Let’s be honest, there is an expectation that the offices that architects work out of should be interesting and expertly designed environments – full of moments that demonstrate just how clever they … [Read more...]
Ep 112: Final Presentations in Architecture School
It’s the end of the semester, you've exhausted all of your ideas, and you’re totally worn out running off minimal sleep and too much caffeine. Your work is pinned up on the wall and it’s time to give … [Read more...]
EP 110: Modern Home Challenge
It was August 10th, 2010 when I first conceived of the “Low-Cost Modern Home Challenge” with the intent to go through a design process that would help us understand how to design a modern house that … [Read more...]
Ep 108: Ask the Show (Fall 2022)
How much drafting does a fully licensed architect do? What is something you learned in the industry that you hadn’t been taught in school? Are you as condescending to your employees as your redlines … [Read more...]
Ep 106: Architecture School 101: Equipment
Around this time every year that a new crop of potential future architects are about to start their first year of architecture school, and they have questions. What equipment do I need? Drawing … [Read more...]
Ep 103: Architects and the Art of Being Happy
Take a look around and you are likely to see what I see. Read the emails I receive and you're likely to start believing it as well. People, which includes Architects, seem to be fairly unhappy at the … [Read more...]