Let's see ... 400 square feet of glass mosaic tile, labor to install, elongated 1 piece toilet, large soaking bathtub, 20 hours plumber labor, 60 hours carpenter labor, tape, bed and texture ... wait a minute, that's my Christmas list!! . Ho Ho … [Continue reading]
Say what you mean, mean what you say

The message today is about taking a deeper and sometimes a second or third look at what appears to be an everyday common object, occurrence, or in my example, a phrase. All of a sudden, something you never really paid much attention to is everywhere … [Continue reading]
Small Residential Projects
Not every residential project I work on as an architect is large with an even larger budget - that just happens to be the case lately and where I find my role in the office. Since smaller projects with smaller budgets tend to be less complicated, … [Continue reading]
How to build a shower that won’t leak – Products

Building a proper shower starts with specifying the right sort of products. Because there are all sorts of sites out there that tell you how to build a shower (and since I don't build these myself), I am going to stick with something those other … [Continue reading]
Josef Albers – Homage to the Square

. Did you know that Josef Albers (March 19, 1888 – March 25, 1976) was a German-born American artist and educator whose work, both in Europe and in the United States, formed the basis of some of the most influential and far-reaching art education … [Continue reading]
How much money does an architect make?

I get plenty of emails asking questions here at Life of an Architect - and over the last 12 months an increasing amount of them are either from students or associate/ intern level architects ... and this is how most of them look: . Dear Bob @ … [Continue reading]
