Abvent launches Artlantis 4.1, powered by Maxwell Render

Abvent announced today the release of Artlantis 4.1, powered by the Maxwell Render engine from Next Limit Technologies.  This latest release combines the speed and ease-of-use Artlantis users have come to rely on with the power and physical accuracy of Maxwell Render.  As the fastest stand-alone 3D rendering application developed especially for architects and designers, … Continue reading “Abvent launches Artlantis 4.1, powered by Maxwell Render”

Ancient inspiration: Luminaries by Hiroyuki Murase and Suzusan.

These beautiful luminaries use an ancient Japanese textile finishing technique called Shibori (translated as wring and twist) to give a three dimensional structure to fabric. Hiroyuki Murase, the designer of these luminaries and founder of Suzusan the company that produces them, comes from Arimatsu, a town between Kyoto and Tokyo. His family also has a … Continue reading “Ancient inspiration: Luminaries by Hiroyuki Murase and Suzusan.”

Neri Oxman: On Designing Form

Neri Oxman is an architect and founder of MATERIALECOLOGY with the MIT Media Lab. Her work focuses on computational strategies for form finding; she chooses to define and design processes that generate form. She has published numerous papers and has contributed to various texts. Her work has also been featured at the MOMA for the exhibit “Design and … Continue reading “Neri Oxman: On Designing Form”

New Terminal at Lucknow Airport / S. Ghosh & Associates

Courtesy of S. Ghosh & AssociatesArchitects: S. Ghosh & AssociatesLocation: Lucknow, IndiaTeam: Sudipto Ghosh and Sumit Ghosh (Principle Designers) as well as Mitesh Kapadia, Rashmi Vakharia, Naeem Rushnaiwala and Ketan Bhartia (Associate Designers)Terminal Area: 20,000 sqm.Site Area: 56,000 sqm.Total Cost: Approx. US $ 23 millionPhotographs: S. Ghosh & Associates    Courtesy of S. Ghosh & … Continue reading “New Terminal at Lucknow Airport / S. Ghosh & Associates”

SPRING CHALLENGE 2012

The IoA SPRING CHALLENGE event was an international design workshop intended for architecture students to explore integrated digital design and fabrication tools. Architectural Design is taught at this university as an integrated, multidisciplinary process. Following this tradition, the design process was enriched with structural testing of parametric models in Karamba, a structural analysis plugin for … Continue reading “SPRING CHALLENGE 2012”

Kent Bridges: The Eureka Skyway

First, it has a silly name, the “Eureka Skyway”. Lets just call it the M20 Ashford Footbridge. It links two retail parks either side of the motorway, and also acts as a gateway to Ashford itself, an indication to motorway users that perhaps something of significance can be found here.The £8m bridge was designed by … Continue reading “Kent Bridges: The Eureka Skyway”

Grasshopper + Firefly – Bloque motor 1.0

A parametric experimentation at the university of Madrid on how constructing a Basic gear assembly, and then operating the same through a chipset connected to grasshopper and firefly.Its an interesting innovation and I believe its going to get someplace. What’s incredible is that its built over a free platform!!!

Top Architecture Offices Facebook Fan Pages

Well this one took me sometime to compile, but its here nevertheless… Facebook has been a source of networking and “liking” people and their works. Heck even dead bods like janis joplin and Amy Winehouse have fan pages..  Here’s a ranking of architectural offices and their fans on facebook. What do you think are the … Continue reading “Top Architecture Offices Facebook Fan Pages”

The New BAUHAUS MUSEUM at Weimar

The construction of the New Bauhaus Museum is a project by the Klassik Stiftung Weimar. The planned museum will be built near the Weimarhallenpark and will present the Weimar collections of the State Bauhaus, which was founded in Weimar in 1919. The museum is scheduled to open in 2015. The Gropius Collection, owned by the … Continue reading “The New BAUHAUS MUSEUM at Weimar”

Expo 2012 Yeosu Pavilion : So what if we didn’t win the competition…

Thematic Pavilion EXPO 2012 Yeosu Design: soma architecture, Vienna – Salzburg One Ocean, Thematic Pavilion EXPO 2012 Yeosu, South Korea The Thematic Pavilion for the EXPO 2012 planned by the Austrian architecture office soma will be opened in Yeosu on 12th of May. soma’s design proposal One Ocean was selected as the first prize winner … Continue reading “Expo 2012 Yeosu Pavilion : So what if we didn’t win the competition…”