Stormhouse Alternates (2009)

Stormhouse (2009) illustration for a course catalog

I produced a pair of alternative renderings of my Stormhouse project for a course catalog cover at the Boston Architectural College, where I was teaching, but they were never selected for use.

Stormhouse (2009) illustration for a course catalog

Coincidentally, a major software company approached me to test render “realistically” a 3D model of the building using a then-new product, resulting in the following two images:

Stormhouse (2009) "realistic" rendering

Stormhouse (2009) "realistic" rendering

I soon discovered that the Stormhouse was being used to advertise that software product in a Youtube video without my explicit permission (let alone compensation), although I was credited onscreen for the model.

Both the Stormhouse and the Pavilion for Oblivion projects did, however, make legitimate cameo appearances in a software handbook,  SketchUp: the Missing Manual, by Chris Grover for O’Reilly. I was a technical reviewer for the publication, and Chris graciously asked to use my projects to illustrate several didactic points.

I also produced several minor renderings of the Stormhouse  for a website project that never materialized.

Stormhouse (2009) illustration for a website

Stormhouse (2009) illustration for a website

Stormhouse (2009) website header