Google SketchUp Style Builder - Imitation of Sketches

They put the sketch back in SketchUp, but the latest release by Google SketchUp comes bundle with Style Builder, a new tool that you can use to create your own customized sketchy-edge Styles.
Before the magical journey begins, you are required to sketch a few lines onto a template (above) and feed the program with [...]

Architecture Sucks T-Shirt

Yeah, I adore architecture but I know that it can SUCK at times, especially during the end of the semester, those last minute submission and presentation, and for those times I am going to wear this T-Shirt for my presentation, yeah, it sucks.
Get your Architecture Sucks T-Shirt from Archinect.net. Archinect was initially developed in 1997 [...]

The Malaysian Dotcom Youth Search

The Malaysian Dotcom Youth Search is on the hunt to identify the hottest and most innovative website, made by youths. With thousands of Malaysian websites including blogs and portals emerging daily, they are on the lookout for owners of super cool sites, giving them recognition for their work. Based on the phone conversation I had [...]

All I Want For Christmas Is An Architect Outfit!

Next year is my 8th year studying and working in the architecture field, 8 years of bullshitting and suffering is one hectic journey. Quite a number of my friends asked me, is the course rewarding? Well, I believe the question is very subjective and might vary from person to person, again, it really depends on [...]

Architects Say They Are ‘Very Happy’ With Their Job

According to Time Magazine’s survey on Job Happiness, 53.5% out of an unknown numbers of architects surveyed appears to be very happy with their job, I wonder what happen to the 46.5%?
Draftsman on the other hand happens to be the worst in the architecture industry, under paid for their knowledge and capabilities, I believe draftsman [...]

On Hiatus - Visiting Kuala Lumpur

Image Copyright 1998, LeoFoo
Kuala Lumpur here I come, the capital of Malaysia. Shopping malls, cinemas, night life, mamak and everything malaysia, which includes street demos, ISA, snatch thief, road bullies and traffic jams, Kuala Lumpur, the city that never sleeps.
Here’s my shopping list:

Canon D400 Camera
Wireless Router
Girodano T-Shirts
Wallet
Portable Harddisk or a Thumbdrive
Blank CDs and DVDs
Nokia n95 [...]

Sustainable Building in Zimbabwe Modeled After Termite Mounds

Image Source: Inhabitat
The Eastgate Centre in Harare, Zimbabwe has no conventional air-conditioning or heating, yet stays regulated year round with dramatically less energy consumption, the building uses less than 10% of the energy of a conventional office tower in similar size, thus saving the management $3.5 million a year on air-conditioning.
Designed by architect Mick Pearce [...]

As Per Architect Specifications

image source: Notebook © 2005 James Wheare
Blog reader James dropped a comment on the previous post “Architects are lower down the pecking order now!”, I thought it was really interesting and straight to the point, here goes:
I’m not an architect/architecture student. I’m a cad monkey. I did not chose architecture but I chose building [...]