tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-108397792012-05-19T07:33:13.705+12:00CAD models of buildings built and unbuilt. Reality and unreality. Visualisation, auralisation and other VR experience of the built environment.the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.comBlogger255125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-770635126632947202012-01-19T00:20:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:21:51.252+13:00<div></div><div>Just what we all need. A 3800 sq foot, or around 360 sq m house. Three times our house in size. And! It's a 'weekend home'...</div><div><br /></div><div>Oh the sustainability!&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>M<br /><br /><b>Four Eyes Dream House Sports Amazing Features</b><br /><a href="http://news.arcilook.com/photos/four-eyes-dream-house-sports-amazing-features/">http://news.arcilook.com/photos/four-eyes-dream-house-sports-amazing-features/</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;">www.zite.com</a></div><div><br /><br /><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-77063512663294720?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/four-eyes-dream-house-sports.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-30519089540729030672012-01-19T00:19:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:22:39.429+13:00<div></div><div>Fascinating... Not least because it seems the medical profession agrees being cold does not cause 'colds', but they do not have an explanation of why more colds in cold (winter) weather...</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><b>10 Stubborn Body Myths That Just Won't Die, Debunked by Science</b><br /><a href="http://lifehacker.com/5873922/10-stubborn-body-myths-that-just-wont-die-debunked-by-science">http://lifehacker.com/5873922/10-stubborn-body-myths-that-just-wont-die-debunked-by-science</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;">www.zite.com</a></div><div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-3051908954072903067?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-stubborn-body-myths-that-ju.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-92176544144314178872012-01-19T00:18:00.002+13:002012-01-19T00:23:55.585+13:00<div><br /><br /><b>Hello Hong Kong. My Name is Frank Gehry.</b><br /><a href="http://www.wanderlister.com/post/9793498150/frank-gehry-outside-the-box"></a><a href="http://www.wanderlister.com/post/9793498150/frank-gehry-outside-the-box">http://www.wanderlister.com/post/9793498150/frank-gehry-outside-the-box</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-9217654414431417887?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/hello-hong-kong-my-name-is-fr.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-20281829533206343462012-01-19T00:17:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:24:39.741+13:00<div></div><div>Reading Zite over lunch and this gem popped up. Have always been intrigued by the public access to publicly funded research that the US govt. insists upon. Seems to me it's only feasible for the very large organization... But to be applauded nonetheless.</div><div><br /></div><div>But what's intriguing here if correct is the notion that there is no discussion about the congresswoman being asked to front a congressional disciplinary committee for such an apparently commercially motivated behaviour.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><b>Elsevier-funded NY Congresswoman Carolyn Maloney Wants to Deny Americans Access to Taxpayer Funded Research</b><br /><a href="http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=807">http://www.michaeleisen.org/blog/?p=807</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;">www.zite.com</a></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my iPad</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-2028182953320634346?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/elsevier-funded-ny-congresswom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-50732886725305038732012-01-19T00:15:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:25:12.403+13:00<div>Hype city..<br /><br />What we really need is evidence of these claims of friendliness to the environment...<br /><br /><b>10 Environmentally friendly housing complexes planned for green cities</b><br /><a href="http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-environmentally-friendly-housing-complexes-planned-green-cities/"></a><a href="http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-environmentally-friendly-housing-complexes-planned-green-cities/">http://www.ecofriend.com/entry/10-environmentally-friendly-housing-complexes-planned-green-cities/</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-5073288672530503873?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/10-environmentally-friendly-ho.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-65421876059516081062012-01-19T00:14:00.000+13:002012-02-08T01:11:38.212+13:00<div><p>Fascinating First-Ever Images of an Electron In Orbit [Science] - http://pulse.me/s/1ougM</p></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-6542187605951608106?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/whatever-happened-to-heisenberg.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-86124292217658086682012-01-19T00:13:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:26:00.858+13:00<div>Scientific American writing an opinion piece... Annoying. Easy to understand how if this is popular science, science gets a bad name. It's just an opinion piece 'backed' by some collected opinions....</div><div><br /></div><div>M</div><div><br /><b>Can a Sustainable City Rise in the Middle Eastern Desert?