OVERVIEW
Architects design anything from houses to small buildings to
large-scale developments - which requires creativity, imagination and
an understanding of materials and construction. Similarly, landscape
architects, town planners and other associated professionals combine
their artistic, scientific and engineering knowledge to enhance our
surroundings. These designers are becoming increasingly reliant on
computing skills and the provision of high-quality software to assist
them.
Whether architects and those in allied professions are creating
diagrams, designs, preparing documents for approvals (eg with planning,
fire and health agencies), constructing models or undertaking cost
estimates, computing skills are becoming ever more important. Most
professionals work with computer-aided design software and animation in
the drawing process so they need to be knowledgeable about these
applications and virtual architecture.
Local design firms are utilising a range of sophisticated software and
animation technology to give them the edge over competing firms.
Architects and urban and regional planners are creating unique,
lifelike illustrations of buildings and developments - such as 3-D
architectural visualisation, animated fly-throughs and digital stills.
They're also assisting the real estate industry (including high-end)
and developers, who can market their real estate using premium software
to provide buyers with images that are almost as good as a walk-through.
Last Pixel: 3–D Modelling and Animation for Architectural Visualisation
A Perth–based company specialising in 3–D modelling and animation for architectural visualisation has provided a variety of industries with high quality 3–D renderings and 3–D fly through animations and productions using the world’s latest cutting edge technology available.
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Architectural Awards layer now in Google Earth
The Australian Institute of Architects is proud to showcase its award-winning contemporary architecture on Google Earth.
The introduction of an Australian Institute of Architects layer in Google Earth
extends the promotion of all awards entrants from the Institute's
Project Gallery, the largest online database of architecture in
Australia, to over 350 million Google Earth users worldwide.
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