Yes, that’s right! Everybody’s favourite little architectural package is now free, thanks to the folks at google no less!

http://sketchup.google.com/

My good colleague Lee Kin Yip (blog here) says “it looks a bit jipsum” but like that’s really the point. Obviously they’re hoping to populate the land of Google Earth with nice models.. It’s great that in this world of some misery there is at least the benevolent entity known as Google!

Here in the land of Shade, I wonder if anybody will notice? Anyway, a mac version is thankfully in the works.