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For one reason or another, there seem to be a continuous race for 3D objects through architects and interior designers whenever they get to work on a new project. We confront this issue every now and then even though we have a pretty large library. You might be in this situation yourself, and like it or now, someday you will come back at this page to search for a manufacturer that gives away free 3D Models of your favorite, or your clients favorite furniture.

Because 3 is a sacred number, and because 2010 comes to an end, we thought you might like the following collection of resources we have for you.

Don’t worry about it, you can find it anytime you need it as long as you bookmark this page by pressing Ctrl+Shift+L on the keyboard.

1. Artek

2. e-interiors

3. Kinnarps

Yeah, I know, you love freebies, so here it is, another cool round-up of resources for you to download directly from the manufacturers hands. In case you enjoy creating your own 3d models, then you will have the exact dimensions to do just that. These libraries will give you a cool start on your future projects, so enjoy and prosper my weird friends.

Also, if you do enjoy for some reason this collection, make an effort and give us a thumb up, or an intelligent comment in the section below.

1. Erik Jorgensen

2. Extremis

3. Ferlea

4. Fjordfiesta.Furniture

5. Flou

6.  Foscarini

7. Fredericia

8. Gärsnäs

9. Hay

10. Herman Miller

11.  Karboxx

12. Kettal

Sometimes it’s just like searching for a needle in a haystack: if you’ve ever googled for free and quality 3D models for your next interior scene, you know exactly what we talk about. Of course there are a lot of artists that like to create their own 3D objects, and have full control, but sometimes there is no physical time for that, and you just want a certain model of chair, or table or what not, and you search high and low for it.

In this context, we found appropriate to present you a round-up of websites that provide 3D Models supplied directly by the manufacturers, so you will have the scaled objects, and some times even textured the way they are supposed to. In addition we will provide some of our own models soon just for good will, and as a thank you to all of our readers.

a book by Allan Brito

Blender 3D: Architecture, Buildings, and Scenery will be featured here at Archtopia for a while, and it describes the power of Blender 3D in Architectural Visualizations. You will see how to use the final models to create simpler scenes for use in 3D games, where real-time rendering is necessary. You will also see how to use them to create the sets for animated movies.

About Blender 3D

Blender 3D is a open-source 3D graphics suite, that is capable of modeling, rendering and animating 3D environments, and one of the best parts about it, is that you can download it for free at: http://www.blender.org/download/get-blender/. Another cool thing about it is that the installed program it’s only 10 MB, and not only that,
but it can run on Linux, Windows and Mac OSX.

In Depth Review | SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization

a book by Robin de Jongh

This week you might have noticed a “Featured Book” section on our middle sidebar. Well the book is entitled SketchUp 7.1 for Architectural Visualization – Beginner’s Guide and is a detailed guide, that will literally take you by the hand and teach you how to make stunning photo-realistic and artistic visuals of your projects, with free software, and free resources that you can find all over the internet.

So let me start my review, because I can’t wait to tell you guys about the things you can learn through this book.