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Are you a homeowner who is looking for a fast and easy to use architectural software to make a plan for a home renovation?  Or are you a professional in need of a fast architectural software for making plans and 3d presentations? 

Here's a nice site I found that offers just that.

This is a continuation to my last post - "Architecture Board Exam Reviewers Download."

To all those who are planning to take the next scheduled Philippine Architecture Board Exam or the Licensure Examination for Architects (LEA) given by the Professional Regulation Commission (PRC) and the Professional Regulatory Board of Architecture (PRBoA), here are more review materials I've managed to gather from my friends.

I haven't checked them all so pardon me if there are some duplication of files.

The files are so big so I've cut them into four parts.

Here they are, more reviewers and more headaches:

Architecture Board Exam Reviewers part02a
Architecture Board Exam Reviewers part02b
Architecture Board Exam Reviewers part02c
Architecture Board Exam Reviewers part02d

Download the part 1 of the Reviewers here if you have not downloaded them yet.

Study well and Good Luck!!!

Update (31 August 2010) - Visit ArkiQuest!  It is an Architectural Review Site offering questions and review materials to aid you in your studies.  Check it out now!

Architectural Visualization 3ds Max Tutorials #22: The Making of DBT Cafe

Artist: Juan Sequier

Posted in: Skymedias

About the image

Habitually, I go for long walks across my city with a digital camera and look for some corner that interests me, where I then create it in 3D. I found this house in a village of Zaragoza in Spain which they call Daroca, it is the type of building that I like because it includes curved walls and irregular angles with a lot of personality. It consisted of all the ingredients that interest me, like; wooden blinds, forge balconies, awnings, drain pipes, chimneys and antennas. It is these objects that make a house work and I think that they should be visible, just like lines in a drawing or the focus in a theatre scenario. I decided to use the house of Daroca to give homage to my friends of the DBT family with an imaginary coffee.

Architectural Visualization 3ds Max Tutorials #21: The Making of the Phoenix Building

Artist: Juan Sequier

Posted in: Skymedias



In this tutorial I will go through my usual workflow with simple steps (trying to make it as simple as possible), to build a scene from preparation phase of the project (Pre-Pro) to the final render. As usual, I'm using 3D Studio Max for the modeling, mapping and lighting, and Photoshop/Bodypaint for texturing-based off the great 3D Total collection of textures.

A good habit from the start is to create a special folder for the project, another subfolder for the textures and another for the references. Another advice (I always do it) is to print one of the references so you can look at it, whenever you go to bed or a bathroom break - in this print I usually write some notes and ideas to help me reach the final image.

Worldbex 2010 (Philippine World Building and Construction Exposition 2010) starts today, from March 17 to March 21, 2010 in the World Trade Center, Metro Manila, Philippines.  Entrance is free of charge!

This is a funny Dilbert comic strip about an Architect's work and Architecture.



A very very familiar situation.  Rushing presentations for a project which you don't know if you're gonna get, a classic Architect's experience especially here in the Philippines.

Here's an interesting set of pictures from Apartment Therapy.  If you want a vintage inspired bathroom, specifically from the 1960s, these pictures might help.  These are pictures they found from Flickr's picture set - Bathrooms (1960-65).

A new way of presenting Architectural Visualization and 3d Imaging has surfaced.  No need for a physical scaled model or a 3d digital representation for your architectural projects and building.  All you need is this plastic sheet with your 3d architectural design and a light source and your design will be displayed as a hologram, much like what you see in most sci-fi movies.  This Holographic Architectural Representation System is a product of Zebra Imaging.

If you can't imagine what I'm saying, check out the videos below.

Here's another video of the World's Tallest Tower, Burj Khalifa or formerly Burj Dubai in Dubai, shot from a helicopter.

Ever seen someone make art with a construction nail? Or have done it using a semi-automatic nail gun?  Well here's a video of a construction worker doing just that.

Watch as he recreates the Mona Lisa using a semi-automatic nailgun!