Archive for April, 2008

Rem Koolhaas’s Ras al Khaimah Convention and Exhibition Centre
2 Comments April 28th, 2008

Image Source: Tropolism

Image Source: Tropolism
Known as the Disneyland of architecture, Dubai has lost it all, to quote Tropolism: "Koolhaas and OMA have officially lost their marbles", a rather extraordinary big marble.
Taken from George Lucas’s Rem Koolhaas’s drawing board, the Death Star like 44-story sphere shaped building appears to be floating on the water [...]



Earth Day - Energy Simulation Plugins for SketchUp
No Comments April 23rd, 2008

Google SketchUp is celebrating Earth Day with the launch of a new website (I miss the old layout, the new layout is simply ugly) and some really interesting plugins for people that are into sustainability.
Created by the National Renewable Energy Laboratory for the U.S. Department of Energy, Energy Design Plugin is a free plugin for [...]



Calvin Heart Graphisoft
No Comments April 20th, 2008

Life was like a UPS parcel, you never know what you’re gonna get - Graphisoft, the creator of ArchiCAD mailed me a gift all the way from Budapest.
Enough of the chit chat already, check out the ArchiCAD 10 and ArchiCAD 11 t-shirt!

The ArchiCAD 11 t-shirt is my favorite, probably the fonts comes is bright [...]



Jean Nouvel, Winner of the Pritzker Architecture Prize 2008
No Comments April 19th, 2008

Image Source: Dezeen
On Jun. 2, Nouvel will receive the Pritzker Prize, architecture’s highest honor, in a ceremony at the Library of Congress in Washington. The Paris-based architect has won the profession’s highest honor - Pritzker Prize 2008, for a career of memorable buildings. This is undoubtedly Jean Nouvel’s moment, aside from winning the Pritzker, his [...]



AutoDesk’s AutoWoof 2008
No Comments April 16th, 2008

Autodesk’s AutoWoof 2008 is a revolutionary new product; it has the ability to speed up your work by 100%. For your information, AutoWoof 2008 is schedule to replace AutoCAD 2008 in the future; this new amazing product has swept across the global like wild fire and has captured the hearts and imagination of draftsperson and [...]



Obama Barack the Architect
No Comments April 14th, 2008

Source: TimesOnline

The World Election 2008 United States presidential election 2008 is around the corner, and this could be the most interesting election ever, that is if, a BIG if, one of the Democratic Party candidate wins the erection election.
I’m a supporter of Hillary Clinton, and a little bit of Obama, any candidate dished out by [...]



The Fantasy of Architecture, Asia’s Ideal City
No Comments April 12th, 2008

Two most significant urban prototypes produced by Modern Movement are Le Corbusier’s Ville Radieuse and Frank Lloyd Wright’s Broadacre City - where every family with its own separate home on its own separate acre of land. Wright’s Broadacre City is a prescription for today’s suburbia on a bigger scale.
At first glance, these two prototypes appears [...]



Tower Building Competition Using Sugar Cubes
No Comments April 5th, 2008

Sorry for the lack of updates, been really busy with my assignments and thesis. Well, better late than never. For those that are not familiar with Curtin University’s Architecture building, here is a photo of the interior known as the blue carpet, according to the lecturers; it was blue many years ago but not any [...]




     

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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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