. Soon I will be flying off to California to take part in a panel discussion titled "Design Trends for the Modern Kitchen" with Bosch, BLANCO and a group of heavy-hitters from DWELL magazine. I don't make time to go on many work related trips … [Continue reading]
Architects and Hobbies

Architects don't have hobbies, at least most of the ones I know don't have one. I haven't spent the time to do any real research, just basing this on what I know and from personal experience. So why don't architects have hobbies? Inquiring minds … [Continue reading]
Architects and Blogging

Last week I was in Washington DC for the 2012 National American Institute of Architects convention. I was fortunate to have been asked to present a case study on this blog site as part of a panel of architects who blog. I was a little surprised to … [Continue reading]
Life of an Architect 2012 Design Playhouse Competition – The Winners
The first annual Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition has some to a close - at least for everyone except for the lucky winners! This last Friday - May 4th - we took the top 20 entries that were selected and whittled them down to … [Continue reading]
Architects and Photography
I am setting myself up here in a major way by saying that photography is a skill that more architects should practice. You could infer from that comment that I might be holding myself out as an example of someone who takes good pictures - and I'm not … [Continue reading]
SketchUp renderings…You Have Options
One of the most valuable tools used to convey a project to a client is the use of 3d modeling. You can sit and try to explain something to a client but at the end of the day if they can't read the plans then they can't truly understand what's going … [Continue reading]
