Thoughts, ramblings, and mental abstractions of an individual emerging in the Architecture profession.
Architecture is a combination technical results oriented applications and artistic exploration and expression. The technical side is a pretty easy one to judge a project on. You can fairly accurately measure the square footage of a building; the amount of energy a building is consuming in the middle of summer; the performance of the various …
Continue reading "Ugly, sloppy, and wrong – oh my!"
I've really only worked for 4 different firms in my career, and 3 of them had pretty much the same philosophy about moonlighting. As long as it doesn't compete with the types of projects the firm does, than by all means, knock yourself out. The 4th firm I was with was during undergrad and if I …
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I've been involved lately in a bunch of conversations about the changing role architects are playing in a typical project. You used to be able to go to an experienced architect and be able to ask them about design, drafting, flashing details, or numerous other things that are involved in projects and you would get …
Continue reading "I’ve got a lot to learn"
Let's be honest here, change is what we do, it's what we are, and hopefully not what we work for. We are agents of change helping determine both its magnitude and direction. Ok, that sounded a bit deep, but the essence of it is still basically true. The work we do helps facilitate some sort …
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I’m going to have to be completely honest right up front, in my architectural career I have worked on a grand total of zero houses. Nada, zip, zilch. I’ve worked on projects that consisted of remodeling a single room up to hotels that wound up costing in the hundreds of millions. I think maybe the …
Continue reading "House or Home? – Depends"
Maybe I've been listening to way to much pop music when I came up with that title, but it seemed appropriate after I spent the last week trying to determine what I was going to write about. And let me be totally honest from the beginning, I was not following my own advice up until.... …
It has now been 15 years since I graduated with my Bachelor’s degree, 13 years since I got my Master’s degree. Oooof! I can’t believe that is actually true. Wow, after only my first sentence I feel old. At least I still have my hair. It’s been quite an adventure getting to the point I …
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Backpacks, pencils, paper, and a Trapper Keeper. When I was in elementary school, that's what I remember having to bring on that dreaded first day back to school from the summer. Things have changed a bit since then. My child's list is a full page, requiring either a multitude of trips to various stores in …
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It's 9:00 at night, and it's 90 degrees outside.... Yeah, it's definately summertime. I'm back from the baseball game In case your wondering, we didn't win it all, but hey, we're in first place again this year. So far summer has been chalk full of the typical things; summer camp, sports competitions, bar-b-q's, and so on. …
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If you read enough articles about architecture, eventually you will come across one (at least one) that gives some sort of advice to all the future architects out there. You will here advice about sketching, computer programs, traveling, and just about everything else you can think of that in one way or another crosses an …
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The Emerging Architect 