From time to time, there are moments when I hear someone say something that leaves me flabbergasted. Considering that I love to talk, I think I am more than willing to let most people slide when they … [Read more...]
The Competitive Bid Process
Of all the moments on a job, the bid phase gives me the most heartburn. It is a stressful period full of hardcore short-term deadlines and while my personal history tells me that I don't really have … [Read more...]
Inspiration and Inadequacy – All at Once
It is Sunday night and I find myself sitting in my usual location preparing to write the next post on Life of an Architect ... except I am experiencing a problem that is making this particular post … [Read more...]
Technology is Amazing
If you are an architect, technology is a way of life ... but despite knowing this information, I am frequently amazed by just how amazing technology actually is and the role it plays daily in my … [Read more...]
Memories from Architecture Studio
Does anybody remember "mixtapes"? For those of you born after 1995, mixtapes were traditionally self-assembled arrangements of songs onto cassette tapes. I had hundreds of them and armed with my Sony … [Read more...]
Architectural Redlines During Design
Nothing makes people lose their minds faster than whenever I post a sketch ... you would think that contained somewhere within this sketch is the nuclear launch codes and because of my frivolous lack … [Read more...]