Architect Dennis Holloway has been fascinated by Native American architecture since he was a kid growing up in Michigan. But it wasn’t until 1990, when he moved to New Mexico, that his passion for the subject...
Most eco-friendly building materials don’t look much different from traditional ones, so people often can’t tell they’re looking at sustainable, green features when they see them. To help raise awareness...
At long last the results from our 2009 Architectural visualization industry survey and economic indicator surveys are here.
The inaugural GPU Technology Conference took place in San Jose from September 30 to October 2, 2009 at the Fairmont San Jose hotel. Despite the stagnant economy, attendance was high with a reported 1500 people...
This year a hot and muggy New Orleans hosted SIGGRAPH 2009. As expected, the economy played havoc with attendance hitting only 11,000 attendees, down over 60% from 2008 and down almost 45% the last time the...
I had a chance to speak with Alex Kelley, the VP of Worldwide Sales & Marketing at Caustic Graphics a few weeks ago about the recent launch of their CausticRT raytracing acceleration card.
Last week I got back from Autodesk University in Las Vegas, the whirlwind event that is everything Autodesk. The show took place at the Venetian hotel where Autodesk hosted 8700 attendees and 130 exhibitors...
Smoothe is a design communication company with studios throughout the UK, Europe and the Middle East. We embrace new technologies to create cutting edge images, film, music, animation, events,...
The Neighbourhood was founded by myself and 3 friends in July 2006. We’d met at different stages working together over the last 4-8 years at a number of illustration and animation companies, including...
Using unlicensed imagery as entourage in your images can land you and your company in a hot water, but what other options exist out there? Tracking down artists or galleries to secure rights for each image can...
This review features the flag ship 30 inch display from NEC. This monitor boasts an impressive list of features and it designed for the high end grapahics professional.
With the release of Autodesk’s new 3ds Max Design 2009, the era of Autodesk Viz officially comes to a close. Positioned to take over the market that Viz filled, Max Design 2009 essentially replaces AutoDesk...
Last week I received the second book from Brian Smith's 3ds Max for Architectural Visualization book series and took a moment to review both titles.
A few weeks ago I got back from the Mundos Digitales conference in La Coruna, Spain. For those of you who were not able to attend this event in person, this article will cover the highlights.
Builder AWI adopts 3D in processes that take the pain out of complex designs. Advancements in 3D design tools have given manufacturers tremendous productivity gains over the last two decades. Automotive...
My projects are divided between architectural visualization, ship modeling, visualization for Rolls-Royce and also lately, some interesting projects for some furniture manufacturers. Architectural visualization...