Wednesday, April 9, 2008

WEEK 3 INDEPENDENT STUDY

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Custom texture used for gallery floor and
balcony floor

Architectural Inspiration:

The use of supporting structure is inspired from the world's tallest hotel the Burj Al Arab. The outer skeleton structure of the Burj Al Arab supports the building structure and is used as an aesthetic element of the building.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Hey James,

So far looking great, reminds me of an airport. Nice looking curved structures and the glass fits well as a wall-like surface to break up the black 'tar' ground layer. You have made good reference back to your notepad sketch and its obvious where your inspiration came from. In terms of texture, the floor texture is scaled well and looks natural, though I'd like to see some of your other textures too!

Also were you planning on going underground? I would be interested to see what you could come up with.

Good work and keep it up James

David Butterworth