This time of year my office is flooded with greeting cards wishing us a 'Happy Holiday', 'Merry Christmas', or 'Seasons Greetings'. Now that there are websites that allow people to pick a theme, … [Read more...]
Dating an Architect
Perception versus reality is a topic I have covered a few times on this site. One aspect of that topic that I haven't delved into is the perception of the architect. The general consensus is that … [Read more...]
Thank you – my mind just exploded
Sometime in the middle of the night, an unimaginable milestone occurred. When I started this website back in January 2010 I just wanted to learn how to do something new ... but in the last 978 days my … [Read more...]
It doesn’t count if it doesn’t get built
I fully expect to have some people disagree with me today, even go so far as to unsubscribe because this is the post that they finally decide I am truly an idiot (something that they should have … [Read more...]
Grammar ain’t all that
For those of you who have been through Life of an Architect before, you will know that I take a lot of liberties with my "grammar". That's right, I am a bad boy when it comes to following some of the … [Read more...]
John Ruskin:
Common Law of Business Balance
I stumbled upon a quote the other day that really resonated with me - although I had thought through it many times before, I hadn't ever heard or read it put so succinctly. It is called "The Common … [Read more...]