Whenever an architect sits down with a client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. It is during this initial conversation … [Read more...]
Architectural Detail Books
As an architect, you need to understand details, and one of the easiest ways to expose yourself is by referencing Architectural Detail books. There are a large number of books out there that focus on … [Read more...]
Architectural Redlines on an iPad
On and off for the last two weeks, I have been reviewing and redlining drawings for one of our residential projects. I wrote about this process a few weeks ago in a post titled Design Process - … [Read more...]
Architects Working with Consultants
When architects work with consultants, how does that process operate? How many consultants are there on any given project? Well, that answer can vary widely by project type. Since this was a recently … [Read more...]
Design Process – Redlines
There are a few things that I know with absolute certainty ... Leprechauns are jerks, people will tell me if I don't call out the vapor barrier in my sketches, and seeing redlines will cause PTSD. I … [Read more...]
2022 Reading List
Well, this is not a New Year’s resolution post, it is a new year post of my 2022 proposed reading list. For the past few years, at the beginning of each year, I try to choose a stack of books that I … [Read more...]