Some projects begin with a very specific purpose, but that does not necessarily mean they end there. An exercise can start as a way to rebuild a habit, solve a problem, or make good on something you … [Read more...]
Ep 205: How to Start Designing Your House
Designing a house sounds like it should begin with drawings, because drawings are the visible proof that something architectural is happening. The better starting point is less photogenic but far more … [Read more...]
Ep 198: The Creative Process
Creativity gets talked about as though it arrives through some spark of inspiration … right up until you have to do it for a living. At this point, the conversation gets a lot more practical because … [Read more...]
Ep 195: Designing Your Own House
The idea of an architect designing a house for themselves sounds inevitable, like it’s lurking on the horizon as some kind of professional rite of passage. Reality doesn’t line up with the … [Read more...]
Ep 187: Objects of Design
From a design standpoint, some things just stand apart. They make you pause for reasons that go beyond looks — something about the form, the logic, or even the story behind them just feels right. … [Read more...]
Ep 186: The Rules of Modernism
Every rule was made to be broken, except in architecture, where even the act of breaking rules seems to come with its own set of rules. Modernism promised liberation from the past, but it quickly … [Read more...]