Let's see ... 400 square feet of glass mosaic tile, labor to install, elongated 1 piece toilet, large soaking bathtub, 20 hours plumber labor, 60 hours carpenter labor, tape, bed and texture ... wait … [Read more...]
Say what you mean, mean what you say
The message today is about taking a deeper and sometimes a second or third look at what appears to be an everyday common object, occurrence, or in my example, a phrase. All of a sudden, something you … [Read more...]
Small Residential Projects
Not every residential project I work on as an architect is large with an even larger budget - that just happens to be the case lately and where I find my role in the office. Since smaller projects … [Read more...]
How to build a shower that won’t leak – Products
Building a proper shower starts with specifying the right sort of products. Because there are all sorts of sites out there that tell you how to build a shower (and since I don't build these myself), I … [Read more...]
Josef Albers – Homage to the Square
. Did you know that Josef Albers (March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of … [Read more...]
How much money does an architect make?
I get plenty of emails asking questions here at Life of an Architect - and over the last 12 months an increasing amount of them are either from students or associate/ intern level architects ... and … [Read more...]