unplugged

If you’re reading this, you’re not unplugged, at least not completely.

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experience comes from experiences

There is an age-old debate among architectural professionals and those in the academic world about what should or should not be taught in architectural school. How does an institution prepare young minds for the world of architecture or some related area of practice?

postmodernism, did i say that out loud?

2-4-6-8 House, Morphosis 1978

For those of you who may not be a student of architecture, or even an enthusiast of architecture, then the word (or movement) named Postmodernism may not cause you to twitch

whatcha workin’ on – or variety part 2

 

Small firm architects like me might often find themselves working on a myriad of projects at any given time and depending on where the firm is located regionally or how one markets themselves, they might find an array of work on the boards at any given time. Some might limit their market to a single building type such as single-family residential or commercial tenant work. Not me.

unlikely inspiration was there all along

one of the original sketches that got me off track despite answering the question

Esoteric explanations, conceptual commencements, or inspirational initiations, we typically have some starting point besides the pragmatic, practical or functional. How else can one create beauty if one excludes elements or a thought process that make being human worthy?

working for the weekend

 
OK, Loverboy fans from the 80s, that’s not what we’re talking about here, but you can thank me for having that song bang around in your head the rest of the day and find yourself doing the mid-song air guitar riff when no one is watching.

another 10 good things to working solo

I promise I’ll get back to telling stories about my work and showing more about the process again soon…I’m waiting for some things to happen to complete the current stories, so be patient.