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SANAA Exhibition Opens in Taichung: 30 Years of Work and Process Models

Organized by the Taichung Art Museum, the SANAA exhibition will open on 30 January 2027 at Taichung Green Museumbrary. Drawings, models and archival documents will explore 30 years of work by the practices.

30 October 20262 min read
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Material Settings for Architectural Scenes with Blender Python: 5 Steps

Blender’s Python API lets you adjust existing materials’ roughness, metallic values, and transparency methods with code. This guide walks through essential material settings for architectural scenes, step by step.

30 October 20265 min read
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Preparing an Architectural Scene in Unreal Engine with Nanite and Virtual Shadow Maps

This guide explains how to enable Nanite for supported models in Unreal Engine 5 and match Virtual Shadow Maps to your scene. It also covers considerations and limitations for dense geometry, shadow quality, and performance.

30 October 20265 min read
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Blender Curve Modeling: Create Architectural Profiles Along a Path

Blender curves let you turn lines into strips or tubes and adjust their cross-sections and scale. This guide walks through the core curve workflow for architectural modeling and visualization.

30 October 20265 min read
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Architectural Image Generation with Gemini Nano Banana 2.1: A Prompt Guide

Nano Banana 2.1 in the Gemini API can generate images from text and edit images through conversational prompts. This guide offers a step-by-step method for writing clearer prompts for architectural and interior design work.

30 October 20265 min read
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Setting Up Architectural Interior Lighting in Blender: Area Lights and Shader Tips

This guide walks through lighting an architectural interior scene in Blender with Area and Spot Lights, choosing Image Texture projections, and using the Light Path node.

29 October 20265 min read
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How to Write a Veo Prompt for Architectural Video: Framing, Light and Motion

Effective prompts for architectural video generation can be built by clearly describing the space, lighting, action and camera movement. However, the Gemini API preview of Veo 3.1 closed on 22 October 2026; Gemini Omni Flash is now used for video generation with the Gemini API.

29 October 20266 min read
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Blender Bevel Shader Node Guide: Edge Highlights and Render Costs

Blender’s Bevel Shader Node can make edges stand out more clearly in the light without changing the model’s geometry. This guide walks through the Cycles requirement, key settings, and potential impact on render times.

29 October 20264 min read
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Setting Up an Architectural Camera Workflow with Unreal Engine Cine Camera and Live Link

This guide explains how to configure a Cine Camera Actor in Unreal Engine for framing and focus, then receive camera data from an external source through Live Link. It covers menu steps and common connection issues.

29 October 20265 min read
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Guide to Creating Architectural Concept Images with Nano Banana 2.1

Nano Banana 2.1 supports generating images from text and editing existing images with prompts via the Gemini API. This guide covers prompt-writing steps for architectural concepts and interior visualizations.

29 October 20265 min read
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Architectural Image Generation with Nano Banana 2.1: A Step-by-Step Prompt Guide

Google’s Gemini API documentation recommends Nano Banana 2.1 for new projects. This guide explains the steps and examples for generating architectural images and editing existing images with prompts.

29 October 20266 min read
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A Guide to Modeling and Unwrapping UVs with Unreal Engine Modeling Mode

Unreal Engine’s Modeling Mode and UV Editor tools let you edit geometry and prepare UV maps directly in the editor. This guide walks through accessing the essential tools and the UV workflow for a model, step by step.

29 October 20265 min read
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Architectural Image Generation with Nano Banana 2.1: 5 Prompts and Tips

Nano Banana 2.1 can generate images from text and edit image inputs through the Gemini API. This guide covers prompt writing for architectural concepts and interior design, and how to refine results step by step.

29 October 20265 min read
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Rhino QuadRemesh Guide: Create Cleaner Quad Meshes and SubD

In Rhino 8, QuadRemesh can generate a clean quad mesh from surface, mesh, and SubD geometry. This guide explains key options, including target face count and guide curves, as well as optional SubD conversion.

29 October 20266 min read
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How to Export Blender Geometry Nodes Simulations to Alembic

This guide brings together the steps for caching a Blender Geometry Nodes simulation, baking it to disk, and exporting it as Alembic. This prepares you to move animated geometry into other software.

29 October 20265 min read
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Architectural image generation with Nano Banana 2.1: from prompting to editing

Nano Banana 2.1, featured in Google’s Gemini API guide, can generate images from text prompts and edit uploaded images. This guide covers prompt workflows for architectural and interior design projects.

29 October 20266 min read
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Importing an Unreal Engine Scene with Datasmith: Scale and Surface Checks

This guide explains how to check scale, naming, surface orientation, lightmap UVs, lights, and physics settings in scenes imported into Unreal Engine with Datasmith. It is based on Epic’s UE 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 documentation.

28 October 20265 min read
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Spatial Audio in Unreal Engine: A Guide to Attenuation and Audio Volumes

Use Sound Attenuation in Unreal Engine to control how audio behaves based on distance and position, and Audio Volumes to configure reverb in different areas. This guide walks through the basic shapes, priorities, and transition options.

28 October 20265 min read
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Blender Eevee Light Probes: Adjusting Reflections and Indirect Light Indoors

In Blender Eevee, volume and plane light probes help control indirect light and reflections indoors. This guide covers probe placement, baking, and troubleshooting common issues.

28 October 20265 min read
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Architectural Image Generation with Nano Banana 2.1: From Prompt to Editing

Nano Banana 2.1 in the Gemini API can be used to generate architectural images and edit reference images with text. This guide explains how to write clear prompts and iteratively refine results.

28 October 20265 min read
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Quick Interior Preview in Blender with Viewport Render and the Glare Node

We walk you through creating still or animation previews from the active view with Workbench or EEVEE in Blender, then processing bright areas with the Glare Node in the Compositor.

28 October 20264 min read
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Audio Analysis with the Gemini API: Turn Recordings into Text and Summaries

This guide walks through sending audio files to the Gemini API to describe, summarize, transcribe, and translate their contents. It also explains how to use the Files API for larger requests and the limit on real-time transcription.

28 October 20265 min read
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Blender Camera Settings: Build Your Architectural Composition Step by Step

This guide explains the lens, field of view, clipping and composition guide features in Blender’s Camera data block, with a focus on architectural visualization. It covers what the settings do and what to consider when choosing them.

28 October 20265 min read
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Architectural Image Generation with Nano Banana 2.1: A Step-by-Step Prompt Guide

Google’s Gemini API guide explains how to generate images from text and edit existing images with text using Nano Banana models. This guide walks through the process step by step with examples for architecture and interior visualization.

28 October 20266 min read