</b><br /><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=masdar-sustainable-city-in-desert"></a><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=masdar-sustainable-city-in-desert">http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=masdar-sustainable-city-in-desert</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-8612429221765808668?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/can-sustainable-city-rise-in.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-89186120700724247052012-01-19T00:12:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:27:06.828+13:00<div>An editorial worthy if the title: raises the age-old question about quality in architecture: does it have merely to do with appearance in carefully staged (sans people) photographs? Or is there more? Quality work environments.<br /><br />Moves from this position to question the role of the architect in re-thinking quality work environments...<br /><br />So reminiscent of the good old days when we ran Post Occupancy Evaluation exercises in design studio as part of the briefing process for improving the design output. Famously I recall involving not only the School Board, the admin Teaching and cleaning staff, but also the primary students in a school prior to designing a new addition<br /><br /><b>Editorial, Editorial, world architecture news, architecture jobs</b><br /><a href="http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?upload_id=17285&amp;fuseaction=wanappln.projectview"></a><a href="http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?upload_id=17285&amp;fuseaction=wanappln.projectview">http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/index.php?upload_id=17285&amp;fuseaction=wanappln.projectview</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-8918612070072424705?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/editorial-editorial-world-ar.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-72551797034208210892012-01-19T00:06:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:28:03.590+13:00<div>Don't know which to find more interesting at this point. The apparent improvement in solar energy collection. A vertical wall seems like an easy thing to do better than. &nbsp;And the Notion that &nbsp;nature understands Fibonacci...</div><div><br /></div><div>M<br /><br /><b>Genius 13-Year-Old Has a Solar Power Breakthrough</b><br /><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5832557/"></a><a href="http://gizmodo.com/5832557/">http://gizmodo.com/5832557/</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-7255179703420821089?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/genius-13-year-old-has-solar-gizmodocom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-66407998147187985502012-01-19T00:05:00.003+13:002012-01-19T00:32:27.558+13:00<div>Wonder if we'll ever go back to modelling museums...<br /><br /><b>Museum of Liverpool by 3XN</b><br /><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/15/museum-of-liverpool-by-3xn/"></a><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/15/museum-of-liverpool-by-3xn/">http://www.dezeen.com/2011/08/15/museum-of-liverpool-by-3xn/</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-6640799814718798550?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/museum-of-liverpool-by-3xn-dezeencom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-16136268139677062432012-01-19T00:05:00.002+13:002012-01-19T00:30:33.232+13:00<div>Gotta love the idea that snow is so special!<br /><br /><b>New Zealand Snow: Biggest Snowfall In Last 30 Years Delights People In The Street</b><br /><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/new-zealand-snow_n_928293.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003"></a><a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/new-zealand-snow_n_928293.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/08/16/new-zealand-snow_n_928293.html?ncid=edlinkusaolp00000003</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-1613626813967706243?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/new-zealand-snow-biggest-snow.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-12807195760111562162012-01-19T00:00:00.001+13:002012-01-19T00:29:19.392+13:00<div>Love the mind twisting imagery ...<br /><br /><b>Learning from Germany: Spatial Advertisements</b><br /><a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/27636/learning-from-germany-spatial-advertisements/"></a><a href="http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/27636/learning-from-germany-spatial-advertisements/">http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/27636/learning-from-germany-spatial-advertisements/</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-1280719576011156216?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/learning-from-germany-spatial.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-48481196642675279772012-01-18T23:57:00.003+13:002012-01-19T00:33:23.157+13:00<div>Now this is fun.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><b>A comic about the real scientific process</b><br /><a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/08/03/a-comic-about-the-real-scientific-process.html?dlvrit=36761"></a><a href="http://boingboing.net/2011/08/03/a-comic-about-the-real-scientific-process.html?dlvrit=36761">http://boingboing.net/2011/08/03/a-comic-about-the-real-scientific-process.html?dlvrit=36761</a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="color: #9999ff; font-size: 11px;"></a><a href="http://www.zite.com/">www.zite.com</a></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><div></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-4848119664267527977?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/comic-about-real-scienti-boingboingnet.