design is not magic

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?

sweat the details…architects must sweat the details

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.

yes, this is design

What am I thinking about today? Design.

designing for others – how hard could it be?

Are you thinking about hiring an architect?
Are you having hesitations not knowing what to expect?
Will this architect listen to me?
Will they force their design upon me?

architecture…how it works 01

Form, function, aesthetics, program, these are concepts associated with architecture that are commonly misunderstood and generally discussed or considered as individual concepts rather than ingredients to a larger or more important whole.