It was August 10th, 2010 when I first conceived of the “Low-Cost Modern Home Challenge” with the intent to go through a design process that would help us understand how to design a modern house that people could afford and would actually want to live … [Continue reading]
Ep 109: Traveling for Work
You are at the airport, or maybe you’re driving someplace that isn’t very close. You have an owner presentation, or maybe it’s a construction meeting – either way you won’t be sleeping at home and chances are pretty good that you will be eating … [Continue reading]
Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)
How much drafting does a fully licensed architect do? What is something you learned in the industry that you hadn’t been taught in school? Are you as condescending to your employees as your redlines let on? All this and potentially other hateful … [Continue reading]
Ep 107: Design Development
There is a process when working on a residential project when you actually start figuring out what the project will look like in terms of elevations, exterior materials, interior finishes, specialty lighting, cabinetry, plumbing fixtures … a lot of … [Continue reading]
Ep 106: Architecture School 101: Equipment
Around this time every year that a new crop of potential future architects are about to start their first year of architecture school, and they have questions. What equipment do I need? Drawing supplies? Computer requirements? What about software and … [Continue reading]
Ep 105: Interior Architecture
Architecture is a field with a wide variety of possible pathways and careers. Today we will focus our attention on the closely related field of Interior Architecture. What exactly is Interior Architecture you ask? That’s what we will be discussing, … [Continue reading]