’s Data ebook
6 Comments October 25th, 2006

I got a Metric Handbook and I have to say this book is a big let down. I was told by the lecturer that it was a good buy, I should have went for the neufert, its way much better. These books are every architect’s bible. The neufert comes with 648 pages and 6200 illustrations, [...]



The Abandoned City San Zhi
4 Comments October 25th, 2006

Talk about ghost city, this must be the next best abandoned city after the Chernobyl Town. originally built as a luxury vacation retreat for the rich, it was abandon due to numerous fatal accidents during the construction. According to rumors, this ghost city is now haunted by those who died building it.
The area is called [...]



Painting a Building the Sony Bavaria Way
No Comments October 21st, 2006

This amazing new Sony Bravia TV ad featuring massive paint explosions took 10 days and 250 people to film. This is madness, painting a building like no other. I think the neighborhood where they filmed this looks boring and abandoned (I have to think about East Germany).

The effect was stunning, but afterwards a major clean-up [...]



Mono Chromed Theme Spaces
No Comments October 19th, 2006

Spaces which play with various shades of a single colour, a solid theme and ambience is born which defines the signature of the space and the quality that associate with it. This reminds me of my Alma meter - Limkokwing Uni-College, everything in there is black. Its like mourning something all year round, even the [...]



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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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