. 1) sucketh (verb) \ˈsək-eth\ : a posh, Shakespearean way of saying "Suck". . By all measurable standards, I am an expert at single family houses and all thing residential. Why? I've lived in them … [Read more...]
eVolo 2013 Skyscraper Competition
Before you get all worked up, I am not hosting another design competition here on Life of an Architect ... yet. I'm not sure how many people are familiar with the annual eVolo Skyscraper … [Read more...]
Happy 4th of July!
I know that not everyone who visits me here at Life of an Architect celebrates the 4th of July (in fact, it's barely over half - 52.65%) but since I do, I thought I would take the time to wish … [Read more...]
Pencils and Architects
The other day I was attempting to clean up my desk a bit and I moved a very large stack of drawings that was laying on top of about 50,000 other things. As I moved the drawings, a bunch of pen's, … [Read more...]
Moving a large tree … feels good
Moving a tree isn't something that a lot of people think about ... which is a shame. We have a commercial job we are working one that has four really magnificent trees on site, the youngest is over a … [Read more...]
John Ruskin:
Common Law of Business Balance
I stumbled upon a quote the other day that really resonated with me - although I had thought through it many times before, I hadn't ever heard or read it put so succinctly. It is called "The Common … [Read more...]