Posted in Architecture (General), BIM on Oct 14th, 2009
Building Maker – Create 3D buildings online.
Google introduces a new tool to create buildings for Google Earth. After watching the video, if this is really how easy it is I am going to get my 7 year old son on this one. He would love to do it.
“Why would anyone care?” you ask. Well, aside [...]
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Posted in Architecture (General), LinkedIn on May 20th, 2009
Geared toward the AEC industry but relevant for everyone looking to get started on LinkedIn. This post briefly explains the initial steps one should take to be a growing part of this social media business networking.
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I am currently working on an article for the AIA geared toward Architects and how they can use LinkedIn to get connections and hopefully, work. In the meantime I created a Twitpoll here so you could have input into my next blog topic. Current trending is point to an architecture office in a van, but [...]
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Thanks to @traciknoppe for the idea to make this addition. I really think that trends and good links will stick around longer if people use the Favorite tool that is inherent in Twitter to mark tweets to read later or send back out to friends. You never know when new friends will join [...]
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Hopefully you aren’t here looking for answers. I don’t have them!
I am taking a break from studying so I could throw in a quick blog post about how much it sucks. Especially the graphic portion. I am taking Building Technology on Friday 4/17 (wish me luck), and aside from refreshing on the [...]
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Step by step, draw a floor plan of your home. Floor plans for real estate agents. Measuring your floor plan for fun and profit!
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10 Tips for Architects on Twitter. Its not about Why Architects should use Twitter, but HOW.
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Posted in Architecture (General), Revit on Apr 7th, 2009
The recent earthquakes in L’Aquila have caused much destruction and death. Much of which was caused by buildings that were not constructed to withstand even mild earthquakes. While I am not in Italy, and I do not know the specific details of collapse and causes, I do know that there were many beautiful [...]
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Posted in Architecture (General) on Feb 4th, 2009
(as inspired by @jamesclar- Twitter user)
Can it be True? Yes- the man has a blog.
Lebbeus Woods is bigger than his time. I cannot tell you how many aspiring architects were inspired by his illustrations when I was in school. His drawings typically revolve around some traditional rectilinear builings or urban view being affected by some [...]
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I jsut finished putting some new images and a vintage Autodesk Revit video out there showing a little bit of what we do at Oculus. If anyone knows how to click on the image and make it larger without it being just enormously huge let me know.
Oculus Inc. Page
Thanks!
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