Four Decades in a House of Your Own Design
09.05.2024
Reflections on the project that launched a career.
Reflections on the project that launched a career.
Duo Dickinson
Confessions of a (Mostly) Analog Architect
08.21.2024
The fit between digital design and the hands-on world of construction.
The fit between digital design and the hands-on world of construction.
Buildings Are Not Sacred, but We Can Find Beauty Through Them
07.17.2024
There’s no design recipe for it.
There’s no design recipe for it.
Why So Many Banal Boxes? Because Architecture Reflects the Ethos of Its Time
05.30.2024
The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence.
The 5-over-1 is a perfect embodiment of our increasingly selfish and self-isolated existence.
When Is Architectural Symbolism Hypocrisy?
05.02.2024
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
Like or loathe it, symbolism over substance has a long tradition.
Is This Ugly or Heroic? An Eyesore or Gem? What Is ‘Ugly’?
03.27.2024
Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
Truth is, aesthetic inclinations are an expanding multiverse.
What Is Sacred Architecture in an Increasingly Secular Time?
02.05.2024
Is it space or the people who animate it?
Is it space or the people who animate it?
Why Would You Want to Teach Architecture?
01.04.2024
Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
Opening minds and defining a way of working is the ultimate payoff.
How Architects Deal With Demolished Designs
11.30.2023
Buildings don’t belong to architects, but to the culture that created them.
Buildings don’t belong to architects, but to the culture that created them.
Why Time Is a Problem for Architects
11.08.2023
For many, it’s a lurch between copying the past or pretending that time doesn’t exist.
For many, it’s a lurch between copying the past or pretending that time doesn’t exist.
On Winning—and Not Winning—Design Competitions
10.11.2023
It’s the Competition Conundrum: You Can’t Lose If You Don’t Play.
It’s the Competition Conundrum: You Can’t Lose If You Don’t Play.
Money and the Conundrum of Architects Who Don’t Build
09.19.2023
The identity is a little different than the actual grind.
The identity is a little different than the actual grind.
Architecture Always Reflects the Values of Its Current Culture
08.08.2023
What we build is who we are.
What we build is who we are.
Architecture and the God Problem
07.10.2023
Defining divinity and higher powers, in the context of design, is often fraught.
Defining divinity and higher powers, in the context of design, is often fraught.
Ugly Buildings Are Not Simply a Matter of Aesthetics
05.30.2023
Bad architecture must come from some underlying ethos.
Bad architecture must come from some underlying ethos.
Who Is Using Who? The Architect-Patron Fame Game
04.24.2023
The co-mingling of famous client and famous designer has a long history.
The co-mingling of famous client and famous designer has a long history.
Architecture Clients Are a Gift
03.20.2023
The process of creating a building is based in relationships, not drawings and dollars.
The process of creating a building is based in relationships, not drawings and dollars.
Wrestling With Architectural Style In A Post-Style World
02.15.2023
Why are the labels so seemingly fraught?
Why are the labels so seemingly fraught?
Will the Metaverse Become the Next Graffiti?
01.11.2023
Grappling with the consequences of an increasingly placeless society.
Grappling with the consequences of an increasingly placeless society.
What’s With Our Obsession with Stacked-Boxes?
12.05.2022
It has fast become an architectural trope.
It has fast become an architectural trope.
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