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-52727948646424810452012-01-18T23:57:00.002+13:002012-01-19T00:31:37.185+13:00<a href="http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/ready-to-wear-android-wearable-platform.html">http://blog.makezine.com/archive/2011/08/ready-to-wear-android-wearable-platform.html</a><br />Around 3cm square. 32Gb data. WiFi. GPS. <br />A gadget looking for an application..<br />Something that with its tiny display has not enough I/O to make it useful... So the question they ask in suggesting on this site it is available is really unimaginative.<br /><br />Sent from my frustrating iPad<br />All gloss and no user access.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-5272794864642481045?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/make-ready-to-wear-android-wearable.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-44121364907185493572012-01-18T23:56:00.000+13:002012-01-18T23:56:09.523+13:00<div><a href="http://www.aecbytes.com/viewpoint/2011/issue_61.html">Debunking the Myths About BIM in the "Cloud": AECbytes Viewpoint #61</a><br />Another interesting paper from Graphisoft...<br />Seems to miss a fifth dimension in the cloud computing world: in addition to the 4 cloud approaches listed in the paper I believe there is a fifth. It is the web as service option. Running background analyses of air flow (CFD) or light (Radiance / 3DS Max Design) or energy (ESP-r or EnergyPlus) for example...<br /><br /><br />M<br />from Taptu's "" stream<br /><hr />Shared from <a href="http://www.taptu.com/">Taptu</a> | DJ Your News</div><div></div><div><br /><br />Michael Donn<br /><div>+642161280</div><div><a href="mailto:Michael.Donn@gmail.com">Michael.Donn@gmail.com</a></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-4412136490718549357?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2012/01/debunking-myths-about-bim-in-cloud.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-66537525649870639042011-08-05T00:38:00.001+12:002011-08-05T00:38:23.574+12:00<p> </p><p>This Is Fascinating. <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/20110802/field-work#more-20470"> Metropolis Magazine</a> has conducted a POE on this 'out there' Coop Himmelblau school design. </p><p><img src="http://www.metropolismag.com/pov/wp-content/uploads/2011/08/metropolis_chs9-232_500.jpg" id="blogsy-1312461446771.0269" class="" alt="" width="500" height="333"></p><p>They surveyed 200 students. Then the journalist / architecture critic produced <a href="http://www.metropolismag.com/story/20110720/starchitecture-high"> this piece</a>. It's truly interesting to compare the journalist's views with the snippets of the students' views provided by the <a href=" http://www.architizer.com/en_us/blog/dyn/26786/post-occupancy-study/">example surveys </a>...</p><p>The side bar quotes are standard journalistic 'illustration'. The article itself is an interpretation of the 200 surveys. The standard Research evidence for the illustrative piece is nowhere to be seen. Personally I want to believe the journalist's conclusion: that the students like the quirkiness of the building and as arts students somehow see it as expressive of them. It's such a neat match. But then I read the survey examples. I am hard pressed to see in these how the conclusions could be drawn from the answers to these. Certainly the journalism keeps well away from any statement that might smack of statistically representing the views of the 200.</p><p>What's most disturbing about this article Is that this is a good read. It sounds convincing. It makes a convincing case - unless you think about all those students' opinions in the survey forms. For example: who is not intrigued to see the full range of opinions expressed in answer to the question <em>complete this sentence: If I was the architect I would...</em> </p><p>This is not a beat up about the trivialisation of information by the media. The question quoted above illustrates the problem I am sure faced the Journalist or the analyst-advisor. How on earth can anyone reasonably summarize open ended questions like that? And if there are several? It does not seem to be a well-designed survey form... It reads more like an inexperienced research student's first draft of a survey - full of interesting questions to ask, but with little clear concept of how to analyze.</p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-6653752564987063904?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/coop-himmelblau-school-9-la-poe.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-65531616022510008272011-08-02T01:44:00.000+12:002011-08-02T01:44:37.768+12:00<div><br /><br /><b>Egypt's Solar SLIDES House Has a Transforming Perforated Facade</b><br /><a href="http://inhabitat.com/slides-perforated-skin-slides-in-and-out-to-control-solar-gain/"><a href="http://inhabitat.com/slides-perforated-skin-slides-in-and-out-to-control-solar-gain/">http://inhabitat.com/slides-perforated-skin-slides-in-and-out-to-control-solar-gain/</a></a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="font-size: 11px; color: #99F;"><a href="http://www.zite.com">www.zite.com</a></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><img src="http://inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2011/07/SLIDES-Solar-House.jpg"><br /><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-6553161602251000827?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/egypts-solar-slides-house-has.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-66429071801386545692011-08-01T22:33:00.005+12:002011-08-01T23:12:12.941+12:00<div><br />Hmm</div><div><br /></div><div>Sure looks ugly at present.