blogpost – the view from here
I’m sitting at a table with a new perspective. That’s not a metaphor or a state of mind – I’ve never seen the city from this point of view. After too much contemplation and confirmation from friends and associates, our…
I’m sitting at a table with a new perspective. That’s not a metaphor or a state of mind – I’ve never seen the city from this point of view. After too much contemplation and confirmation from friends and associates, our…
Cars and architecture have come together recently in conversation more than usual. The two most poignant occurrences were 1) in the hair salon chair this week, and 2) in today’s article in the N&O, “Auto dealers chafe at required showroom…
Writers can complain about staring at an empty page. Some authors say that you shouldn’t bother, that you should just wait until you can’t hold it in any longer, and skip the staring. From a professional perspective, I admire writers…
I sat down for lunch with a table of people I hadn’t met, except by phone. They looked skeptical. We made introductions, I dropped a couple names and tried to smile with that fragile balance of subtle ambition and professional…
We headed up to Blacksburg this week. The intern is a regular, and quickly recommended a simple route. He said, “Your GPS will route you through, but it’s easier to take the highways.” I said that no, I preferred the…
With RSS feeds and the myriad of cross-connections, I’m brought into conversations that I wouldn’t otherwise seek out. There’s been some buzz about a new regulation in NYC that is prohibiting churches from meeting in schools. For small churches without…
Today’s blogpost is a straight-up experiment, a survey. We’ve done some conceptual façade drawings lately, and I’m left with an open and obvious question: what material is right for a building exterior? In Raleigh the answer has traditionally been brick…
It feels like the early days, of networking by talking about great things. The meetings are open ended, no contracts are signed, we all leave unclear of the next steps. Tonight I had an extraordinary opportunity to talk with an…
Our office exclusively uses standard agreements for our projects through the American Institute of Architects. I like them – they’re well written, they’re concise, and they’re easy to understand. For me, they provide an excellent outline of what I’m supposed…
As much as we assume architecture is about things, big things that are shelved on a piece of land; and we assume buildings are diminished by the fact that they don’t come with wheels or cupholders or a jack for…