Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 27, 2015

Shadows on construction drawings … who would do such a thing?!? As it turns out, I would. I thought adding shadows to these elevations would help convey some additional information and despite the fact that I know you should never add shadows to construction drawings, I’m doing it anyways. Why? Because there are a lot of things that I am willing to try in an effort to get a better built project.

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EntreArchitect

SEPTEMBER 28, 2015

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2015

I don’t know when it happened to me, but I feel the need to blame someone – if only I knew who to blame. My email inbox is out of control and it’s frankly starting to irritate me because so many of the emails I receive should never have been sent. Whatever happened to calling someone on the telephone? Does this make me sound like an old man?

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