I recently had a conversation about the importance of sketching and my job. With the prevalence of computer 3D software, fewer and fewer graduates from the design profession are entering the "real" … [Read more...]
Top Ten Reasons to be a Residential Architect
1. Personal relationships with clients Working on residential projects allows for a personal connection that simply doesn’t exist on commercial or civic projects. The distinction might be based … [Read more...]
Top Ten Client Traits
There are clients I like and then there are clients I love. There are loads of reasons why but the best clients always seem to share some of the same characteristics. These reasons might seem obvious … [Read more...]
Evil Top Ten list – I hate you
I have been struggling lately with a post I wrote some time ago about the top ten reasons to not be an architect and the top ten reasons to be an architect. When I wrote these, it was a response to … [Read more...]
The House of Marlon Blackwell
There are two more projects from Marlon Blackwell to look at but I might get sidetracked for a while before I get to the second and far more controversial (it needs to stew in my pea brain for a … [Read more...]
Context and Inspiration: A Rambling
My time has been spent looking at buildings and context. I was interested in looking for inspiration that helped define the work of local architects who were interested in drawing on the past to help … [Read more...]