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Do You Make Blueprints?
Asking an architect this is like asking a doctor if they make prescriptions. After being introduced as an architect, this was the first question recently posed to me, and I will admit I was more than a little shocked. “Do you make blueprints?” Without being completely rude, I was not sure how to respond, other […]
Little Things
Whenever I need to remind myself that the little things are truly the most important, I go back to an early dinner at Taco Bell in 1993. Ahead of my poor college friend and I in line was a little girl with her father. She was begging, like no one has ever begged before, for […]
Re-purposing
Is new really better? Commercial marketers are in the business to ensure that we all think so. In these days of technology, certainly there is truth in newness is goodness. I am convinced that cell phones are set to expire two years from the date of contract initiation. However, there are still times when it is […]
Miami to Maine, not quite 1776 miles
And so the month of June was chock full of travel for me which is completely abnormal for this homebody. I spent nearly a week at the AIA National Convention in Miami in early June, followed by a road trip to Maine for ten days. The dichotomy between South Beach and Southwest Harbor could not […]
Good Summer Reading
Since a couple of these are written by folk architects, don’t get the idea that I believe it is a good idea all the time. Everything in moderation. If you have heard or read any of Michael Pollan’s books you should try an early one titled A Place of My Own. It is a wonderful […]
Mediocrity
While on a trip to New Orleans for a project there, I found myself asking both myself and the owners a very basic question. Is it time to settle for mediocrity? Of course, this is not a question that one wants to pose to their clients. But, we found ourselves in the midst of a […]