While researching potential gift ideas for this year's 7th Annual What to Get an Architect for Christmas, I found a lot of lists that were full of really icky and terrible gift ideas that were clearly … [Read more...]
Then and Now – Architectural Design or Accounting
On my next birthday, I will celebrate 49 successful years of surviving my yearly journey around a 1.392 million kilometer ball of hot plasma that burns at a temperature exceeding 10,340°F ... more … [Read more...]
Designing Elevations
Which came first - the chicken or the egg? Everyone knows the correct answer is the egg ... and by "egg" I mean "floor plans". I posted a sketch last week of an elevation study and was asked a … [Read more...]
Israel – but first, let me take a groupie
A few months ago I took a trip to Israel as a guest of Vibe Israel, in an effort expand my horizons and experience a part of the world about which I know very little. I have been mentally and … [Read more...]
How to Find an Architect
It's really hard for people to find an architect; at least that's what the emails in my inbox are telling me. To further get to the point, it's not hard to look one up that's in your hometown - that's … [Read more...]
Being an Architect … Amazeballs
I have had a very interesting past few days - the kind of interesting that confirms for me why I do what I do for a living. Every now and then I get a little beaten down from the act of doing my job … [Read more...]