"How to build a wood deck" is a question that I ask myself more times than you might think. Despite having drawn up a lot of them in my career, I still find new ways to build them. Maybe I just find them pleasant since they hint at certain lifestyle … [Continue reading]
I don't know when it happened to me, but I feel the need to blame someone - if only I knew who to blame. My email inbox is out of control and it's frankly starting to irritate me because so many of the emails I receive should never have been sent. … [Continue reading]
Shadows on construction drawings ... who would do such a thing?!? As it turns out, I would. I thought adding shadows to these elevations would help convey some additional information and despite the fact that I know you should never add shadows to … [Continue reading]
Who has an Oculus? (finger-pointing) This Guy. More accurately, my client has one, but hopefully I'll get to visit it every so often ... maybe on every other holiday and weekends. Oculus is a word that you don't get to say very often ... even less … [Continue reading]
I can't even begin to convey the irony of this post. It is literally Labor Day - a holiday - and I'm sitting in my customary spot on the couch writing this article. Bonus level of irony - I initially claimed this particular spot on the couch because … [Continue reading]
Let's pretend that you are in architecture school - maybe you just started, maybe you've been there for a while - I'm not sure that it matters for today's discussion. The "Architectural School Jury" is a process that exists in architecture schools … [Continue reading]
