June 26th, 2009
Frank Gehry, has designed mega buildings around the world - seems hard to believe that at the age of 80, the new AGO is this Toronto-born first building in Canada. One of Gehry’s early sources of career inspiration was the Finnish architect Alvar Aalto known as the “Father of Modernism” in Scandinavian countries. To me, […]
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June 25th, 2009
Extreme portable living crammed with tech…
The UNICAT MAN 6×6 has a 14′9″ chassis riding on 6 wheels all powered by a 480 hp diesel engine through a 16-speed manual transmission and weighs approximately 46,064 lbs. Everything is designed to take abuse, and keep passengers safe from the harshest of environments.
Included is everything you need for […]
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January 19th, 2009
GENESIS † HOUSE from PLANDA on Vimeo.
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December 24th, 2008
This is the best use of shipping containers in architecture I have seen in a while - Puma City by LOT-EK
Love all the outdoor space and the external electrical connections - this thing is mobile too…
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October 20th, 2008
After a long wait, our friends at Vividus Design have finally launched their new website. Vividus is a rendering and animation studio in Vancouver, focusing primarily on Architectural visualization, but with a growing portfolio in aircraft, automotive and product renderings.
See more at www.vividus.ca
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September 16th, 2008
Although this software more useful to our cousins the architects, we thought it was something all designers should know about:
Integrated Environmental Solutions (IES) recently revealed a free plug-in for Google SketchUp that will allow anyone to perform energy modeling on projects. The powerful plugin will allow anyone to analyze a building’s energy performance, carbon dioxide […]
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