Archive for September, 2013

Should I Be An Architect?

The profession seems to have been glorified to the point where those of us who do it are perceived as part the 1%, a pinnacle usually reserved for the corporate CEO,  the doctor, the lawyer, the banker, the hedge fund manager, etc.  How? Why?  I don’t know.  The mainstream media? The film industry?  Sadly, those who pursue the profession for the gobs of money, a big house and a […]

Building A New Home, Part 3: The Fun Part

In part three I will cover the three phases of design, Pre-Design, Schematic Design and Design Development. I call this the fun part because a house is more than a building with a front door, a back door and a roof over a few rooms separated by walls and doors. It is a place. A […]