Thoughts, ramblings, and mental abstractions of an individual emerging in the Architecture profession.
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 …
Continue reading "Dear Future Architects"
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?"
For this month #Architalks post, well let's be honest, this is really the December and January post, we were tasked with the subject of "New year, New______". So I have spent the last month and a half or so pondering what I was going to come up with for this one. You see, I don't …
Continue reading "A Little Premature"
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"
It almost sounds like the title to a politically charged action thriller. Well, almost. This month's #ArchiTalks subject, and an interesting one at that. The American Institute of Architects defines "Citizen Architect" as one who uses his/her insights, talents, training, and experience to contribute meaningfully, beyond self, to the improvement of the community and human condition. …
Continue reading "Citizen Architect"
It's Labor Day, the unofficial end to summer; And to be honest, this year, I'm glad it's over. I'm not sure if it was the stress from a couple of the projects I was working on, the heat from a relentless Texas summer, or the brand new experience of kidney stones that made this a …
Continue reading "Father, Husband, Architect – typically in that order"
and that's all that... you know the rest, right? In case you are unfamiliar, #ArchiTalks is an ongoing series of various architects all blogging about a particular subject, posted on the same day (see the links at the bottom of the page). Bob Borson from Life of an Architect comes up with a subject that attempts …
Continue reading "I am what I am…"
After finishing all the years of school, I figured that summer vacations would be a thing of the past. Vacations could happen anytime of year and I could go wherever I wanted. Then I got married to a teacher and had a couple of kids. Welcome to a permanent school schedule. Oh yeah, then I …
Continue reading "Summer Vacation"
Three little words, that's all you get. Another #ArchiTalks blog is upon us and this time the challenge Bob has put forth is to come up with your three favorite words. There has already been a debate as to whether or not that meant your favorite three word phrase or three individual words. Since no one is …
The Emerging Architect 