19 Jan 2015

Numbers Games

Dwelling on Math in Architecture... Life of an Architect's Bob Borson asked for a little blurb to the question about being good at Math, architects being good at math, to be specific. Here's $0.02 that I sent his way.   "Architects should be math ninjas. The aspiring architect should rush headlong into math as if charging into a field of battle. Math is an education in problem solving and of knowing what is asked. There

A Day in the Life of MODarchitect

Dwelling on A Day in the Life...  The fourth post in the #Architaclks blog post series. Introducing The Client to the Super at the topping off ceremonies of Fletcher Town Hall The following is a somewhat accurate recollection of "a day in the life" on nineteenth of November, two thousand fourteen. Information is omitted to protect the guilty, my privacy, your reading pleasure and the innocent from the thoughts I have or things I say when I am

10 Jul 2014

Ask the architect.

Dwelling on common questions about our profession A handful of architects had pizza at Lou Malnati's (River North) a while back at the American Institute of Architects National Convention.  It was a great way to make real connections with a bunch of online friends and colleagues.  We have all been fortifying that real connection by some great interaction since then through social media and getting really pumped up to carry some serious momentum into the