Greetings, fellow earthlings. I am blogging from Southwest, Texas this weekend, writing this post while hanging out in a local coffee shop and hotel lobby while my family attends a nearby music festival. I’m a music-lover, too, and would like to attend if it weren’t for the extreme heat that seems to bother me more…
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It is impossible to achieve work/life balance in architecture unless: a. You’re in a solid relationship or are single b. You’re disciplined and stick to a focused, yet flexible, schedule c. You’re not a “starchitect” It has been my life experience that achieving work/life “balance” is unattainable. Not that I’ve tried to do so. On the…
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Welcome to the 10th Edition of #Architalk, a volunteer consortium of architects who blog about a shared topic. This month’s topic is “Summer Break” chosen by Bob Borson, AIA, NCARB, LEED AP (author of Life of an Architect blog) and creator of the #Architalk series; you can follow our posts on Twitter using that hashtag. I…
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Welcome to the 8th Edition of #Architalks. This week’s topic is “Favorite Place,” via Marica McKeel (on behalf of Bob Borson who is currently focused on the annual Playhouse competition in Dallas). To read the rest of the posts from other architects, please scroll to the bottom of the blog post after you’ve read my take. Thanks! So,…
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“Potential unexpressed turns to pain.”- Robin Sharma Time moves at warp speed on Twitter. So it’s easy to forget all the valuable nuggets you stumble upon while scrolling through your timeline. For example, I had shared the above quote and a link to its root article almost a year ago on April 11, 2014 and had forgotten all about it until a…
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May West, Madame Curie, and Coco Channel. What do they have in common? Notoriety: we remember their names and what they did. In contrast, we might struggle to name a single female architect from that time period. Though there are many coffee table books filled with pictures and stories about her projects, ‘Julia Morgan remains a mystery to this day,’ noted one of the Special Collection’s librarians at Berkeley. As a…
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What does one do while on a two week road trip in the Ozarks? Aside from relaxing by a lake, touring the beautifully situated Clinton Library, or visiting the faraway Thorncrowne Chapel near the upper NW corner of the state, if you’re a driven architectural fiend like me, you could write a TEDx proposal. That’s…
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On reading yet another article about architect Denise Scott Brown , this one on the architecture website www.archdaily.com, I started to write a post to upload in response. My internet connection was slow and there was some lag time for its review and adjudication, so my post did not upload. Just as well, I thought, as I was mostly…
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Is Your Home In Need of Restoration? A Simple Checklist to Get Started With Your Home Remodeling or Renovation Project: What is your budget? If you are not sure whether you want to invest money in renovating your home, you can consider these options: Hire an architect to consult with you; for an hourly fee, s/he will come to your…
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TO REMODEL, DEMOLISH & REBUILD, OR MOVE?: THESE ARE THE QUESTIONS FACING MANY AMERICANS TODAY! With aging suburbs in America, homeowners are struggling with the dilemma of whether or not to remodel an existing home, sell it (or do both), or to demolish and rebuild. This topic has been aptly addressed in this…
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