Thoughts, ramblings, and mental abstractions of an individual emerging in the Architecture profession.
In some regards my path to becoming an architect is what some would say, a pretty typical journey. In other ways though, the parts I don't typically talk about, it's definitely been a bit of a winding journey to get to where I currently find myself. This is the 41st blog post in the #Architalks …
Continue reading "A winding path"
V = ╥ r² h Remember that one from early geometry? I do, it's one I will never forget. I guess it was sometime around the end of elementary school, beginning of middle school time frame when I learned how to figure out the volume of a cylinder. I'm definitely not a math genius or …
Continue reading "What was I thinking?"
Architecture is all about the drawings, right? Ummm, no. Wait, say what? Architects draw all the time whether it is by hand or on the computer. I don’t think you can possibly count the number of posts on the internet about what drawings should look like, what line-weights to use, what font works best for …
Continue reading "Communication – What, How, Why?"
It's December, the holidays are everywhere, and the deadlines are relentless in their quest for completion. It seems as though every project I am working on has someone consistently asking for an answer to the most question the world has ever seen and could cause the entire project to collapse. Or at least until tomorrow's …
Continue reading "A million choices"
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"
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"
The Emerging Architect 