EntreArchitect Episode 550: Jared Banks – Your Business Journey as a Small Firm Architect
I'm now a three-peat guest on the EntreArchitect Podcast. Check out my latest interview with Mark R. LePage.
Unbuilt
When homeowners reach out to me about a remodel, my first goal is not to get them as a client but to determine what's the right project.
Being an architect is the opposite of being a blogger
Being an architect and a blogger sometimes works well together. But they are also polar opposites.
Problems with Authority
I thought I was always a good boy, but it turns out I have a huge problem with authority.
The process of Working with an Architect
My daughters and I made a short video that explains the basics of working with an architect to build or remodel a home.
Shoegnome is ready to Grow
Shoegnome Architects is looking for freelancers and maybe full time employees.
Quantum Superposition: Schrödinger’s Architect
You are probably familiar with Schrödinger's Cat. But what about Schrödinger's Architect? Both are absurd creatures suffering from an uncertain fate.
Two Burned Projects
Last spring I put out proposals to two clients who needed help because of fire damage. One will soon be under construction; I don't know about the other.
Private Moments with (the work of) Rem Koolhaas
I've only visited two buildings designed by Rem Koolhaas-or two that I can think of. One was easy and comfortable to reach, the other was a challenge.
I feel Guilty because it’s Fun and Easy
My design process stresses me out. Not because it doesn't work. No. It's because it does and it makes me feel guilty.
I want this.
Shoegnome was nominated for the JDR Industry Blogger Awards, in the Best Blogger Architecture category. This post is about something more important.
A pretty girl, a model, and an architecture student
The story of this basswood model is the beginnings of more than just my freelance architecture career.
How many Architects had I met prior to applying to Architecture School?
I probably should have talked to a few more architects before applying to architecture school. But honestly that thought never even crossed my mind.
The Digital Transformation of CRAN
Like many people, my involvement with CRAN started by checking the box when renewing my AIA membership.
Here We Go Again
Jon recalls the transition from hand drafting to CAD and sees some frightening similarities to our current struggle with the shift from CAD to BIM.
Redefine what Design means to Us
I had to change my thinking on my position in my firm and in my profession if I was going to stay in the field of architecture and grow as an architect.
Hidden Patterns: Learning from Street Fighter
If you grew up in the 80s and 90s, you played Street Fighter more than once. And like me, you didn't appreciate the amazing design of the game.
Architects Are Irrelevant, So You Better Hire An Architect
The architect is the great generalist of the project team. The architect knows a good deal about every other discipline on the team.
The Proper Design of Design Criteria
Design criteria is the content that your organization creates to convey the design intent for your concept to the consulting architects and engineers that are hired to design individual locations for your chain concept around the region, country or world.
8th Annual CRAN Symposium: September 19-23, 2015 | Minneapolis, Minnesota
The AIA CRAN Symposium for 2015 has been announced. I'm super excited to be on the list of speakers. Plus I get to visit Minnesota! Will I see you there?
21st Century Residential Architecture Business Models
The latest edition of the AIA CRAN Chronicle has just been released. The theme of this issue is architectural business models for residential practices.
Husband, Mom and Architect
What's it like being both a dad and an architect? I'm not really sure. But I do know what it's like to be a husband, mom and architect.
AIA San Francisco is better than you local AIA Chapter
AIA San Francisco is better than you local AIA Chapter. But that's only half the post. The rest is about 99% Invisible and the Radiotopia Kickstarter Campaign.
Design like an Architect
How does one design like an architect? Here's a spoiler, the answer isn't tool specific.
Unconscious BIM and Ugly BIM
Some lessons from being too busy to write: remembering shortcuts by forgetting that I had forgotten them and suffering through the ugly BIM phase.