The House my Master’s Degree Built: my path to becoming a licensed architect
January 29, 2014
Another great guest post by Alicia Liebel Berg. Great and a little depressing…we really need to fix our profession.
Being an Architect
Learning from Train Wrecks – AIA CRAN Chronicle looking for submissions
January 17, 2014
We are looking for items for our next CRAN newsletter issue: Learning from Train Wrecks. Do you have a story about a project that went wrong? A client you let go? Something you forgot to include in your drawings? Missed the deadline by a mile? We want to hear from you!
Why are we hanging Architects for the illegal actions of a homeowner?
January 9, 2014
This article about the illegal actions of a homeowner and the subsequent house fire is just one more example of the decreasing stature of architects.
Want to call yourself an Architect? Just get licensed
December 12, 2013
Over the past few months we’ve all been talking about people calling themselves architects. This is a very sensitive subject for so many reasons.
The Scorpion and the Toad: being a freelance architect
December 5, 2013
I love the story of the Scorpion and the Toad. I sympathize with both animals. I am both animals.
My license says I’m an architect. Why do I still feel like an intern?
November 22, 2013
Oh the first world problems I have. Being a young architect can be a hard slog. Does a license change anything? Or is it just a worldview I lack?
Bigger Pond, Bigger Fish: how high school taught me to fight
November 8, 2013
No one gives a shit about you. Not until you give them a reason to. The pond is so big. The fish are so plentiful. The Internet connects all the fish, and all the ponds. And many of the fish are so hungry. Hungrier than others who haven’t faced defeat. Because defeat either ends us or makes us angry. And anger means it’s time to fight more.