If there is a topic I can spontaneously talk about, it's this blog ... it is the closest thing I have to a hobby (which is incredibly sad on so many levels) and I definitely have a Love / Hate relationship with it. To that end, I was in San Antonio, … [Continue reading]
On my next birthday, I will celebrate 49 successful years of surviving my yearly journey around a 1.392 million kilometer ball of hot plasma that burns at a temperature exceeding 10,340°F ... more commonly known as the sun. In addition, I have been … [Continue reading]
There are good dog houses, and then there are great dog houses ... I'd like to think that the "Barker Table" doghouse falls into the latter category. If you swing through Life of an Architect with any regularity, you know that I think it's … [Continue reading]
Halloween Candy is serious business - just ask anybody under the age of 12 ... or me. It would be weird if you knew that I don't like cakes, pies, cookies, and that sort of sweet, but candy is a different matter. I still don't like most of it but … [Continue reading]
The process of entering your house is important. There is a sequence of events that should happen from the time someone arrives at the curb and makes their way to the front door, and preparing this narrative of experience is something that we spend a … [Continue reading]
Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos ... these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. What makes them enjoyable is that they force me to reflect back upon a … [Continue reading]