</div><div>But according to the Guardian ... <a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2011/jul/31/london-olympics-aquatic-hadid-review">link here</a><br />"Then, once spectators have negotiated the crowd management arrangements, which the building accommodates somewhat clumsily, they will enter a space that can only be described as stonking, "<br />Qq<br /></div><div><br /><b>Critics Take Jabs at Zaha's Olympic Stingray</b><br /><a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/07/1107298-Zaha-Hadid-Olympic-Aquatics-Centre.asp?WT.mc_id=rss_archrecord"><a href="http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/07/1107298-Zaha-Hadid-Olympic-Aquatics-Centre.asp?WT.mc_id=rss_archrecord">http://archrecord.construction.com/news/2011/07/1107298-Zaha-Hadid-Olympic-Aquatics-Centre.asp?WT.mc_id=rss_archrecord</a></a><br /><br />Render:<br /><img src="http://static.worldarchitecturenews.com/news_images/10094_2_Aquatics2big.jpg"><br /><br />Render:<br /><img src="http://www.worldarchitecturenews.com/project/uploaded_files/10094_aquatics%20main.jpg"><br /><br />actuality:<br /><a href="http://www.dezeen.com/2011/07/27/london-aquatics-centre-2012-by-zaha-hadid/"> Dezeen has best photos...</a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="font-size: 11px; color: #99F;"><a href="http://www.zite.com">www.zite.com</a></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="mailto:Michael.Donn@gmail.com">Michael.Donn@gmail.com</a></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-6642907180138654569?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/critics-take-jabs-at-zahas-olympic.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-38383402847348582072011-08-01T22:29:00.000+12:002011-08-01T22:29:09.100+12:00<div>Now they are saying use real settings. Not that long ago pretty render advice was all about faking it ( &nbsp; <a href="http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=170065">http://forums.cgsociety.org/showthread.php?t=170065</a> )&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>And keeping well away from setting for real light:<br /><a href="http://www.amazon.com/3DS-Max-Lighting-Nicholas-Boughen/dp/155622401X"><a href="http://www.amazon.com/3DS-Max-Lighting-Nicholas-Boughen/dp/155622401X">http://www.amazon.com/3DS-Max-Lighting-Nicholas-Boughen/dp/155622401X</a></a></div><div><br /><b>Tips For Improve Your Renders</b><br /><a href="http://www.aleso3d.com/blog/?p=353"><a href="http://www.aleso3d.com/blog/?p=353">http://www.aleso3d.com/blog/?p=353</a></a><br />&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="font-size: 11px; color: #99F;"><a href="http://www.zite.com">www.zite.com</a></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><div></div><div><a href="mailto:Michael.Donn@gmail.com">Michael.Donn@gmail.com</a></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-3838340284734858207?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/tips-for-improve-your-renders.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-58066144497346040612011-08-01T22:21:00.001+12:002011-08-01T22:25:11.979+12:00I was on the <a href="http://www.designbuildsource.com.au">http://www.designbuildsource.com.au</a> website and thought this made interesting reading...<br /><br />A cube. Lots of insulation. Smallish windows. Pallet manufacture. But cheap? Like to see proof.<p><br /><br />Sent from my frustrating iPad<br />All gloss and no user access.<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-5806614449734604061?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/belgian-idea-of-sustainable-kit-house.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-44343282319337355752011-08-01T22:13:00.001+12:002011-08-01T22:18:32.947+12:00<div>Hate the "granny" tone. Ranting on about 'in our day'. Still the real question for the New Right is, since it was 'clearly' more 'efficient' for the economy to stop doing all this recycling, to whom did these efficiency measures transfer the cost of the production, re-use, and manufacture of the packaging?</div><div><br /></div><div>M</div><div><br /></div><div><br /><br /><b>Teaching Kids About the Environment and Sustainability</b><br /><a href="http://carbonpig.com/article/teaching-kids-about-environment-and-sustainability"><a href="http://carbonpig.com/article/teaching-kids-about-environment-and-sustainability">http://carbonpig.com/article/teaching-kids-about-environment-and-sustainability</a></a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="font-size: 11px; color: #99F;"><a href="http://www.zite.com">www.zite.com</a></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br /><br /><a href="mailto:Michael.Donn@gmail.com">Michael.Donn@gmail.com</a></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-4434328231933735575?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/teaching-kids-about-enviro-carbonpigcom.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-77780926091621221232011-08-01T21:14:00.000+12:002011-08-01T21:14:12.610+12:00<div>So, what would we find in New Zealand?&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>Political gain trumps science? (check out this New Zealand political view of the science:&nbsp;<a href="http://www.act.org.nz/climate-change-policy">http://www.act.org.nz/climate-change-policy</a> - it will interest people not from New Zealand to discover the party that published this document sits at the cabinet table ...!)</div><div><br /></div><div>Or perhaps 'New Zealanders are just gullible followers of the left wing press'?&nbsp;<a href="http://mediamatters.org/studios/video/201107200010">http://mediamatters.org/studios/video/201107200010</a>.