"In my photography, I've been able to enhance the quality of people's understanding about what architecture can achieve.  We live and die in an architectural environment, and the sooner the public understands...

Great strategy - advice for underdogs: "Effort can trump ability" -

All projects needing governmental agency plancheck should have a dated log of submissions and review results – try gee ...

A recent phone call from DSA supervisor RE: additional backcheck comments: "Please write these issues up - help us create better processes."

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If you have an old image on your hard drive and you can't remember where you downloaded it from, chances are good you will find it with http://tineye.com.  Also good for finding unauthorized use of...

When the Building Code is enacted into law, they become part of the public domain, and should therefore be available to anyone at no cost.  Thanks to the  folks behind public.resource.org, from which...

ILoveSketch - "as natural as possible" sketching in 3d - [vimeo=http://vimeo.com/1669862?pg=embed&sec=1669862]

Every minute you avoid spending in a meeting is a minute you can get real work done instead. There’s nothing more toxic to productivity than a meeting. Getting Real: Meetings Are Toxic (by 37signals)

"The more specific a design idea is, the greater its appeal is likely to be.  Being nonspecific in an effort to appeal to everyone usually results in reaching no one." -Matthew Frederick