Building construction

Fire doors

Posted on May 18, 2008. Filed under: Architecture, Building construction, Uncategorized | Tags: Add new tag |

Upgrading existing doors to fire dor status, try these sites:
http://www.mawwfire.gov.uk/business_eng/safety_advice/fire_door.htm
http://www.walthamforest.gov.uk/index/environment/building-control/information-guide/fire-doors.htm
http://www.safelincs.co.uk/section.php?xSec=113
http://www.firesafe.org.uk/html/fsequip/firedoor.htm

Johnny Lee

Posted on April 23, 2008. Filed under: Architecture, Building construction, Gaming | Tags: Gaming, Wii |

 Johnny Lee
 
 
This has to be the most interesting development I have seen in recent years and might just prove to be a major turning point in gaming and just about every visual program going, including Architecture, and its all from the Wii

Garage design

Posted on February 15, 2008. Filed under: Architecture, Building construction |

I found this recent site whjilst having a trawl one night, its the Library of congres USA, a great site with just loads of excelent videos http://rs7.loc.gov/today/cyberlc/feature_wdesc.php?rec=4240 

Granite Stone

Posted on February 3, 2008. Filed under: Building construction, Granite, Masonry | Tags: Granite, Masonry, polished, stone |

 Some excellent examples of polished granite stone 

Classic Marble

Posted on February 3, 2008. Filed under: Building construction, Marble, Masonry |

 The use of marble in many different locations and for a wide variety of uses.

Mosaic school

Posted on February 3, 2008. Filed under: Building construction, Marble, Masonry, Mosaic |

 This is an interesting short clip on the creation of a mosaic wall, watch the technique of planning out the wall with paper 

Posted on February 3, 2008. Filed under: Building construction, Marble, Masonry, Mosaic | Tags: Marble, Masonry, stone |

 This overview of the use of marble to create good looking floor mosaics is a good start in the subject 

Vectorworks Hardlandscaping

Posted on February 3, 2008. Filed under: Building construction, vectorworks | Tags: hard landscaping, landscaping, vectorworks |

Another great tutorial from Jonathan Pickup, this time on Hard landscaping techniques within Vectorworks 

Vectorworks tutorials

Posted on February 3, 2008. Filed under: Building construction, vectorworks | Tags: autocad, cad, construction, line weight, vectorworks |

Jonathan Pickup has an easy going style and this recent article posted on youtube and iTunes offers a short view of managing the gray scale within Vectorworks.