Do architects draw too much? As I wrap up my weekend, where I spent the entire time reviewing and redlining sheet after sheet of construction drawings, especially after putting in a 60-hour Monday … [Read more...]
What is Architecture?
What is architecture? How do we define architecture as a profession, as a practice, as a concept? I’ve been talking a lot about this recently with colleagues, and I have seen a couple of posts in … [Read more...]
Ep 085: Design and Fabrication
Design and fabrication is a topic that almost all architects discuss at one point or another. How does it inform the creative process, who gets involved, why does it make sense? We are going to be … [Read more...]
Just Draw it Up
If you are in the market for an architect and are starting to shop around a bit, a piece of advice is to avoid the phrase: We know what we want, we just need someone to draw it up. I can just … [Read more...]
Ep 084: Building an Architect
You’re a kid thinking about being an architect, you go to school, you take an unreasonable number of classes for years and years, you graduate, start your first job and instead of thinking “I’ve made … [Read more...]
The Perspective of Work-Life Balance
Right out of the gate I'm going to say that you have to craft your own particular description of what work-life balance means in order to achieve it. It has been incredibly interesting to see how the … [Read more...]