Shoegnome is ready to Grow
April 16, 2018
Shoegnome Architects is looking for freelancers and maybe full time employees.
from Intern to Architect
Quantum Superposition: Schrödinger’s Architect
March 1, 2017
You are probably familiar with Schrödinger’s Cat. But what about Schrödinger’s Architect? Both are absurd creatures suffering from an uncertain fate.
I feel Guilty because it’s Fun and Easy
September 8, 2016
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.
March 2, 2016
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
February 11, 2016
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?
January 28, 2016
I probably should have talked to a few more architects before applying to architecture school. But honestly that thought never even crossed my mind.
I was too inexperienced to know I was correct
January 8, 2016
I was one of those kids that always wanted to be an architect. When I was in first grade an architect came to our class. At least I think he was an architect.
The Wedge Between Us
December 14, 2015
One other pet peeve of mine is to hear architects…talk about their ‘CAD guys’ or ‘BIM technicians’…It’s the same thing as someone touting themselves as an orchestra conductor but they can’t read music or play any of the instruments before them.
Redefine what Design means to Us
July 30, 2015
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.