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 … [Read more...]
090: Architectural Graphics
Graphics are the language that architects use to communicate intent to the people we serve. We draw to explain our designs, we draw to explain what material we want to use, we draw to articulate how … [Read more...]
Studio Lessons 101: Architectural Resolution
So I have been having conversations with my colleagues about this idea of what I will call Architectural Resolution. This is not exactly about the image resolution like in pixels or dots, but I could … [Read more...]
10 Mistakes Architecture Students Should Avoid
Life in college for architecture students is remarkably predictable for those of us who have been through it. Despite the fact that I am 29 years removed from my own time in studio, very little … [Read more...]
Ep 087: Architectural Model Making
When we were all in architecture school, we made a ton of architectural models, but once we graduated … no more. What happened to all the architectural models? Why did 90% of us quit making models? … [Read more...]
What is Architecture?
What is architecture? How do we define architecture as a profession, as a practice, as a concept? I’ve been talking a lot about this recently with colleagues, and I have seen a couple of posts in … [Read more...]