Since it has been a while since the last entry in this series, today's topic is Residential Architecture 101 - Room Matrix. I brought this topic up in podcast episode 79: Designing a House because, for every residential project I have ever worked on, … [Continue reading]
As a profession, architects have been portrayed in various movies and television series for almost as long as the mediums have been around. I thought for today I would hit some of the titles that portray architects in entertainment media. I am … [Continue reading]
Architecture meets the needs and goals of those who inhabit it. Architecture involves a great deal of artistic skill and creative energy … and it originates in a creative spark that comes from within the architect, but does that make it “art”? It is … [Continue reading]
Whew. That's a good way to describe my weekend once I got to 2:00 pm on Sunday. The last several months - and particularly the last few weeks - have been very busy and to be frank, fairly stressful. Several things came to a conclusion on Sunday and … [Continue reading]
Designing a house is easy, anybody can do it … at least that’s what most people think. The reality is that there are literally thousands of nuances that when all added up make the difference between a house that suits your needs and one that simply … [Continue reading]
If there is one thing that I love most about the design process, is that there is always something new to learn. This is generally true about the entire profession of architecture - things are always changing - what you would once dismiss as … [Continue reading]
