Video: Another faux Pope House???

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:09 pm

Frank Lloyd Wright. Pope-Leighey house.mov - [2:02]

That's certainly not the Pope House that I've visited twice in D.C. And certainly no blonde/pickled wood in the original.

Remember this Pope copy? I guess there is another another one out there somewhere now, too.

David

DavidC · Post by **DavidC** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 4:20 pm

On second thought, after seeing the name "3d studio Vray" in the description on the YouTube page I decided to do a Google. It turns out that V-Ray makes and sells architectural rendering software.

My gosh, if that is the case, the level of photo-realism reached in this Pope CGI is extremely impressive!

David

SDR · Post by **SDR** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 5:52 pm

The very limited number of spaces shown might have been a tip. And, 45 sec. in, the header course of brick serving as a fireplace "lintel" is composed of partial bricks -- which should have been a tip-off. Granted, I was prepared for the fact of its being a GCI production . . . !

You're right, it is an impressive display of the capabilities. SketchUp, eat your heart out ? The wood even looks varnished, as for an exterior application. I don't notice any repeats of wood grain . . .

S

Paul Ringstrom · Post by **Paul Ringstrom** » Wed Mar 09, 2011 7:16 pm

These guys out of Oklahoma do very nice work too. They did the animations for the Bruce Goff exhibit last October that featured several of his unbuilt houses.

http://www.skylineink.com/

The FLWBC ought to consider funding the digital creation of one of Wright's unbuilt works annually. Consider what a thrill it would be to "walk-thru" some of his projects that were never to be.