Great project

Beautiful and sculptural....and great engineering

http://www.aa13.fr/architecture/timmelsjoch-experience-werner-tscholl-12669

eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition

I'd like to enter this one year, but not this year...unless I turn it into a school project ?

http://www.evolo.us/architecture/registration-evolo-2013-skyscraper-competition/

Great project

Great little hotel project in Mexico....

http://www.dezeen.com/2012/07/04/endemico-resguardo-silvestre-by-gracia-studio/

How 3D Printing Will Change Our World

Thought this was a very good article.

http://www.archdaily.com/255156/how-3d-printing-will-change-our-world-part-ii/

House of the week

Lots of great projects from these architects, but I particularly like this one.

http://grayorganschi.com/index.php/projects/details/seaside_house#

House of the week

A little different - nice play on geometry and materials. Nice clean drawings too, for all my students.

http://www.homedsgn.com/2012/07/04/transformation-a-charrat-by-clavienrossier-architectes/

Autocad Tip

It's been awhile since someone actually showed me something new that I like.

There are a whole series of these Autodesk videos, but this one is particularly useful.

House of the week

Great space, interesting materials and nice landscaping -
What's not to like ?

http://www.homedsgn.com/2012/05/17/heavy-metal-residence-by-hufft-projects/

House of the Century

Kaufmann desert house by Richard Neutra
One of my all-time favorite houses (Palm Springs, CA)

http://www.archdaily.com/104112/ad-classics-kaufmann-house-richard-neutra/

House of the week

Love the bunker-like feel of the place

http://www.homedsgn.com/2011/12/09/malbaie-v-le-phare-by-mu-architecture/

Sigh...the good old days

House of the week

Always liked their work....very regional.

http://www.homedsgn.com/2011/09/02/the-brown-residence-by-lakeflato-architects/

Love this stuff...

http://zeitguised.wordpress.com/

House of the week

I'm going to try and keep this a regular thing.

For this week, some old university friends have really made a name for themselves in Arizona, designing some wonderfully refined and elegant spaces....

http://www.hkassociates.net/Site/Barrio_Historico.html

Nice house...

http://www.homedsgn.com/2012/03/16/house-la-punta-by-central-de-arquitectura/

A couple of videos concerning Alex Roman, one of the most talented Architectural Visualization masters of all time...

If anyone is interested in taking a more advanced 3D graphics/presentation course for architecture, BCIT has a new PTS course beginning in the Fall. It is going to be really good. I won't be teaching it, but James Insley is an extremely talented instructor who does amazing architectural computer graphic work (former BCIT ABET grad).

BLDG 4425 - Advanced Computer Graphics for Architecture

The course covers advanced techniques for modelling/materials/lighting and rendering using mental ray and 3D Studio MAX, as well as post-production concepts using Adobe Photoshop and Illustrator to create high quality professional Architectural presentation media. Prerequisite: BLDG 3405 or approval of instructor. (3 Credits)

Some good architectural firm websites

Battersby Howatt - Old schoolmates from University of Manitoba - both David and Heather are very talented, and do very nice work.

Brian Mckay Lyons - Brian McKay-Lyons is another great contemporary Canadian architect from Halifax

Olson Kundig - Tom Kundig (of Olson Kundig) is one of my favs.

Marcio Kogan - Marcio Kogan - great Brazilian architect...horribly over-designed website

Fearon Hay - a personal (and not well known) favorite of mine from NZ (especially love the Shark Alley House)

Peter Gluck - Was given his book as a gift, and have to admit I hadn't heard of him. Some very interesting projects.

oops

Totally forgot about this blog for quite awhile.

Only just noticed it when I googled 'ABET' and 'BCIT' out of boredom.

Will make a renewed effort to keep this up to date.

Skyscraper competition

An annual skyscraper competition that invites architects, engineers and designers around the world to explore new ideas and concepts for the future of 'vertical density'.

Some fascinating ideas and great presentation material....

www.evolo-arch.com