Thoughts, ramblings, and mental abstractions of an individual emerging in the Architecture profession.
I took a class at the convention a few years back that was all about how architects should talk to non-architects, because apparently we are actually really bad at it. Who knew? We were provided a list of 10 things we should all do. Don't worry, I'm not going to go over all 10 here, …
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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 …
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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.... …
In a completely unexpected way, a couple of days ago, I got the afternoon off from work. Well, let me phrase a little more accurately. I got the afternoon away from the office, not working on construction drawings or alternate product proposals from the contractor. E-mails with clients and co-workers along with research for an …
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There is a saying in the architecture profession that if you ask a hundred different architects for an opinion on something, you are going to get a hundred completely different responses. I mean we work in a profession filled with opinions and preferences mixed with science and mechanics, would you expect any less? So with …
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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Do you remember back in school when you went to your studio and were given some sort of amazing project to work on? Ok, maybe at the time it didn’t feel so amazing, but whatever it was, you were supposed to study and research the bageeziz out of it until you could rationalize every single decision …
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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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"The key to success is to give it all away." I have no idea who gets the credit for that quote, and up until I started thinking about this post, I really wasn't sure how it applied to me. I mean I get the gist of it, but working at a larger firm, I …
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The Emerging Architect 