Few people love putting together stair drawings, but I think you'll agree that some stairs are more fun to detail than others. Such is the case for the monumental stairwell we've been working on for … [Read more...]
Man versus Machine – Architectural Sketch Series
I'm currently in Chicago celebrating the 50th birthday of a good friend of mine. In fact, there are four of us here and we all know each other from our time together from the University of Texas … [Read more...]
Master Bathroom … Again
Apparently, I don't like myself very much. I am basing this on all the evidence I have on hand ... and I use the word "evidence" because the master bathroom in my current home is a crime scene. Not … [Read more...]
010: What Makes You a Designer
There are many things I do during a typical day – designing “stuff” is just one very small portion – but I still consider myself a designer more so than a project architect. Since I work at a smallish … [Read more...]
Architectural Sketches 003 – Japanese Playhouse
Architectural sketches typically fall into two distinctive camps (other than "Great!" or "terrible") and the relative purpose of those sketches seem to reflect the time period when the sketch was … [Read more...]
Architectural Sketches 002 – The Series
About 30 days and thousands of sketches later, it's time for the next round of Architectural Sketches - The Series. While I think adding "The Series" on to the end certainly makes it sound super … [Read more...]