design is not magic

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the secret is mostly sweat and repetition

It’s been over a year. It might be another.

Today’s post is sharing a response to a struggling student honestly looking for answers to how one designs. How are historic works of architecture conceived? Continue reading “design is not magic”

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design is not magic

revealing the secret to the things a minimalist chooses to remain within his house

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our math-gifted son painted this in his middle school art class, and we loved it

I don’t know much about art, but I know what I like.

Continue reading “revealing the secret to the things a minimalist chooses to remain within his house”

revealing the secret to the things a minimalist chooses to remain within his house

sweat the details…architects must sweat the details

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joints are necessary to address expansion, contraction, material limits, why not express them?

What am I thinking about today? Details – not just literal architectural details, but I’m thinking about how we as architects imagine and plan for multiple events, components and at times relationships coming together – beautifully. It does not just happen. Continue reading “sweat the details…architects must sweat the details”

sweat the details…architects must sweat the details