Building the Torchwood hub – Torchwood Declassified – BBC

Posted by admin on September 11th, 2009 and filed under building design | 2 Comments »

Actors, directors and writers of Torchwood give first hand accounts of what it is like to work on such an impressive set. Watch this free video showing how the hub was built – from BBC worldwide.

Watch more Torchwood: Declassified from BBC Worldwide here:
http://www.youtube.com/view_play_list?p=83001D5C15B5C62F

Duration : 0:0:54

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The Green Building Energy by Design

Posted by admin on September 8th, 2009 and filed under building design | 1 Comment »

energy recovery, Geothermal solar panels

Duration : 0:6:3

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Building a House in The Sims 2 – #3

Posted by admin on August 18th, 2009 and filed under home design | 25 Comments »

My third video of me building a house in super speed. I decided to do a Victorian Second Empire style home this time… one of my real life favourites. For a change there is no furnishing, only building and landscaping.

I have The Sims 2 base game with all expansion packs, and the following cheats were used during construction:

move_objects on

Yep, that’s it. ;)

Incidentally Fraps was used to record this, not the in game video recorder as that doesn’t work properly… thanks a bunch, EA.

Enjoy.

Duration : 0:7:36

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e2 design II — Affordable Green Housing podcast

Posted by admin on August 6th, 2009 and filed under building design | 1 Comment »

This is the fourth in a series of video podcasts for the PBS series e2 design II. Each podcast takes you beyond the episodes and deeper into the world of sustainable design. Biophilia is a hypothesis that describes humans as emotionally connected to all other living systems. Jonathan Rose, a New York City-based real estate developer, describes how biophilia can guide building design in dense urban environments. In many instances, biophilia shares the same principles as sustainable building design.

Major corporate funding for the e2 series is provided by Autodesk. More information is available at http://www.pbs.org/e2/ and http://www.e2-series.com/

Duration : 0:4:46

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Dynamic Architecture (Dubai)

Posted by admin on August 5th, 2009 and filed under architectural | 25 Comments »

Dynamic Architecture
rotating floors – rotating tower in Dubai

Duration : 0:6:39

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