Through the Oculus

Today is my 29th birthday. Today is also the 500th anniversary of the birth of Italian Renaissance architect Andrea Palladio (d. 19 Augus...

"I like to be on the edge of the possible." (Jørn Utzon) Danish architect Jørn Utzon (b. 19 April 1918) died today at the age of ...

Today I took my second A.R.E.: Structural Systems. I must say, it was much better than I had expected. Going into the test, I was thinkin...

Well, I did it!  Yesterday I took my first ARE:  "Site Planning & Design."  This was the first of seven tests I will have to t...

"Design is not making beauty. Beauty emerges from selection, affinities, integration, love." (Louis Kahn) Back in July, my friend...

Today I did it!  I registered for my first ARE ( Architect Registration Exam )! After seven years of school and three-and-a-half years of f...

Today is the 409th anniversary of the birth of the Italian Baroque architect Francisco Borromini (September 25, 1599). While Kim and I wer...

"Architecture is the art of how to waste space." (Philip Johnson) Tickets went on sale this morning at 9:00 to visit Philip Johnso...

This past week, I had the amazing opportunity to travel to Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia on business. Although I learned several years ago that b...