Fresh water fish
For reasons that have yet to be revealed, earlier this year I was invited to a design conference in Chicago. +/- 25 Architects from the...
What's the hurry
In 2010 I was mentoring a handful of young recently graduated design professionals. We were having a drink, discussing the future of...
Learning
When I was in my late 20's and 30's, I always wanted to hang out with people in their 60's and 70's. They knew things and I wanted to...
offended
“I’m offended” It’s the new business power play, and it’s brilliant. It is the perfect vehicle for less experienced “middle management”...
07/08 recession v experience
There is a difference between 5 years of experience, and one year of experience repeated 5 times. The impact of the 2007/08 recession...
Ten Years After
In 2008, Kaiser Medical Office Building 5 in Santa Rosa opened. Part of the Kaiser Santa Rosa Medical Center, the two story 98,000sf...
Time Travel
Full disclosure…I had “time travel stuff” before Rick Sanchez of Rick and Morty made it famous. Rather than a Portal Gun shooting a...
Churning Sixty
A few weeks ago, I turned 60. I'm healthy, strong…and at the time of writing this, alive. Call me crazy, but I’ve never understood the...
Of Mice and Pens
Much has been written about the decline and lost art of the hand sketch. Most articles speak romantically of the mind, hand, pencil,...
60 - 40 - 25
2017 - 18 marked three milestones in my life and career. On August 1st 2017 I completed my 40th year in architecture, July 30th 2018 was...
