Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

It’s possible that I have lost my mind by showing you this project. Not only does it date me as someone who pre-dates computers, but it also could potentially expose me to vast amounts of ridicule. When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important co

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. This is a bonus edition of #ArchiTalks, with a Thanksgiving theme, “From An Architect’s Table”, where each architect blogger will share a favorite holiday recipe.

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A Detroit Architect's Journal

NOVEMBER 10, 2015

Part 10 of 13 in our journey from Timbuktu to Kalamazoo (Connecting Landmarks in Michigan and African History) Philadelphia row houses The old cities of the northeast are filled with dense housing. For Philadelphia, New York, Boston, Baltimore, the row house is king. The row house is the prototypical housing type, where homes are packed so densely that they share walls, known as party walls, on two sides.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 1, 2015

Want to see some of the best architectural delineations in the world? You’ve come to the right place because today is a special day. Collected here for you to get your architectural eye candy fix, are the 2015 winners and finalists from the 41st annual Ken Roberts Memorial Delineation Competition, the longest running architectural delineation competition in the world.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 29, 2015

Have you ever tried shopping for an architect? I bet you hated it … because architects are kind of snobby ( and I can say that since I am an architect ). I have been assembling this list for about 10 months and spent a chunk of my weekend pulling it all together – putting some new things on the list, and taking some old things off. When I counted everything up, I only had 21 times on here and, well, what sort of number is 21?

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 23, 2015

Since yesterday was my walk around the exterior of the KHouse Modern, I thought it was only fitting that today should be a walk around the interior. I haven’t focused on the interior on this project – few of these spaces have been seen before today and after tomorrow when the project turns over to the client, it might be a while before I get back inside (and when that happens, I doubt I will be toting a camera around from room to room).

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 22, 2015

Do you know what the word “melancholy” means? Every architect does … even if they don’t realize it. Did you know that the gestation period for an elephant is between 18 and 22 months long? Maybe if you are the parent of a 6th grade child, or you’re a zoologist, you do, but most people don’t know that sort of stuff.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 16, 2015

Several times each week, I post a question to the EntreArchitect Facebook Group and we have a discussion among the 500+ group members. This past week, I posed the question, “Formal? Casual? Or something in between? What do you wear when meeting with clients?”. We always have a big response and this question was no different. About 20 small firm architects posted their response and the answers were mixed, but certainly leaning toward the casual.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 9, 2015

This post is my contribution to an international blog series called #ArchiTalks. Each month, dozens of architect bloggers publish a post on a specific topic simultaneously on the same date. Scroll to the bottom for links to posts written by all of my #ArchiTalks friends. This month, the #ArchiTalks topic is “My First Project”, so I decided to repost a 3-part article I originally published back in 2013.

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EntreArchitect

NOVEMBER 2, 2015

100 Days, 100 Photographs. This past Saturday marked 100 Instagram posts in a row for my son James. He’s a talented photographer and one hundred days ago he decided to launch an account on Instagram , dedicate it to fine artful photography and post every day. Each morning he rises at 5:00am, edits his selection and uploads before heading off for the high school bus.

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