The structure of a typical Townhouse chimneys are made up of just a single brick in thickness rising up 3 and 4 stories…
Five more things About Townhouses
When to design contextually, when to make a statement.
Below is an image of Volterra, Italy, one might call a typical Italian hill town. Why take note? It represents a unified composition. When an artist makes a painting or sculpture, Continue reading “When to design contextually, when to make a statement.”
Island Paradise, A house nestled in the jungle.
Part of a game concept for bringing a family of all ages together, to explore an island in real time, our SimpleTwig digital ‘real-time’ virtual reality model…
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[rendering] Digital Nature
It’s not exactly an easy thing, to digitally create natural elements. By comparison, buildings are easy. But for years we have been working to make a thing that allows us at SimpleTwig to deliver the highest quality natural scenes in real time 3D.
FlashBack Friday #2: 1989
It was my first job in New York City and I was working for a firm I thought of as world-wide famous, Philip Johnson and John Burgee Architects…
US 3rd Army, 274th AFA (Armored Field Artillery) Bn (Battalion)
WWII and my own father:
My Dad, James Norman Buccalo, Jr., served in WWII and was part of the push through the hedge rows after the landings at Normandy and other battles throughout the war. His experiences, as a medic of the 274th AFA spanned from the Hedgerows of Normandy, through Sainte-Lo, to supporting the 37 Tank Bn breakthrough [of Patton’s 4th AD (Armored Division)] at Bastogne to relieve the 101st AirBorne, to the Eagle’s Nest (photo to be provided in later articles).
The following is mostly pre-war dialogue in my father’s own words, referring to the mood, boot camp experience, being shipped oversea and the adventure of it all.
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[rendering] Study of Industrial and Military modeling
In celebration of the upcoming D-Day ceremonies, and part of our exploration into digital rendering programs, lets take a look at some SimpleTwig military rendering studies….
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Top 5 Reasons I (reluctantly) Hired An Architect…
- 1) “I was told by the city I have to submit plans to get a work permit before my construction can start. What a hassle. My cousin drew up a sketch, why can’t we use that?”
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Top 10 Reasons people do NOT hire an Architect…
1) The Architect will design something that is hoity-toity fancy.
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Apartment Rental Layout: Case Study 3
We (SimpleTwig Architecture.llc) will show you the character, layout and thinking behind several different rental apartments (this is the third of several articles)