You’re just a lowly BIM Manager and you’ve got no goals
I wish I had been there when he said to my friend that all I ever wanted to be was a BIM Manager. What a misunderstanding of me and the role of a BIM Manager.
Guest Blogger Jeremiah Gammond: What’s in a Name?
Nurse, doctor, mechanic, carpenter, lawyer, prostitute
Guest Blogger Willard Williams: Designers Masquerading as Architects
Designers masquerading as architects is a topic within the profession that bothers me deeply. I have had numerous co-workers (architectural educated/trained designers) publicly call themselves architects at cocktail parties, around their peers, to the general public
What’s in a name: Want to call yourself an Architect?
This is the second post dedicated to all the emotion and confusion surrounding the word architect. In all fairness, I could have used the person I singled out in the first post as the non-architect instead of Carlos for this
Unlicensed Architects: Why does it feel bad to be right?
This is the first of a few posts I am going to write on all the emotion and confusion surrounding the word architect: unlicensed architects, who can be called an architect, the licensing process itself, other industries co-opting the term
Generation Y Unfolding – DesignIntelligence Article
In addition to all the posts on Shoegnome and BIM Engine, I've had the pleasure to write for some other venues this year (both print and digital). I'm proud of all of those articles, but there are two that I'm
What does my journey as an Architect look like?
My career has gone astray I followed the proper path. Summer internships, an architecture job right out of school, hopping between firms to climb the ranks, getting exposure with different project types, taking on leadership challenges where possible, moonlighting anytime the
Reading the Economist hindered my job prospects, but helped my career
Maybe certain former co-workers won't like me sharing these kinds of stories. But I doubt they'll ever read them. And if they do, I hope they can understand that this isn't about us; it's about something much larger. I can't remember
Get on the Collaboration Bus. Or Quit. I don’t care which.
 The Generation Y Architect In February 2012, during a session at the AIA Minnesota Leadership Forum, I discovered that I am a stereotype. Painfully so. I am Generation Y. In a room with fifteen Generation X architects, I was the oddball.
A tale of Three (Capital A) Architects
Yesterday I wrote this other post. You might want to read it first. But you don't need to. In fact your ignorance of that discussion (amazing comments by the way), might help answer the riddle below. A tale of Three (Capital
Emerging Professionals and writing for the CRAN Chronicle
UPDATE 09/11/13 - The AIA CRAN Chronicle is always looking for submissions for current and future issues of the newsletter, so ignore the dates below and send in your stories. So you might recall that I wrote an article for the
Great Recession Survival Tactics for Generation Y Architects: Become the BIM Manager
The traditional paths for a bright-eyed go-getter were virtually non-existent; both design opportunities and client interactions were meager and sparse.
Shop Drawings, an intermediate solution
Many years ago when I was an intern at Gensler in Houston, one of my jobs was transferring redlines on shop drawings. The lead architect marked up the original and then I made 5 copies by hand. Some shop drawings came