Apparently today is blog action day. I didn’t know that myself… Oh, well… The official SketchUp blog just published an environmental design feature with examples of green building design using SketchUp. It is always good to learn from how others are using a design tool like SketchUp – particularly in a commercial environment.
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I build with wood, don’t you?
If you are interested in learning more about innovative wood structures, environmental aspects of building with wood and general wood design, come to our symposium at UMass in November (1st-2nd). We at BMATWT are organizing this annual conference for the first time and are excited about a great international lineup of speakers. AIA/CES credits will […] Read more..
Traces of Time
Carpenters’ and others’ marks at a gate at the Marksburg castle, Germany.
Put some Carbon Dioxide into your Baby’s Crib
Now what kind of a suggestion is that?!? A good one, trust me. It all comes down to global warming and reducing greenhouse gases. Some background first: When a tree grows, carbon dioxide is processed in the good-old elementary school photosynthesis and stored in the wood as Carbon (while releasing yummy oxygen as a by-product). […] Read more..
Watching Baby Beluga
This scene is always photographed in color. I find it so much better in black and white.
Digitized Construction
A team from the ETH university library in Switzerland has digitized what they call the “Construction Memory of Switzerland” (“Baugedächtnis Schweiz Online” bzw. “Mémoire du bâti en Suisse online”) – essentially two architecture and engineering magazines: tec21 and Tracés.
Driftwood
At a beach in Vancouver.