Fabio Torlai

Cool… great idea.
Like every one say, thanks for starting this group…

FYI – Public comments on the Guidelines and Performance Benchmarks Draft 2008 are now posted on the Sustainable Sites Initiative website for review. http://www.sustainablesites.org/report/

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I also like in the tutorial how he applied aging to the building concrete.

This is a pretty sweet plugin, much better than messing around with cutout maps

no i havent. that is money.

Has anybody used the Ivy Generator for max? It is really good. plus it is free. This guy used it on the side of the building.

My favourite is the last one and I think the inclusion of text makes it especially interesting

second one is definitively a favourite. love the light in the courtyard.

I make my sketch in Sketchup but render is very problem for me…I mean that I ‘m finding a program but no crack for several day…this makes me crazy…please give me a trick…

they’re all “pretty good” though…

second one from the top is straight cash…

im not sure about artlantis. i have heard good things and bad things… do you have access to any other software? maxwell or 3ds? if not i can ask around, maybe do a google image search or somethin?

Vray’s global illumination and hdr lighting is the best. I never really liked mentalray

Well, I have been away for awhile.
I have been looking at the use of Maya Dynamics to force design.

It is kind of fun but I don’t know if it will go anywhere. Has anyone used
any of the dynamic functions in Maya (Airfield, Gravity, Newtonian field etc)?

There really is no boundary. The goal is to stimulate creativity. If the plastic plant roof has meaning and purpose beyond just looking unique then then i would want to hear about it. I think that what ever we do that is creative must be a mix of art with purpose. A lot of people end up posting cool pictures on Land8, but without explanation they…[Read more]

When in Landscape Architecture out of the Box? What defines the boundry. I can think of a roofscape-with plastic plants-that to me is cearly art not Landscape. Does just being unusual mean out of the box.

Does everybody learn 3ds Max using the Barcelona Pavillion? I guess that animation won’t be going in my portfolio after all.

Rob,

There are a lot of good softwares out there, selection really depends on your situation and needs. I would “demo’ as many softwares as possible to see which one fits your office best.

For Autocad, Raincad for Autocad works well. It runs in Autocad as a toolbar, similar to Express Tools. You still have the full function of autocad while…[Read more]

I know several who have taken his Color Mastery workshop and were very favorably impressed.