Unlike most professions, architects are fairly accustomed to standing up in front of a group of people and speaking ... but that doesn't mean they like it (or even worse) - that they are any good at doing it. The concern going through almost … [Continue reading]
I'm currently in Chicago celebrating the 50th birthday of a good friend of mine. In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas School of Architecture. Evidence presented this weekend … [Continue reading]
Sometimes bad things happen, and it impacts you in a way that you weren’t anticipating – takes you out of your normal head space. Since I don’t like feeling bad, we’re going to do something about it. Welcome to "The Fun Show".[Note: If you are … [Continue reading]
Yesterday was April 15th, a Monday, and the day that the world-wide beloved Notre Dame Cathedral caught fire and suffered heartwrenching damage. I found about the fire from one of my co-workers shortly after the fire began and I ended up streaming … [Continue reading]
In the beginning, when you are starting to plan your budget for building a new house, 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 … [Continue reading]
Apparently, I don't like myself very much. I am basing this on all the evidence I have on hand ... and I use the word "evidence" because the master bathroom in my current home is a crime scene. Not an actual crime scene, (although I would not have … [Continue reading]
