High Dynamic Range Image (HDR)

High Dynamic Range images are images which capture the whole dynamic range of a scene. It stores a set of exposures in one image creating depth to provide more information on light, shadows and materiality. To create HDR images, you will need to take 3 or more photos of the same scene in different exposure levels. This will capture the whole dynamic range of the scene in order to create the HDR image.

Below is a short video showing how to create an HDR image using photoshop CS3 (If you have CS2 this is basically the same in terms of its functions and settings).

You can also use a software called photomatix to create HDR images. Click here to view tutorial on HDR images using photomatix.



Check out Flickr to view some interesting HDR images created from photomatix and photoshop.

Google Maps: Draggable Driving Directions

Now you can customize your driving directions on Google Maps by simply dragging & dropping the default directions to your preferred roads or highways, route around traffic, or add multiple stops on your way.

Google Mapplets

Google Mapplets are a new feature of Google Maps that combines the Google Gadgets API with the Google Maps API to allow embedding mini-applications within the Google Maps website.

The Winery Production Center

Part of the Winery project by the students of 3rd year at the School of Architecture, Tel-Aviv University. A great presentation and a great design.

Designhive's Snowhill Animation

presentation for a new building complex, snowhill in uk created by www.designhive.co.uk.

Generative Components

Generative Components is a design tool or a system which enables designers to explore different forms without manually building the detail design model for each scenario. Generative Components graphically presents design ideas and abstract relationships between them in order to create organic forms and geometry. It allows architects and designers to explore design concepts in depth and create forms relating to its design intent.



For further info: visit Bentley.
download a pdf on generative components

Bloom Frame window style

A new window style which is both a window and can change into a balcony. Bloomframe is designed by Dutch architecture firm Hofman Dujardin.



I guess it's a cool idea but still has issues with its materiality i.e the floor being a wall which would have footprints all over it, an issue which needs to be solved or this could be part of a conceptual idea.

Fo further info click here. or visit Gizmodo

Nokia - Achieve: Achieving Together

A short video presentation by Nokia illustrates how advances in communications technology might conceptually help architects share their ideas together as a team in order to work better.



For further information click here.

Architectural Thesis Presentation

A video seen in YouTube of a thesis presentation.

Architectural Presentation by OMA New York

Presentation of the museum plaza proposal by OMA Architects.

Kumu Museum Final Renders

Kumu Museum Final renders. For more info visit my course website.

Kumu Art Museum Initial Renders

Kumu Art Museum Inistial Renders. For more info visit my course website.

BBSc 303 Rendering Exercise

Slideshow of the tutotial exercise carried out for BBSc 303. The Exercise consists of renderings done for the Villa Savoye, Vontz Center and the Pregassona House: For more information visit my course website.

Microsoft's Popfly

Trying out the new popfly mashup tool