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

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.

easy way out

 

What am I thinking about today? For those of you that follow me (Bueller…anyone?), you know most of my work as an architect has been with adaptive reuse projects mainly in my hometown or nearby communities. We take these exhausted, old buildings and attempt to resurrect them.

some kind of mistake

I’m only human
Of flesh and blood, I’m made
Human
Born to make mistakes*

To err is human they say,

architectural snobbery

I think I’m a snob. How might one confirm that?

boston uncommon

Back Bay to the South

Summertime leads most Americans to vacation; vacation requires travel. This summer, it appears my only travel-based vacation occurred last weekend during a fast family trip to Boston.

live a mile in their shoes; another shade of empathy

This is personal, in the trenches, yet reluctance, reticence and avoidance are a few friends that tried to talk me out of another editorial post (some define as rant) to talk about topics that are often overlooked.

chopped architecture

If you are like me, you find most TV totally useless.