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Swedish Framing

Sep 1, ’11 6:00 AM

First, a look at factory production framing in Sweden. The mineral-wool insulation fits perfectly. Nice butterfly table.

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Greenhouse Gases: Infographic

Aug 11, ’11 6:00 AM

I didn’t know that I, or rather the per-capita-USA-citizen I, put eighteen tons of CO2 into the atmosphere last year. 36,000 pounds. Just me.

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Emerson

Jul 1, ’11 6:00 AM

“Finish each day and be done with it.
You have done what you could.

Some blunders and absurdities no doubt crept in;
forget them as soon as you can.

Tomorrow is a new day;
begin it well and serenely,

and with too high a spirit
to be encumbered with your old nonsense.”

Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Trim

Jun 29, ’11 6:00 AM

 

Who knew? We have many options for quickly and effectively modeling trim in traditional and contemporary structures. One of the last steps in reaching a true “no drafting” state of bliss regarding elevations, both exterior and interior.

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Kuroshio Sea

Jun 23, ’11 6:00 AM

A single 22.5 m x 8.2 m x 60 cm acrylic glass panel at the aquarium in Okinawa. OK – sure – a Dubai aquarium has a slightly larger panel measuring 32.8 m x 8.3 m x 75 cm. One hundred and seven feet long. Thirty inches thick. Thirty feet high. 270 tons.

How?

The video will calm us down (please: full screen, HD) while we ponder the impossible logistics of moving around such an object and installing it in a building. Without leaks.

We appreciate the twenty or thirty thousand creatures living here all the more, after pondering this, raising more important questions, I think, than how did they get the glass in.

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Analog: Crutch of Authenticity

Jun 16, ’11 6:00 AM

analog (also analogue)
noun: a thing seen as comparable to another : the idea that the fertilized egg contains a miniature analog of every adult structure.
adjective: relating to or using signals or information represented by a continuously variable physical quantity such as spatial position or voltage. Often contrasted with digital.

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Names: Navigator

May 19, ’11 1:44 PM

How to keep the navigator organized? What is the naming system for viewpoints and views?

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Names: The Project Folder

May 19, ’11 12:58 PM

Boring but important: how names for file folders and files work, and where we put things.

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Names: The File Name

May 19, ’11 12:57 PM

Boring but important: how the naming system works. This post dovetails with The Project Folder post.

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Profile Tip: Timber Beam

May 17, ’11 9:22 AM

A simple and useful tip from ArchiCAD talk, but perhaps more useful to inspire profile tool lateral thinking.

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