January 2010 Archives

In its ruling of 18 December 2009, the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) confirmed the October 2009-published PRBoA Resolution to implement the NON-drafting format for the subject of Architectural Design and Site Planning for the January 2010 Philippine Licensure Examination for Architects (LEA). The said reformat shall be administered by the PRC on Sunday, 17 January 2010 for the approx. 800 examinees that shall take the said LEA.

The Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) announces that 146 out of 339 (43%) passed the Foreign Licensure Examination for Architects (FLEA) given by the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA) in Al-Khobar and Jeddah, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) last 26 & 27 November 2009 and in Abu Dhabi, United  Arab Emirates (UAE) and Doha, Qatar last 02 & 03 December 2009.

Architectural Visualization 3ds Max Tutorials #10: Creating a Cool Neon Sign

Artist: Tutorialsworld

Posted in: Tutorialsworld

Here I will show you how to model and texture to get a really cool looking neon sign which could be used in a variety of ways.

Architectural Visualization 3ds Max Tutorials #9: The Basics of Creating Vray Materials

Artist: Wouter Wynen

Posted in: Aversis

The Vray version used to create this tutorial is Vray 1.50.00. This is the version that requires the hardware lock (dongle) as a licensing system...

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The planning of a 5-star luxury hotel and spa is on the go and it will be built underground as part of the Hersham Golf Club in Surrey, United Kingdom.  Designed by international hotel and resort architects, ReardonSmith, this hotel will be a world's first.

This is an interesting video showing a British and a French guy infiltrating Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building, during its mid-construction and then base jumped from it 650 meters (2,132 feet) high from the ground.

This is a video showing a view from the top of the world's tallest building, Burj Dubai.  Opens this monday, 4th of January 2010 in Dubai, it would be higher than Taiwan's Taipei 101 which held the world's tallest building in terms of the "height to architectural top."

(video post seen on gizmodo)

The world's first moving skyscraper is scheduled to finish construction by 2010.  Designed by David Fisher, this skyscraper called the "Dynamic Architecture" and "Rotating Tower" would soon rise Dubai and set the standards for the next Dynamic Buildings in the future.