Whenever I sit down to write one of these articles for the site, the first thing I tend to start with is the title I am going to use - I think it sets the tone for the rest of the piece. For today's … [Read more...]
Life of an Architect – Movie Theater Playhouse
This past weekend was the culmination of several months of coordination, design and construction - The Life of an Architect 2015 Playhouse 'Outdoor Movie Theater' was delivered and is now on display. … [Read more...]
You Should Design Everything
If you consider yourself a designer, you should design everything. There are many things I do during a typical day – designing “stuff” is just one very small portion – but I still consider myself a … [Read more...]
You Can’t Eat Your House and Have it Too
Did you know you can't eat your house and have it too? That sentence doesn't make a lot of sense to anybody most people but it's a play on the wildly (and incorrectly) stated phrase "You can't have … [Read more...]
Movie Theater Playhouse – The Construction Drawings
The design process starts simply enough - an observation, a challenge, a problem - it's an opportunity to make something ... or maybe it's just making something better. See a need, fill a need. … [Read more...]
Architectural Scale Figures
Prediction - if you can't get a handle on scale and proportion, you are going to make for a bad architect (at least one that considers themselves a designer). One of the very most important skill sets … [Read more...]