Deconstructing the Elements with 3ds Max, Third Edition: Create natural fire, earth, air and water without plug-ins

Publisher: Focal Press
Number Of Pages: 368
Publication Date: 2008-10-24
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0240521269
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780240521268
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

3ds Max is the leading 3D modeling, animation, and rendering solution for artists, schools, and production environments. The unique tutorial approach of this book permits readers to learn essential techniques that every 3D artist needs to create CG environments by recreating the earth's elements of earth, air, fire and water. No extra plug-ins are required to perform the exercises. Draper studies the real world and then simulates it with 3ds Max -a unique approach that reflects classical art training.

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Poly-Modeling with 3ds Max: Thinking Outside of the Box

By Todd Daniele
Publisher: Focal Press
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2008-10-03
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0240810929
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780240810928
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Polymodeling is a modeling technique used in 3d modeling. Unlike box modeling, or other forms of modeling where you start out with a basic form or primitive object that determines the mass of an object, artists can use the polygon (the basic building block of all of the primitives available in 3ds Max). This approach allows for more control over the flow, placement and detail of the meshes that are built. Placement of vertices/points, edges and all other sub-elements that build our models is determined by the user, rather than pre-determined by a computer generated primitive.

This book is a collection of tips, tricks and techniques on how to create professional models for advertising on T.V and the web. The author has tons of industry experience using Max toward this end, and he shares the secrets of his trade. As Production Modeler for some of today's hottest studios (including GuerillaFx, Coke Zero, MTV, Old Navy, Nike, Target, HP) Todd Daniele brings real-world experience to the book. Daniele teaches the technical aspects of polymodeling, while showing how to ultimately create content in a dynamic, efficient manner.

Associated web site offers instructional files that show the models in progressive stages of development; plus a supporting internet forum: readers can log-on to this forum to ask questions or comment on anything covered in the book.

--Official Autodesk technique series book. We have the Autodesk green light for inclusion in the series.
--Collection of tips, tricks and techniques on how to create models for advertising, T.V and the web.
--Unique focus on polymodeling over box modeling.
--Quick techniques for deadline crunch - to speed workflow.
--Detailed exercises to take you step-by-step through the process of creating high quality models in a short amount of time.
--Author Todd Daniele (who is himself professionally generating Max assets for some of today's hottest studios) shares his insider secrets.

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Digital Art Masters: vol. 2

By 3D Total.com

Publisher: Focal Press
Number Of Pages: 288
Publication Date: 2007-07-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0240520858
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780240520858
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Meet some of the finest digital 2D and 3D artists working in the industry today, from Patrick Beaulieu, Philip Straub, Benita Winckler, Alessandro Baldasseroni to Khalid Al Muharraqi, Marcel Baumann and Marek Denko and see how they work. More than just a gallery book - in Digital Arts Masters each artist has written a breakdown overview, with supporting imagery of how they made there piece of work.

With Digital Arts Masters you'll understand the artists' thought process and discover the tips, tricks and techniques which really work.

Key Features:
* 50+ artists and 900 stunning color images show the best in today's digital art
* More than just a gallery - each artist offers insight into how their image was created
* From the team at 3Dtotal.com - cutting edge imagery and techniqes

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Essential CG Lighting Techniques with 3ds Max, Third Edition (Autodesk Media and Entertainment Techniques)

By Darren Brooker
Publisher: Focal Press
Number Of Pages: 416
Publication Date: 2008-11-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 024052117X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780240521176
Binding: Paperback

Book Description:

Certified by Autodesk, Darren Brooker's new edition teaches the production techniques behind real-world work. The tutorials take you from the fundamentals of lighting, right through to advanced techniques.

* Everything you need to learn the art of CG lighting in one easy-to-use volume
* Free trial software and detailed tutorials take you through every step of the CG lighting process
* Learn the art and science of lighting CG environments the Autodesk-certified way

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Architecture Now II (Flexi)

By Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Taschen
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: 2002-11-01
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3822815942
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783822815946
Binding: Paperback


Book Description:

