by Tim Alatorre
Posted on June 16, 2009
A number of my colleges are cramming for the LEED exam. Now that LEED v3.0 is here I’m sure there are a number of people trying to sneak in under the old LEED v2.0 test. I thought I’d post a few of my favorite LEED study resources on the net. Even if you aren’t studying…
by Tim Alatorre
Posted on June 11, 2009
Comments Off on In Defence of Green Roofs
Lloyd Alter, of TreeHugger, posted a great slide show today titled Green Roofs are Changing Architecture and Planning. In 15 slides he gives a great overview of green roofs yesterday and today. His thesis is summarized on the last slide with the words: Perhaps to everyone’s surprise, [green roofs] have turned into planning tools to help…
by Tim Alatorre
Posted on June 5, 2009
Comments Off on Modern Spanish Construction: Part III
To finish out this series on Spanish construction methods I wanted to post a few more images. There are a number of typical things being done in this building. As is the case with most Spanish multi-story buildings, a series of concrete columns and beams are spanned with concrete joists and brick units to…
by Tim Alatorre
Posted on June 1, 2009
Artlantis, Sketchup, sloArch Staff Sample Work, software, Tools
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Never content until I’ve reached the limits of possibility, I created this rendering as a way of testing more of Artlantis Studio’s capabilities. This is a simple animation of the SloArch logo but there is a lot going on in 34 seconds. The modeling was all done with SketchUp. As I did with my previous…