Earth Day - Energy Simulation Plugins for SketchUp

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 [...]

New Resizing Image Technology

Extremely awesome, this is an amazing technology, photoshopping will never be the same again - ever.

A new technique shows resizing of images while keeping the important features of the image undistorted, also allows you to protect or remove part of the image with anything removed being automatically and seamlessly filled in.
Technorati Tags: Resizing Images, [...]

Books

Sorry for the lack of updates, was sick for the entire week, flu, sore throat, fever, running nose, you name it I’ve got it, possibly bird flu, SARS, mad cow disease and all the good things.
Falling sick means I’m a half dead zombie with plenty of time to spare and reading is the best activity [...]

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 [...]

Peter Eisenman - Chora I Works

Architects are crazy, but Peter Eisenman took this craziness to another level. Ladies and gentleman please visit your district or campus library and search for his book - Chora I Works.

No, Peter Eisenman is not a worm, not a book worm either, I have no idea why that punch-card ballot box look but it is [...]

Type the Sky fonts by Lisa Rienermann

Sported at Designboom and Deezeen, here is a font created Lisa Rienermann while studying at the University of Duisburg-Essen, the alphabet is formed of the shapes of buildings against the sky when photographed.
This unique font is specially created for those that eat and breath architecture, it is highly recommended that all students should use it [...]

Google SketchUp for Dummies and Autodesk Revit

“Google SketchUp for Dummies”, I might check it out in my nearest local bookstore soon, according to Amazon, the book has a total of 432 pages with something like 260 illustrations and a 16-page color insert. Price at $17.00, the book contain some really comprehensive guide on modeling a 3D in SketchUp, the best part [...]

Podium - Photo Realistic Rendering for SketchUp

I was searching for some free SketchUp Plugins and stumble upon this rendering plugin for SketchUp - Podium, according to them, Podium works entirely inside SketchUp and uses SketchUp’s surfaces, textures, views, background color and shadows, it employs Global Illumination (GI) and Ray tracing to create photo-realistic images.
I’ve yet to give it a try, [...]