“Music and the creative process”
“Architecture and Music”
These are phrases within questions that I have been getting asked since I was 18 years old but I should probably provide you with some of my musical background first.
I really used to love getting Dwell magazine but now …ehh. When I hear the beeping of the magazine truck backing up to our office to unload the 5 metric tons of magazines that we get, I still look forward to getting my hands on Dwell, but not for the same reasons as before. The projects have become so silly that it is bordering on irrelevant. Sorry folks, but Dwell has jumped the shark.
I like interior designers. I think that they make my projects, and by extension me, look good. Sure I have my issues but they aren’t systemtic to interior designers as a group of professionals. Just like with all things, there are some good ones and some not so good ones.
There are some rules I try and follow, they aren’t too complicated and most will probably keep you from being a jerk.
Do what you say you are going to do, when you said you were going to do it
Don’t volunteer to take on a task if you can’t dedicate the time to do it right
Think outside your own 3′ personal bubble and consider how your actions AND inactions will impact others
Fool me once shame on you, fool me twice shame on me
Better to keep your mouth shut and let people think you are stupid than to open it and remove all doubt
Don’t get mad at people who don’t understand what you are trying to say; that might be your fault
Most architects tend to collect books, at least all the ones I know I do. Some are fanatical about their books, me – not so much. Since I moved into a smaller house, I don’t have the space to dedicate to book display and I don’t have the need to scream out to people “I read books!”.
Moonlighting has dark undertones as it’s very name might suggest. There are advantages and disadvantages to taking on work outside of normal business hours.
Residential construction costs are not that complicated unless you really want to make them that way. There are some general broad stroke pieces of information that if you know them, you will not be surprised when it comes time to planning your budget.
I recently had a conversation about the importance of sketching and my job. With the prevalence of computer 3D software, fewer and fewer graduates from the design profession are entering the “real” world with the ability to hold a pen, pencil, paintbrush – whatever – and work through their ideas, explore concepts, or sit across from a [...]
Being an residential architect is one of the best jobs an architect can have – if it’s the right fit for you.
There are clients I like and then there are clients I love. There are loads of reasons why but the best clients always seem to share some of the same characteristics. These reasons might seem obvious to some but in most cases, my favorite clients have every single one of these traits. Feel free to [...]
