Not every residential project I work on as an architect is large with an even larger budget - that just happens to be the case lately and where I find my role in the office. Since smaller projects … [Read more...]
Zinc Metal Siding – VM Zinc by Umicore
A few years ago a vendor brought in an update to our VM Zinc product binder and in it were some samples of some new colors available for zinc panels - yes, yes, I know instead of focusing on how zinc … [Read more...]
107 Reasons Why You, Architect, Matter
Written by Randy Deutsch, Architect2Zebras is one of the many architectural websites that I check in on but one of the few that I subscribe to. Last year he took a comprehensive look at why architects … [Read more...]
Perspective – do you have it?
. Over the weekend I engaged in an interesting conversation that walked the line between friendly and hostile. We started off talking about McMansions and our mutual disdain how the priorities of … [Read more...]
Modern Infill Project in Dallas
I spend about half of my day working on the construction administration of our projects (in one form or another). One of our current projects is a modern infill project under construction about 3 … [Read more...]
The Kitchen is Key
Everybody knows it ... and when you are a residential architect and design a lot of houses you really, really know it: The kitchen is the most important room in the house It's just one of those … [Read more...]