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It is the Enviable Architect who gets to Stay on Deck and Burn
This post will introduce a very short poem. One that I feel perfectly captures the predicament architects find themselves in today. But first, a few words about change. As in What...
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Architects 2Zebras Celebrates 2Years
Looking back, 2010 was a pretty amazing year for Architects 2Zebras. The 81 Reasons Why There Has Never Been a Better Time to Be an Architect post immediately went viral, reposted on dozens of sites...
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Architect 2Tweets
Here are some of my Tweets that had the most impact from May 19-22 2011, all 140 characters or less. Architect- and Architecture-related Tweets that my followers on Twitter have shared with their...
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What’s the Hardest Thing You’ve Had to Do as an Architect?
What’s the hardest thing you’ve had to do as an architect? Some might say it was taking (or retaking) the licensing exam. For others, it was the late-nighters before a major deadline when nerves were...
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The Architect’s Journey
A few years back, right before the economic downturn, the AIA came out with a promotional piece entitled The Architect’s Journey. The pamphlet was subtitled “Exploring a Future in Architecture,” with...
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The End of the Architecture Firm?
I don’t often mention my work in building information modeling and integrated project delivery in this blog. Because that is what my other blog is for. But this, I felt, is just too important not to...
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The Architect’s Missing Manual
You never forget your first. Do you remember yours? My first was the twelfth. That is, the twelfth edition of The Architect’s Handbook of Professional Practice. That was the last edition to be offered...
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Goodbye Architects. Hello Equal Partners in Design (EPD)
Whatever they end up doing in their careers, architects originally go into architecture to design buildings. Somewhere along the way – perhaps recognizing that other students or architects are more...
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Professionalism as a State of Mind
Back in summer, architect Rob Anderson tweeted: @Architect1122: AIA will be emerging professionals, now or later. Erin Murphy AIA, the Director of Emerging Professionals at AIA National in Washington,...
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Minority Report: What Drives Success in Architects?
It’s hard to become an architect. There’s education, training, taking the exam. Retaking the exam and licensure. Then, once you’ve become an architect, it’s hard to remain one. And there are so many...
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