A recent round of chemotherapy to treat a pre-cancerous skin condition put me through the ringer – and the experience got me thinking about the process of transformation and how it often requires that we go through a really uncomfortable process in order to achieve new growth. From diagnosing the thing that’s in our way…
I’ve noticed in my conversations with people recently that everyone seems to be waiting. Waiting for a vaccine for coronavirus. Waiting for a promotion. Waiting for a deal to come through. Waiting to make any plans. Waiting for 2020 to end. Unfortunately, all this waiting leaves one feeling pretty helpless. It’s a convenient way to…
Thinking about starting your own architecture firm? It’s a daunting proposition, fraught with doubts and uncertainty. Where do you start? How can you succeed? What challenges will you run up against and how can you avoid the pitfalls. I know this well – because I went through the process myself when I started my design…
Tired of being stuck? Finding all sorts of creative ways to avoid doing the one thing that will move your business forward? I hear ya. I got myself to a place last week where I was procrastinating so much that I got fed up with myself! I finally broke the log jam and got into…
As architects we often feel we’ve hit our capacity. Short on time, resources, energy, we operate on the edge of efficiency. But consider that, outside of the “doing” of life, we might still be playing a small game. I recently had the epiphany that what I THOUGHT was my big game was still me just…
Buildings don’t exist in a vacuum. But we have often thought of them that way – independent objects plunked down on a piece of land with little or no regard for the impact they have on the surrounding environment or the communities they house. Efforts to mitigate the consequences of that mindset have given rise…
According to conventional wisdom architects who strike out on their own are destined to fall victim to “Starving Architect Syndrome”. They will inevitably be overworked and underpaid. It’s a fact, right? Absolutely not. It’s definitely a challenge to run your own design firm, but there are some simple things you can do to make sure…
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Sustainability has been a well-established buzz word for decades now, but it seems to have lost a lot of its punch lately, watered down and co-opted by the building industry. Although it’s still a worthy goal, a growing number of practitioners are re-thinking the role and impact of design in an increasingly interconnected world. Helen…
Hey everybody! I’m going to be recording a series of shorter podcast episodes that I’ll be issuing on Fridays every week. They’re a slightly different format from the longer format that I’m posting on Tuesdays, which are interviews with other architects. These are going to be perspectives. My perspectives on the things that I run…