ARCHITECTURAL COLLABORATION NETWORK

eDrawings Professional for Google SketchUp

by admin on May 2nd, 2007

eDrawings for Google SketchUp provides an innovative way to share your designs. You can publish your SketchUp models to eDrawings files that can be packed into a self-executable (.exe). The self-executable file contains the viewer as well as the design data.This ensures that the recipients of such a files do not need to purchase or […]

VRay ambient occlusion 2.0

by admin on March 13th, 2007

- This script renders an ambient occlusion pass with VRay from any scene, without changing anything. There is no need to prepare the scene in any way either. The Script offers two method to render ambient occlusion. 1) Dirtmap - Every surface is illuminated and contributes to the lighting solution. It is even possible to […]

Harris Armstrong: excellent space for live musical performances

by admin on March 13th, 2007

Interior view of auditorium at center of Armstrong’s Ethical
Society. One of the primary criteria in the design was excellence in
acoustics which was analyzed in depth. The result is an excellent space
for live musical performances.via Architectural ruminations

Call for Entries: Graphic Work: Imaging Today’s Labor Movement

by admin on February 1st, 2007

The American labor movement has an amazing history of graphic
production, creating some of the most effective political images in the
history of this country. However, work and workers, along with the
labor movement, are often depicted as experiences of the American past:
photographs of children in factories in the early 1900’s, paintings of
Joe Hill or Rosa Parks, historic […]

Dasparkhotel, The Park Pipe Hotel

by admin on January 26th, 2007

In a public park in Linz, Austria, three drain pipes have been converted into mini hostel/hotel rooms. Called Dasparkhotel, each room comes with a double bed, linens, a side table and a bed light. The guest is asked to pay what they can for the room. As for amenties such as a bathroom, guests at […]