[choo-chee]

Is it just me or the 5 finalists at the stills category have almost nothing to do with arch viz?
none of the images looks as a "real" project or true arch viz.
it looks sort of conceptual CG work, very good but I don't think it should be there.
just my opinion.

[Bubbaloo]

Link please.

[SandroS]

link to the nominations and link to the discussion on them

[Bubbaloo]

The judges must be on crack. Any one of Bertrand Benoit's pieces are better than all of the nominees. Every one of his pieces is a work of art.

[Bubbaloo]

I mean really? What is this?

[Polyxo]

I mean really? What is this?

A cool image.
I'm surprised to see artistic work getting honored here, also with the other nominations.

[Michael Betke]

I don't want to be the judges with over 830 entries for archviz still images. I considered to transmit a real-time project but didn't feel comfortable with it. Then I've seen the nominees and thought I should have submit one. Looking at the overall projects which got sumbitted it seems the contest was flooded with Lumion3D projects.

[Bubbaloo]

A cool image.

It looks like the side of a skyscraper was hit by a pirate ship, then the building started bleeding wagons and tentacles.

Yeah. Cooool.

[Half Life]

It's a well executed illustration -- but without knowing the concept that it is explaining it may be difficult to judge it's merit.

Personally I liked the Stonehenge video because it was very well done and perfectly clear without explanation -- I'm always a bit turned off with concepts so high-minded they have to be explained... that's true in any artistic platform.

That said the guy you mentioned (Bertrand Benoit) looked pretty plain to me, very well done yes, but not terribly exciting... of course I will be the first to admit I know absolutely nothing about Arch Viz, other than I absolutely despise some the seemingly popular "modern architecture" that seems so prevalent (looks like some of Frank Lloyd Wright's stuff without the "warmth").

Ones that caught my eye were (for any reason):

http://3dawards.cgarchitect.com/entries/view/image/365
http://3dawards.cgarchitect.com/entries/view/image/873
http://3dawards.cgarchitect.com/entries/view/image/1065
http://3dawards.cgarchitect.com/entries/view/image/1224
http://3dawards.cgarchitect.com/entries/view/image/1644

Best,
Jason.

[Bubbaloo]

I absolutely despise some the seemingly popular "modern architecture" that seems so prevalent

Same here. It's the "form over function" crap that I can't stand.

[Half Life]

You know it's funny -- looking through all of those I discovered I have a thing for stairs... it must be the result of living in Florida where multiply-story buildings are a rarity

Best,
Jason.

[Bubbaloo]

I like the designs that incorporate nature and feel like they are part of nature and not a separate entity. Concrete cubes placed on a barren landscape make me angry.

[Renato Lemus]

A cool image.

It looks like the side of a skyscraper was hit by a pirate ship, then the building started bleeding wagons and tentacles.

Yeah. Cooool.

[Mihai]

Concrete cubes placed on a barren landscape make me angry.

Then you'll like this presentation: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/james ... urbia.html

[Bubbaloo]

Concrete cubes placed on a barren landscape make me angry.

Then you'll like this presentation: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/eng/james ... urbia.html

Nice one.