Verve the new Women In Architecture Upstate Newsletter

Posted by Catherine Smith on Oct 18, 2012 in Interesting Reads, Miscellany, The Process | No Comments

I have gone silent in my posts of late. It is not for a lack of trying, merely that work has been going incredibly well. Architecture is a feast or famine industry and I am channelling my inner squirrel and feasting now. Back in August I wrote a short ‘article‘ about myself at the request […]

Fete Guest Blogger

Posted by Catherine Smith on Apr 17, 2012 in Interesting Reads | No Comments

I initially wrote this blog for my own page, knowing I had been far too delinquent in posting. Instead of posting it here, I thought I’d share it with the Fete Magazine crowd. See April is Architecture Month (AM12) and I am on the committee for the AIA Greenville. And better to share this information […]

Why Hire an Architect?

Posted by Catherine Smith on Dec 30, 2010 in Interesting Reads, Miscellany, The Process | No Comments

Thanks to AIA Wisconsin for a concise answer. http://www.aiaw.org/find/why.shtml

Stay out of the Way?

Posted by Catherine Smith on Sep 24, 2010 in Interesting Reads | No Comments

I am sure that most of the folks reading this are at least familiar with the publication Dwell. I find it to be a challenge to reality sometimes; seems that creating ‘affordable’ modern homes has a different meaning for everyone. However, sometimes it provides inspiration particularly on those days when I think people don’t really care about architecture, or see a […]

Good Summer Reading

Posted by Catherine Smith on Jun 12, 2010 in Interesting Reads | No Comments

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 […]