Vintage Posters: Carrying Essence of the Past

Avoid Walkthroughs 3D Animations

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
Avoid walkthroughs? What sacrilege! One of the reasons you got involved in 3D modeling in the first place was because you could do walkthroughs. Architectural walkthroughs are sometimes necessary, but you will seldom see a good one that was worth the effort and heartache expended producing it. Before your camera starts walking, ask yourself:

Avoid Complex 3D Modeling

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
Needless to say, in the amazing 3D Modeling and animation world, each face and each vertex in a model require computer resources to store and process. The more complex the model becomes the less RAM is available for rendering.

Environmental and Sustainable Residential Design

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
Sustainable residential design has environmental and aesthetic benefits. And though we might spend more time in our homes than in any other building, except for maybe the office, those homes are in neighborhoods, and those neighborhoods arc in cities and those cities form regions all over the world. Designing a sustainable future means looking beyond our backyards at the very systems that keep us going. This issue presents three pioneers of sustainable design whose vision, foresight, and fame

Making Up Original Interior Design

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
Bed, Bath, and Beyond modernists have long embraced flexible spaces, but Jose Roberto a well famous Architect and Designer from San Salvador, down in Central America went too far by placing a bathtub inside his daughter Ximena's bedroom.

Architectural Monuments Conservation

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
Chicago preservation architect Thomas Harboe prefers not to dismantle architectural monuments. But at Mies van der Rohe's Lake Shore Drive apartments, built in Chicago in 1951, one of the first steps in the preservation process was to remove the broad travertine pavement between the two towers. Taking up nearly 1,100 slabs each weighing as much as 175 pounds, many crumbling and leaking water into the garage below-was the easy part.

Distant Terrestrial Future

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
We often talk about letting nature back into the modern metropolis, but what happens if we look at this process over a far larger timescale-say,over the course of l00 million years?

The World Tour of Projects

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
So we take you on a world tour of projects both big (like airport terminals) and small (like ceremonial tea houses) that reflect the sage practices of our most environmentally aware architects. It is telling that all three of our profiled designers shrug off being labeled as "green" or "sustainable." "

Naming Object in 3D Scenes

By: Daniel Kreimer | 06/01/2010
Take the time to devise a well-thought out naming scheme for all objects in your 3D scenes. Do not use the default Box01, Cylinder01, Line01 names assigned by your 3D Application. You will quickly become lost and inefficient without standardized object naming conventions.

The role of miniature camera in contemporary plumbing

By: Roberto Luongo | 06/01/2010 | Tools & Equipment
There are many situations when you need to call emergency plumbing services. There can be sudden pipe burst or frozen pies or a clogged drain. A clogged drain is one such situation which needs to be attended urgently without delay.

Learning about Georgetown Plumbing Services

By: Roberto Luongo | 29/12/2009 | Tools & Equipment
It is a tough task to find a good plumber but not impossible. The first thing to keep in mind is that the plumber should be local. So, if you are in Georgetown, you must narrow down to a plumber in Georgetown.

Residential plumber in Georgetown is expert at Trenchless Sewage line repair

By: Roberto Luongo | 23/12/2009 | Tools & Equipment
Probably the most severe of plumbing problems you can face is when you have an underground sewage line blockage or leakage or breakage. You cannot do it yourself. You must seek a Georgetown plumbing service immediately.

The process of drain repair employed by Toronto plumbers

By: Roberto Luongo | 16/12/2009 | Tools & Equipment
Toronto plumbing service companies are particularly deft at resolving any plumbing issue in a quick turnaround time. The same is made possible by their keen interest in plumbing, intensive knowledge span and years of experience in the plumbing industry.

Preventive measures to avoid drain blockage

By: Roberto Luongo | 27/11/2009 | Tools & Equipment
Drain repair should not be undertaken only as a corrective measure. In fact, it is one of the preventive measures to be taken in order to prevent drains from clogging.

Hire professional plumbing services for the best drain repair

By: Roberto Luongo | 21/11/2009 | Tools & Equipment
Drain repair is the most important part of the housekeeping routine for any building, whether residential or commercial. This is especially true for independently built homes. Most home owners of such houses tend to neglect this aspect of house keeping.

Tips to Choose the Best and Trusted Toronto Plumbing Services

By: Roberto Luongo | 14/11/2009 | Tools & Equipment
It is important to find trusted plumbers who can fix your plumbing problems quickly. But, finding the right plumber in a busy city like Toronto can sometimes be very daunting.

Getting Experts for unclogging your drains

By: Roberto Luongo | 05/11/2009 | Tools & Equipment
Clogged drains have always raised fear and concern amongst homeowners. To avoid a nagging problem snowballing in to a big scare, it is important that every household that values its order and peace be prepared for drain repair services from time to time.