Thoughts, ramblings, and mental abstractions of an individual emerging in the Architecture profession.
If you've ever seen architects represented in a movie or on television ther are probably a couple of things that automatically come to mind. A room full drafting tables and t-squares is probably at the top of the list. Truth is, I don't think I've even touched one of those since I left school. A …
Continue reading "Can we talk?"
The thanksgiving holiday is almost upon us. You can tell because the office is starting to have people take their well deserved vacation days and we finally had our first frost of the season. For a special #ArchiTalks holiday treat, the subject for this 15th entry is "From the Architects Table". Everyone is taking a …
Continue reading "All In the Family"
I think that most architects have that one, well maybe not just one, project that wakes you up in the middle of the night wondering how it's going. Depending on the type of firm you are at it could be anything from a million square foot mixed use multi-building project to a single family residential …
Continue reading "Difficult Projects"
Have you ever had that one particular place that you always wished you could go back too? That one place you could see yourself spending the rest of your life at? That one place that you could visit over and over and never get sick of? I'm pretty sure most of the architects I know …
Continue reading "Favorite Place(s)"
This is my second post in the ArchiTalks series. If you are unfamiliar, it is a series of posts by different architects all revolving around a single topic. Today's topic... Architecture in the real world. Wow, talk about a rabbit hole. At the bottom of the page, you'll find links to all of the others …
Continue reading "Architecture in the Real World"
When I wake up in the morning and get ready for the day, there are usually a few moments I look in the mirror and make sure I am at least presentable for the day ahead. With two daughters to help get ready as well, those moments have become fewer and fewer. Typically nothing I …
Continue reading "You look like…"
When I recently started my new position, one of the perks that came along with it was being able to work in downtown. I usually get to explore for a few minutes before or after work, and sometimes at lunch. Lately I've started taking even more pictures as I peruse my way around. Can you …
Continue reading "Out and About"
When you're working on an architectural project, you have a lot of balls in the air. Quite a few of them are really, really important. Structure, HVAC, layout, etc. Sometimes though, one of the smaller balls drops and you might have never even noticed it. When I was a fresh intern working on not much …
Continue reading "It’s the little things"
It was an interesting day to say the least. A few days ago I took a site visit to a new project we are working on, pretty normal right, only difference this time, was the project is about 275 miles away. It started out with an early morning commute to Love Field, ooof, Dallas. That …
Continue reading "Day-tripping. Architectural style"
Last week I was asked by a coworker if I would take some time out of my day and speak to a young man, Darien, who was interested in a career in architecture. I've done this a few times in the past, and I'm usually asked the same typical questions. "How much money do you …
Continue reading "The best, the worst, the…"
The Emerging Architect 