While researching potential gift ideas for this year's 7th Annual What to Get an Architect for Christmas, I found a lot of lists that were full of really icky and terrible gift ideas that were clearly … [Read more...]
Architectural Sketches – Sketchapalooza II
If you are an architect, everyone thinks that you draw for a living. While that's not really true, it's a stereotype that most architects warmly embrace. But when I say "drawing", what comes to mind? … [Read more...]
Drafts that might be “Better Left for Dead”
If there is a topic I can spontaneously talk about, it's this blog ... it is the closest thing I have to a hobby (which is incredibly sad on so many levels) and I definitely have a Love / Hate … [Read more...]
Then and Now – Architectural Design or Accounting
On my next birthday, I will celebrate 49 successful years of surviving my yearly journey around a 1.392 million kilometer ball of hot plasma that burns at a temperature exceeding 10,340°F ... more … [Read more...]
Barker Table – A Doghouse Worth Having Inside
There are good dog houses, and then there are great dog houses ... I'd like to think that the "Barker Table" doghouse falls into the latter category. If you swing through Life of an Architect … [Read more...]
The Best Halloween Candy
Halloween Candy is serious business - just ask anybody under the age of 12 ... or me. It would be weird if you knew that I don't like cakes, pies, cookies, and that sort of sweet, but candy is a … [Read more...]