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Compact Living and Small Spaces
2 Comments May 13th, 2008

Australia, a country where land is abundant as oppose to less fortunate ‘Kiasu‘ Singaporean (I dislike my ‘Singaporean’ lecturer, a fresh graduate with zero working experience, he said it is alright to show human, furniture, cars and plants in the working drawing set - little did he knows that he is what we describe as [...]



Legendary Landmark For Sale
1 Comment December 2nd, 2007

image source: Wikipedia
The Eiffel Tower for Sale - $100,000
In 1925, Victor Lustig, a Czech con artist read in the newspaper that the Eiffel Tower needed a major repair, this gave him an idea of a scam that could potentially make him a millionaire, and thus he set sail for Paris.
Victor posted as “Deputy Director-General of [...]



Wolf Prix and Peter Eisenman
7 Comments November 2nd, 2007

Found this at aperion, my final presentation is on this coming tuesday, possibly my real ‘final’ presentation. Anyway, here is a short video clip of Peter Eisenman and Wolf prix of Coop Himmelblau during a class presentation, it appears to me they are debating on the topic ‘How to teach architecture’. Possibly the worst [...]



The Best Archi-Blogs of 2007
No Comments October 11th, 2007

PartIV is running a poll on the best archi-blogs of 2007, the good news is, my blog has been shortlisted as one of the Top 25 English speaking archi-blog around the world. PartIV should bring this idea of his to the next level, make it big, there are lots of blog awards for the funniest [...]



Survey on favorite 3D Rendering Software
No Comments October 5th, 2007

Here’s the result from the previous poll, 3D max and SketchUp top the poll mainly because I tend to blog more about these softwares. Anyway, I’ve created another poll - Architects design buildings because?
Technorati Tags: Survey, 3D rendering, Software, Max, SketchUp



Architecture Survey Results
No Comments June 21st, 2007

Survey based on previous post - World’s oldest profession and Architects, Lawyers and Prostitute.

Survey based on previous post - Architects are sexy.

Survey based on the favorite 3d rendering software
Suggest a poll by dropping a comment in the comment box below. Thanks.



Hilton Maldives Resort Undersea Restaurant
No Comments April 5th, 2007

Experience a whole new dining experience in the world’s first ever undersea restaurant, brought to you by Hilton Maldives Resort & Spa, this undersea restaurant is known as Ithaa, which translate as “pearl” in the natives’ language in Maldives, Dhivehi.
This undersea restaurant cost less than $5 million and is part of a project to rebuilt [...]



Adobe Photoshop Goes Online
No Comments March 1st, 2007

Adobe has decided to join the web 2.0 by offering an online version of Photoshop within the next six month. The idea of an online version of Photoshop is due to pressure from competitors, probably a fear that Google or Microsoft might offer similar products as for free online. Revenue would be generated through online [...]



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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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