Now in its fifth installment, the "Architecture Now!" series is an ongoing project documenting the work of the most innovative and influential architects across the globe. Volume 5 features famous names and newcomers alike, and this time around a number of designers are also included, reflecting the new ways in which design and architecture are coming together. Since architecture also extends beyond walls, landscape architecture makes its appearance as well. Easy-to-navigate illustrated A-Z entries include current and recent projects, biographies, contact information, and web sites. Featured architects include: Marcos Acayaba, Emilio Ambasz, Tadao Ando/Ross Lovegrove, Ron Arad, Asymptote, Atelier SoA, Atelier Tekuto, Cecil Balmond/Rem Koolhaas, Cecil Balmond, Boge Lindner Architekten, Bohlin Cywinski Jackson, Bouroullec Brothers, Aldo Celoria, Doug Chiang, David Chipperfield, Matali Crasset, Curiosity, Devanthery & Lamuniere, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Juan Carlos Doblado, Evan Douglis, Erick van Egeraat, Michael Elmgreen & Ingar Dragset, Mario Garzaniti, Anton Garcia-Abril, Frank O. Gehry, Sean Godsell, Gould Evans, Graft, Zaha Hadid, Steven Harris, Hertl Architekten, Herzog & de Meuron, HHF architekten, Holodeck, Toyo Ito, Jarmund/Vigsnaes Architekter, Patrick Jouin, Jesse Judd, Anish Kapoor, Bernard Khoury, Marcio Kogan, Kengo Kuma, Local Architecture, and Guilherme Machado Vaz. It also features: MacKay-Lyons, Meixner-Schluter-Wendt, Paulo Mendes da Rocha, Menis Arquitectos, Toshiko Mori, Morphosis, Neutelings Riedijk, Oscar Niemeyer, NoMaD. Eduardo Arroyo, Jean Nouvel, OSA - Office for Subversive Architecture, John Pawson, Peanutz Architekten, I. M. Pei, Arsenio Perez Amaral, Dominique Perrault, Pezo von Ellrichshausen, Renzo Piano, Pivnice, Pornchai Boonsom, Muti Randolph, Richard Rogers, Stanley Saitowitz, SANAA, Sanaksenaho Architects, Martha Schwartz, Robert Simeoni, Alvaro Leite Siza, Spillmann Echsle Architekten, Philippe Starck, Hiroshi Sugimoto, Ross Stevens, Philippe Stuebi, System Architects, Tezuka Architects, UN Studio, Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch, Makoto Sei Watanabe, White Arkitekter, Ken Yeang, and Makoto Yokomizo.

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Color Drawing: Design Drawing Skills and Techniques for Architects, Landscape Architects, and Interior Designers, 2nd Edition

By Michael E. Doyle
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Number Of Pages: 360
Publication Date: 1999-06-16
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0471292451
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780471292456
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

Stunningly updated, totally redesigned, practical, and ready to use This new edition of Michael Doyle's classic Color Drawing is the ultimate up-to-date resource for professionals and students who need to develop and communicate design ideas with clear, attractive, impressive color drawings. In an easy to use, step-by-step approach, this comprehensive guide presents a total system of color design drawing that encompasses approaches to sketch communication as well as more finished presentation drawing. Totally redesigned to provide quick, easy access to key information, this Second Edition covers the basics of color phenomena, media, techniques, and approaches to illustrating materials necessary to communicate design ideas. With nearly 400 new color illustrations, it contains a new section on color and design principles for creating more sophisticated presentation drawings and offers innovative ideas for the reproduction and distribution of finished drawings.
Color Drawing features:
*A complete body of illustrated instruction that demonstrates the development of design ideas from initial concept through presentation drawing
*Finely honed explanations of each technique and process
*Faster and easier ways to create design drawings
*Methods for combining hand-drawn and computer-generated drawing techniques This remarkably versatile volume is both an illuminating textbook and a completely reliable self-teaching tool, as well as a handy quick reference. It is an excellent guide for students at any level and an unparalleled resource for design professionals.

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Building a New Millennium: Bauen Im Neuen Jahrtausend, Construire UN Nouveau Millenaire (Specials)

By Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Taschen
Number Of Pages: 576
Publication Date: 1999-10
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3822863904
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783822863909
Binding: Paperback

Book Description

The earth seems smaller after reading this ambitious book. Its aim: to present the world's most exciting new buildings as humanity enters the new millennium. The book illustrates and analyzes more than 80 projects by 50 well-known architects. While acknowledging the existence of local styles, Philip Jodidio--editor of a prestigious French art journal--emphasizes the global nature of architecture today. The selection of buildings here is truly multicultural, from the new Hong Kong airport and Kyoto's train station to daringly designed homes, schools, museums, even contrasting styles of crematoria (one each from Germany and Japan). With new "space age" materials and very large sums of public and private money, today's architects experiment in creating innovative spaces in which cultural, religious, and other more mundane events can be experienced. The buildings often seem ends in themselves: a $10 million museum in Seoul houses just two Rodin sculptures in a light-filled, inspirational environment; the Jewish Museum in Berlin deliberately opened empty, with no collection of any sort, the dark, jagged architecture sending its own message. The book's international flavor is enhanced by the practice of the publisher, Taschen, to offer text in three languages: English, German, and French. This presents design difficulties that are handled well, with text boxes, alternating triple columns, and restful light-blue "breathing spaces." Descriptions of the buildings are succinct and informative, the photographs of high quality. Building a New Millennium is a successful portrait of the state of architecture at this moment in our accelerating global culture. --John Stevenson

On Span and Space: Architectural Structures Explored

By Bjorn Sandaker
Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 209
Publication Date: 2007-12-14
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 041535787X
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415357876
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:

In this well-illustrated book, Bjorn Sandaker has set out to provide the reader with a better understanding of the relationship between technology and architecture. The technology of load-bearing structures is a key contributor to architecture. A major aspect of the book is its coverage of structure and aesthetics. As an experienced teacher and writer, Sandaker offers a well-founded aesthetic theory to support the understanding and evaluation of a structure's form and design.

