Sketching is part of the architects domain and there was a time when it was a forgone conclusion that if you were an architect, you could sketch. Don't get me wrong, I am not a "days of yesteryear" … [Read more...]
‘Voltron’ Model Table
A big model requires a big table ... a table so large that you must have it made out of a dozen or so individual pieces because a) you couldn't fit it through any door smaller than a loading door, and … [Read more...]
Hanging Pictures is a drag
There are no two ways about it, hanging pictures is a drag. A total drag. The dragiest of drags. I know what you're thinking "Is that even a thing?" Yes - it is, because I just hung a whole bunch of … [Read more...]
Design in a Day
I have known architect Douglas Burke for a few years ... although we have never met. Doug and I have formed a professional architect-to-architect relationship since I started writing my blog and we … [Read more...]
Designing for Others
There is a secret that all attentive architects know: Don’t give your client what they ask for, give them what they need. Better yet, have them be a part of the design process. In order to create … [Read more...]
Schematic Design – This isn’t “Architecture”
Whenever an architect sits down with a new client on a new residential project, the first thing that happens is a conversation about project goals and requirements. It is during this initial … [Read more...]