Marlon Blackwell, principal of Marlon Blackwell Architects and distinguished professor and department head at the Fay Jones School of Architecture at the University of Arkansas, practices in Fayetteville, Arkansas, where the temptation to design according to a derivative vernacular—and the risk of descending into quaintness—is great. Blackwell seeks instead to operate in the space between […]
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This book is about my memories of over fifty years of flying radio controlled model airplanes. Back in the mid 1960’s after finishing my education I took up my old hobby again. First I tried single channel with rubber powered compound escapements moving the rudder. One pulse for right rudder, two for left and three pulses activated the secondary escapement for a one stage change throttle setting. A one stage change meant the throttle moved from, for instance, low to medium. Every time the throttle setting required adjustment the whole sequence was repeated all over again.
Fifty years later we have graduated to Spektra computer radios with fully programmable features and settings for seven channels. With enough memory to store data for 10 different aircraft, fixed and rotary wing types all this on 2.4 gigahertz frequency so that dozens of models can operate simultaneously without interference.
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Welcome to the world of 3D architectural visualizations using the most powerful and versatile 3D software package on the planet: 3ds Max. In just the last few years, the visualization industry has arguably become the fastest-growing 3D industry, and may soon overtake all others in total number of users. Just as the use of computer-aided design became the norm for nearly all architectural, engineering, and construction firms in the 1990s, 3D visualizations have become standard practice today.
This book takes you through the challenge of learning one of the most complex computer programs ever created, by way of easy-to-follow tutorials and instruction. It specifically focuses on those parts of the program you need to know to produce stunning architectural visualizations.
The intent is not to show you every possible way to accomplish a task, but rather some of the fastest and most efficient ways. At the end of the book, there is a guide to marketing your services, as well as 20 top tips that took the author almost 10 years to learn in a production environment—sometimes the hard way.
3ds Max is a large and complex application, but by learning just the features that apply to visualizations, you’ll be learning everything you need to know to get ahead in the industry in the shortest possible amount of time.
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London‘s Southbank Centre announced yesterday that it has reached an agreement with skateboarding group Long Live Southbank, and is dropping plans to move the famous skatepark to a new site underneath Hungerford Bridge nearby. The decision, which is ensured by a binding planning agreement with Lambeth Council, brings a close to a dispute that has lasted almost a year and a half – ever since the Southbank Centre unveiled redevelopment plans by Feilden Clegg Bradley which included the removal of the skatepark in favour of retail space in the Southbank’s undercroft.
The agreement also involves both sides dropping a series of legal challenges initiated during the dispute, including the Southbank’s challenge over the registration of the skatepark as an ‘asset of community value,’ an attempt by Long Live Southbank to have the skatepark listed as a village green, and a judicial review of Lambeth Council’s decision to reject the village green application.
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In return, Long Live Southbank has announced that they are “pleased to support Southbank Centre’s Festival Wing project,” which aims to improve the Southbank’s three cultural destinations, Queen Elizabeth Hall, the Purcell Room and the Hayward Gallery.
“I’m pleased that Lambeth Council was able to work with both sides and find an imaginative solution to resolve this,” said Lambeth Council Leader Lib Peck. “Shared public space in London is precious and Southbank Centre is a great asset to the country’s cultural life. This agreement is a sensible way of protecting both and we can all now look forward.”
Earlier this year, the Southbank Centre looked set to go ahead with its plans to move the skatepark, with a design by SNE Architects for a new skatepark nearby. However, their plan was dealt a major blow when Mayor of London Boris Johnson announced his support of the skateboarders, which many saw as an implication that he would personally reject any planning application which involved the move.
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Shortly afterward, the Southbank Centre announced that they were postponing their planning application by another three months while they explored alternative options for the redevelopment, saying “it is far from clear how the scheme might now proceed without exposing Southbank Centre to unacceptable levels of financial risk.” There is still no indication whether they have a plan to fund the redevelopment now that one of their key methods of funding the scheme, the retail units in the undercroft, has been eliminated.
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Skaters Win Battle Against Southbank Centre originally appeared on ArchDaily, the most visited architecture website on 19 Sep 2014.
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The sun never knew how great it was until it struck the side of a building.
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Created in close collaboration with The LEGO Group and Adam Reed Tucker, LEGO® Architecture visionary, LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide takes a deep look at the artists, builders, and inspiration behind the LEGO Architecture series. Beautifully illustrated and annotated, this visual guide allows you to explore the LEGO team’s creative process in building and understand how LEGO artists translated such iconic buildings into these buildable LEGO sets. Stunning images and in-depth exploration of the real buildings like the Guggenheim™ or the Empire State Building, on which the LEGO Architecture series is based, provide you with a comprehensive look at the creation of these intricate sets. Learn why the LEGO team chose certain pieces and what particular challenges they faced. Read about the inspiration behind the creative processes and what designing and building techniques were used on various sets. Featuring profiles of the LEGO artists and builders who created the series and packaged in a sleek protective slipcase, LEGO Architecture: The Visual Guide is the ultimate illustrated tour of the LEGO Architecture series in all its micro-scale detail.
Iconic buildings reimagined in LEGO bricks
Sleek, stylish, and perfectly proportioned, LEGO Architecture models are as inspirational as the landmark buildings and structures they celebrate. Go on a stunning photographic tour of the models, with unique insights into the creative process behind their designs.
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This fascinating guide includes a foreword by renowned LEGO architectural artist Adam Reed Tucker. Tucker strives to capture the essence of a particular architectural landmark in its pure sculptural form. He does not view his models as literal replicas, but rather as artistic interpretations using LEGO bricks as a medium. As he continues to explore how to capture new LEGO Architecture buildings with LEGO bricks and plates, he finds the possibilities and challenges they offer almost magical.
Table of Contents: Foreword Introduction Timeline LEGO Artist Profiles The Creative Process Fallingwater in Development Glossary LEGO Cityscape in Scale Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum Fallingwater The White House Farnsworth House Rockefeller Center Robie House Brandenburg Gate Sydney Opera House Big Ben Villa Savoye Sungnyemun The Leaning Tower of Pisa Imperial Hotel United Nations Headquarters The Eiffel Tower Trevi Fountain John Hancock Center Willis Tower Empire State Building Seattle Space Needle Burj Khalifa Marina Bay Sands Index Acknowledgments
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