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If you’re into CGI, than you heard about e-on software. The products these guys created proudly stand behind big name movies like Avatar, G.I.Joe, Australia, Imaginarium of Doctor Parnasius, Prince of Persia – Sands of Time and a lot others. You can check their official website to learn more here: http://www.e-onsoftware.com/

What you might not know, is that these guys work on a new plugin for SketchUP, and SketchUP Pro for architects, a plug-in that will revolutionize how we visualize architectural projects in real-time 3D with photo-real illumination called LumenRT.

From the creators:

Thanks to LumenRT, architects no longer have to choose between high-quality images and real-time visualization: They can walk or fly through their designs and experience the true quality of light in fully interactive 3D!

LumenRT real-time environments can even be packaged into convenient, self-contained executables that can be run on any computer without requiring additional software.

In our tough economical times, people everywhere are tightening belts: driving less, eating at home more, clipping coupons, and cutting corners. One of the corners people most often cut first is home improvement. Spreading the wealth and hiring others to do projects is a luxury few can afford today, and many people are either putting projects off or doing the work themselves to save money. Here are even more ways to save on do-it-yourself (DIY) home improvement projects when cutting corners.

1. Get Help

To prevent feeling overwhelmed when tackling a project, call on friends. Call on friends of friends. Call on friends of friends twice removed! Friends, neighbors and co-workers may have valuable skills and experience to share, or they may be able to strongly recommend other trustworthy, skilled people who may be willing to help or even barter. Word-of-mouth is a powerful method of marketing and endorsement. Bartering with others, with either goods or services, is a great savings system.

Here is a collection of some of the best logo design we could find for architecture based firms. Hope these will serve as inspiration and entertainment.

Enjoy!

SAU – Semana de Arquitetura e Urbanismo

Arquitetura na Cidade

Architectural Spaces

Ateliér 3

goeast

Frine Wence Arquitectura

Archetype

Gianni Baretti Architects

Logo Revista Urbana

Arquides

Geco arquitectos asociados

Roof

Rodriguez-Frank arquitectos

CoMo Arquitetura

Mayara

Matrix Architecture

B Arquitectura

Structure: Cartier Foundation, Paris
Architect: Jean Nouvel
Year Finished: 1994

This museum created by the french architect JeanNouvel, displays some of the best art on planet Earth, and has exhibits of both contemporary and international artists. It contains over one thousand works by three hundred different artists.

Structure: BMW Welt, Munich
Architect: COOP Himmelblau
Year Finished: 2007

This building was designed to present some of the best cars in the world – the BMW. And was built for the customer experience in mind. The thinking was that one of the best car brands in the world deserves one of the best buildings – and it worked.

Structure: Addition to the Nelson-Atkins Museum, Kansas City, Missouri
Architect: Steven Holl
Year Finished: 2007

This museum was built on classical principals and is known for its extensive collection of Asian art. Time magazine listed it as #1 on the list “The 10 Best (New and Upcoming) Architectural Marvels” in 2007.

When you think of a garden you probably think of grass, trees and probably a bench and a swing for your kids, probably some decoration stuff, but there is little chance you would think of walkover lights in the shape of pathway stones, now would you?

Well, the designer Roberto Paoli did, and he found his inspiration in Michael Jackson’s music video called Billy Jean, where Michael’s steps light different parts of the floor. This is how Jacko Steps came to existence, and I don’t know about you, but they look pretty neat to me. These babies come in a string of five, and you can arrange them in a variety of patterns – as with all good things, imagination is your limitation… or not.

These lights will surely give a new allure to any garden no matter how modern or modest it may be.