&nbsp;</div><div><br /></div><div>In checking out references to see if I could find two viewpoints on this issue I came across the main reason I thought Fox news was a brilliant satire when I first encountered it:</div><div><br /></div><div>Headline from Fox website:</div><div><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><h1 style="margin-top: 0px; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; padding-left: 0px; background-image: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; font-size: 45px; font-weight: normal; line-height: 1em; border-bottom-width: 0px; border-bottom-style: none; border-bottom-color: rgb(197, 206, 213); color: rgb(24, 58, 82); letter-spacing: -0.02em; border-top-width: 0px; border-right-width: 0px; border-left-width: 0px; border-top-style: none; border-right-style: none; border-left-style: none; border-color: initial; font-family: 'Crimson Text', arial, sans-serif; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; ">Pirates Swashbuckle Global Warming Alarmists</h1><div>Original from the ABC website said this...:</div><div><br /></div></span><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, 'Lucida Grande', 'Bitstream Vera Sans', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; -webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(26, 26, 26, 0.296875); -webkit-composition-fill-color: rgba(175, 192, 227, 0.230469); -webkit-composition-frame-color: rgba(77, 128, 180, 0.230469); font-size: 12px; "><h1 style="margin-top: 0.25em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.25em; margin-left: 0px; padding-top: 0px; padding-right: 0px; padding-bottom: 0px; padding-left: 0px; word-wrap: break-word; font-family: ProximaNovaBold, Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 2.5em; letter-spacing: -1px; line-height: 1; ">Pirates disrupting climate change research</h1></span> <br /><b>Green energy: California poll finds overwhelming support</b><br /><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/07/global-warming-green-energy-california-poll.html?dlvrit=142898"><a href="http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/07/global-warming-green-energy-california-poll.html?dlvrit=142898">http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/greenspace/2011/07/global-warming-green-energy-california-poll.html?dlvrit=142898</a></a><br /><br />---<br />Sent from <a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email">Zite</a> personalized magazine iPad app.<br />Available for free in the <a href="http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/zite/id419752338">App Store</a>.<br /><a href="http://www.zite.com/?ref=email" style="font-size: 11px; color: #99F;"><a href="http://www.zite.com">www.zite.com</a></a><br /></div><div></div><div><br /><br />Michael Donn<div>+642161280</div><div><a href="mailto:Michael.Donn@gmail.com">Michael.Donn@gmail.com</a></div><br /><div>Sent from my frustrating iPad</div><div>All gloss and no user access.</div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-7778092609162122123?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/08/green-energy-california-poll.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-32176121888248416582011-07-24T21:25:00.000+12:002011-07-24T21:25:21.520+12:00<div><a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/07/another-website-ranking.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/eTHYkZ+(A+Daily+Dose+of+Architecture)">Another Website Ranking</a><br />from Taptu's "Mixed Stream" stream<br /><hr />Shared from <a href="http://www.taptu.com/">Taptu</a> | DJ Your News</div><div></div><div><br />Archidose publishes some interesting stuff. Most interesting of recent times has been their considered examination of what constitutes an interesting / useful blog / web page related to architecture, This is one.<br /><br />The <a href="http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/07/66-most-popular-architecture-websites.html">other </a>is the top sites as calculated by Alexa in terms of actual links to the sites.<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-3217612188824841658?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/07/another-website-ranking.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-45575500303171952282011-07-24T21:24:00.000+12:002011-07-24T21:24:54.637+12:00<div><a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/2011/07/66-most-popular-architecture-websites.html?utm_source=feedburner&amp;utm_medium=feed&amp;utm_campaign=Feed:+blogspot/eTHYkZ+(A+Daily+Dose+of+Architecture)">66 Most Popular Architecture Websites</a><br />from Taptu's "Mixed Stream" stream<br /><hr />Shared from <a href="http://www.taptu.com/">Taptu</a> | DJ Your News</div><div></div><div><br />As it says, the Alexa report of the architetcure web sites linked to most often - as reported by '<a href="http://archidose.blogspot.com/">Archidose</a>'.<br /><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-4557550030317195228?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/07/66-most-popular-architecture-websites.htmltag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10839779.post-16481760854523036912011-07-24T21:18:00.000+12:002011-07-24T21:18:51.973+12:00<a href="http://openbuildings.com/buildings/takasugi-an-profile-3200">Takasugi-an | OpenBuildings</a><br /><div><br /></div><div>Anyone fancy a truly sick treehouse...?</div><div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://openbuildings.com/buildings/takasugi-an-profile-3200"><img border="0" height="320" src="http://openbuildings.com//upload/group1/building3200/media/featured/media_1.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /></div><div><br /></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/10839779-1648176085452303691?l=digital-craft.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>the_donnhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01732670605860736257noreply@blogger.com0http://digital-craft.blogspot.com/2011/07/takasugi-openbuildings.html