Thank you – my mind just exploded

Thank you – my mind just exploded

Sometime in the middle of the night, an unimaginable milestone occurred.

Working on your own house sucks

Working on your own house sucks

As an architect, I prepare drawings every day – so why is preparing drawings on your own house so terrible? There are many possibilities …

Kate and the Fun Run

Kate and the Fun Run

8 year old cultural prodigy Kate Borson makes an impassioned plea for help from the readers of LIfe of an Architect. If you are a fan of this site (or at least tolerate it, please read on…)

It doesn’t count if it doesn’t get built

It doesn’t count if it doesn’t get built

I fully expect to have some people disagree with me today, even go so far as to unsubscribe to my site because this is the post that they finally decide that I am truly an idiot.

Dead Projects

Dead Projects

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it doesn’t count if it doesn’t get built. Projects that for one reason or another got put in the drawer only to never see the light of day again. I call these “dead projects.”

Remind me … why am I doing this again?

Remind me … why am I doing this again?

getting technical support when you are not a technical person can be excruciating. I just went through the most painful “Technical Helpline” phone call ever when all I want to do is make my website perform better … for you.

The Best Architectural Websites

The Best Architectural Websites

The Top Architectural Blog Sites in the World! That sounds pretty important doesn’t it? At the very least it sounds comprehensive … it suggests an extensive and exhaustive collection of the best architecturally themed websites in the world.

Mental Health Awareness for the Architecture Student

Mental Health Awareness for the Architecture Student

For some students, college will be the time when some might struggle to cope with the stresses associated with college life, for architecture students, there is another layer of stress and rigor placed upon them

An Architect’s tool bag

An Architect’s tool bag

To be an architect you have to have specific tools to get the job done. Here is a look at the ones I use most often.

Architect Magazine </br>Yeah, I’m in it [sad face]

Architect Magazine
Yeah, I’m in it [sad face]

There are moments in a persons life where everything comes together in a magical way – most of these moments seem to happen on their own accord, no planning … just the stars aligning in just the perfect way to create a moment in a person’s life that is extraordinary.
This is not one of those moments.