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Valode & Pistre Architects

By Philip Jodidio
Publisher: Birkhäuser Basel
Number Of Pages: 240
Publication Date: 2006-03-17
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 3764372001
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783764372002
Binding: Hardcover


Book Description:

The firm of Denis Valode and Jean Pistre, which has been practicing for 25 years, entered upon a new phase of its career in 1992, when the architects — in cooperation with the landscape architect Kathryn Gustafson — received the Equerre d’argent prize of the journal Le Moniteur for the L’Oréal corporate headquarters outside Paris. Their predominantly large-scale projects are distinguished by their high degree of diversity. For some years, Valode & Pistre have not only been practicing in France, their native country, but also maintain offices in Germany, Italy, Great Britain, Russia, Mexico, China, and elsewhere.

This book contains detailed presentations of 18 projects by Valode & Pistre, with documentation focusing on the specific working and design methods of the architects. Projects presented include the Renault Technocentre in Guyancourt, France; the Las Mercedes business park in Madrid, Spain; a group of office and hotel towers in Beijing, China; and the Hyatt Hotel in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

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Fundamental Trends in City Development (Urban and Landscape Perspectives) (Urban and Landscape Perspectives)

Fundamental Trends in City Development (Urban and Landscape Perspectives) By Giovanni Maciocco

• Publisher: Springer
• Number Of Pages: 220
• Publication Date: 2008-02-25
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 354074178X
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9783540741787
• Binding: Hardcover

What do phenomena like sprawl, generic city or urban segregation have in common with the concept of the city? This is not an easy question. It is nevertheless the inquiry this book is based on, mainly because of the bewilderment we feel when faced with these phenomena that are spread throughout the urban world and constitute a tall order for our concepts of the city. Expressions like discomposed city, generic city and segregated city refer to entities that share the loss of the city as a space of communication and social interaction and as the space of the public sphere.

In order to explore what we call the city adrift, certain positions of scholars of the city are analysed, using the utopia as an analytical category and referring to three kinds the conservative utopia, liquidatory utopia and resistant utopia which can perhaps significantly distinguish the different positions on current spatial trends of the city and, more generally, the phenomena emerging in the urban world.

This book investigates how the city can be re-established as the space of dialogue and communication, how the spatial conditions of the public sphere can be created and the city retrieved, and what the features might be of a city retrieved and restored to its citizens.

The author adopts the concept of externity as an innovative element for the project for the city, a constituent feature of all those situations traditionally considered non-functional, therefore external, to our contemporary post-cities, which are consigned to us adrift through decomposition, genericity and segregation.

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Architects Sketches: Dialogue and Design

Architects Sketches: Dialogue and Design
By Kendra Schank Smith

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• Publisher: Architectural Press
• Number Of Pages: 152
• Publication Date: 2008-07-04
• ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0750682264
• ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780750682268
• Binding: Hardcover

Concepts from architects minds evolve through sketches and as a mode of transference are conveyed to the finished building. This book compares qualities of sketches to reveal unique approaches to the instruments of thinking in which all architects engage. It provides new insight into the relationship between architectural sketches and the process of creative manipulation. Sketches comprise a thinking mechanism, and through the qualities of ambiguity, quickness and change, they initiate a dialogue for architects. As a medium to facilitate communication, recording, discovery and evaluation, their pertinence lies in their ability to exhibit both the precise and the imprecise. Exploring four related theoretical approaches, play, memory-imagination-fantasy, caricature and the grotesque, the book shows how imprecision stimulates imagination to conceive new forms in the dialogue of architectural sketches.

* Beautifully presented work with a wealth of illustrations
* Uses examples from architects past and present to show the evolution of the architectural sketch
* Describes the use of simple sketches to convey complex abstract ideas

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Cafes and Bars - Living in the Public

By Grafe/Bollerey
Publisher: Routledge
Number Of Pages: 213
Publication Date: 2007-10-31
ISBN-10 / ASIN: 0415363276
ISBN-13 / EAN: 9780415363273
Binding: Hardcover

Book Description:
The design of bars and cafes has played an important role
in the development of architecture in the twentieth century.
This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the
last 30 years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed
significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of cities across
Europe and North America.
This volume presents and examines this significant urban
architectural production, and discusses it against a background of
the design of cafes and restaurants across the 19th and 20th
centuries. Major themes and developments are discussed and
illustrated with case studies, from the functionalist pre-World
War Two architects in Central Europe representing modernsociety
through the design of public spaces, right up to the design
of sophisticated bars and restaurants as part of the recent urban
renaissance of Barcelona and Paris in 1980s and London in the 90s.

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