I’m not sure how to approach this topic, because I really don’t have any proof of what I’m about to suggest, but suffice it to say that I believe that if an urban environment, home, or any place embodies a bad vibe, that it will more likely induce criminal acts.
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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FlashBack Friday, a new series…
We’re starting a new series… once a month we’re going to dig up some old photos of a young Architect, Nick Buccalo, and a few of a young kid who wished to become an architect…
Real-time Interactive 3d World
Part of our experiments into digital nature and real time rendering, we explored the idea of creating a virtual world that kids and family could explore together at the same time. These are some of our results.
Apartment Rental Layout: Case Study 1-Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn
As a landlord myself I will first show you what I did on my own rental apartment and tell you what kind of tenant still lives there…
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[architecture] Bamiyan Cultural Centre 1/3
This proposal is about these people and their place. It is not about injecting an edifice that reflects a foreign culture, but instead echoes the best cultural center that would be appropriate for this place and these people…
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[web] Creating a robust web presence: Hierarchical Organization
For some 17 years we’ve been building our own websites at SimpleTwig. One of our first websites had a simple roll-over buttons, a very cool feature in the late 1990’s.
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