Let’s admit it – telling someone you are an architect is pretty cool because whether or not they understand what that means or what the job entails. Regardless of the accuracy of information those people bring to the conversation, being an architect … [Continue reading]
There are a few things that I know with absolute certainty ... Leprechauns are jerks, people will tell me if I don't call out the vapor barrier in my sketches, and seeing redlines will cause PTSD. I have talked about redlines a handful of times and … [Continue reading]
Well, this is not a New Year’s resolution post, it is a new year post of my 2022 proposed reading list. For the past few years, at the beginning of each year, I try to choose a stack of books that I plan to read in the upcoming year. So I wanted to … [Continue reading]
The Top 10 Reasons to be an Architect is a good topic to discuss on an architecturally themed podcast and interestingly enough, this is the very topic that put the Life of an Architect website on the proverbial map. It’s been 11 years, 11 months, and … [Continue reading]
An item of consideration that is becoming more prevalent in our conversations at the office is the introduction of a "Work from Home" (WFH) policy. To say that this is an important yet divisive topic would be an understatement. Regardless of where … [Continue reading]
I am working on a project that I have never completed in my career: a teaching statement for architecture. This is a new challenge for me, but I am working my way through to complete it. Now I have written about myself in the third person for many … [Continue reading]
