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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 [...]



Drafting is Like Riding a Horse
1 Comment March 26th, 2008

Anyone with both experience in riding a horse and drafting? Is it “Like riding a horse”, am not too sure about the riding part but it sounds as if they’re sending the wrong message: “Drafting is like riding a horse in your bikini.”.
Technorati Tags: Riding the Horse, Horse, Bikini, Architect, Drafting, [...]



All I Want For Christmas Is An Architect Outfit!
1 Comment December 20th, 2007

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 [...]



Demolish My School, Please?
No Comments November 9th, 2007

Image Source and Copyright : Andrews McMeel Publishing
This is a girl in Ireland making a prank call to a demolition company, she requested their help to demolish her school together with her teaches inside the building. Can you imagine she is just 8 year old girl! This is the best prank call ever, sounds pretty [...]



How to work “I’m an Architect” into Casual Conversation
No Comments October 29th, 2007

Click here for more sage words of wisdom
Via James Stamp from Life Without a Building, these are AIA recruitment posters.
According to a survey, architects are sexy! It appears that AIA is giving a pretty bad lesson on how to pick up chicks. Do females go crazy when a person says ” I am an architect.”
Here’s [...]



Architecture Comics
3 Comments October 27th, 2007

A friend of my emailed me this really funny comics, I love these archi-comics, anymore? Please email it to me and I’ll share it with all the readers of mirage studio. Please! More comics can be found at the Architecture Humor section.
Technorati Tags: Autocad, Comic, Funny, Architecture, Comics, Joke



Danny Lyon - First We Kill The Architects
No Comments October 9th, 2007

Found this interesting article at NY Times Online.
In the past, designing cities was the job of emperors and kings, and when Danny Lyon was asked to help design a city, he was flattered. Recently came up with 10 suggestions for New York City.
1. First we kill the architects.
2. Then we burn the malls. (Following Alexander’s [...]



Construction Mistakes
1 Comment September 24th, 2007

Look at the steepness of those slopes
Not quite what I had in mind, here is a blog that has some really interesting collection of construction mistakes, only a handful of them are technical errors. The image below is definitely the mother of all construction error, can you imagine the amount of effort wasted?

image source: DavidTeoh

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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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