As the earth we inhabit reaches the end of an orbit around the sun, each of us will celebrate the dawn of another year on December 31, 2008.May 2009 bring you and your loved ones new hope.Li...
12.29.2008
11.09.2008
Architects of Change
It's been almost a year and a half since I left Phoenix to live in Chicago, sometimes called the Windy City or "Chitown" to most locals. With the move came a lot of changes for me: from the seasons, time, lifestyle, and right through the environments. Change has also been the unifying vessel that propelled...
9.13.2008
Danish Delight
As I looked outside the cabin window to my right, I saw a huge sign in Arial font that read "Kobenhavn" and then to its right "Copenhagen". Immediately the captain announced "Welcome to Copenhagen".A friend once told me that I should go to Denmark because the lifestyle there centers around good design....
7.21.2008
House Wars: Attack of the Cookie-Cutters
In the world of Architecture, there has been a constant tension existing in the built environment between sustainability and capitalism. I\'d like to focus on one building typology which is a fundamental structure, the house. This tension, I would call, \"House Wars: Attack of the Cookie-Cutters\"....
6.22.2008
The Lifestyle of an Architect
I've been blogging for almost two years now about how architecture and design affects the lives of people. Yet so few truly understand what goes on in the lives of these design creators. I speak solely on the basis of experience as my lifestyle manifests the ups and downs, including joys of being an...
6.04.2008
Design the World, Change the World
I've always danced to the beat of a different drummer, so my family and friends often told me. I somehow derive enormous energy from defying convention. Creative individuals have that secret longing to change the world, perhaps through design. In one of my architectural adventures, I heard and saw...
5.25.2008
Seeing the Signs at MIT and Harvard
In a recent trip to Boston for the American Institute of Architects National Convention, I found myself meandering the Ivy League walls of Harvard University and the progressive inconsistent architectural stylings of MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology).I was greeted by a pleasant surprise when...
5.11.2008
When Size Matters: Small is Smart
In the world of liveable spaces, does size really matter? After living in an urban sprawl for ten years, I have to admit, I miss the free-flowing movement that large open spaces allow. "Are we spoiled by too much space?" I asked myself. I currently live in a true urban environment where the ratio of...
4.06.2008
Cutting Corners: Mies is Wright
Corners in buildings convey the stability of a structure. I have been fascinated by the way Mies Van Der Rohe and Frank Lloyd Wright articulated the corners of their buildings. Each has expressed corners in a way that they are celebrated as important elements to the composition.Mies, in his SR Crown...
1.24.2008
The Makings of An Architect
As I celebrated my birthday this week, it made me reflect on how I came to be an architect. What were the influences in my life that lead the designs I create? Frank Lloyd Wright, as a child got his early exposure to volumes and spaces when his mother gave him the Froebel gifts. (http://www.froebelusa.com/theory.html)Look...
1.06.2008
LEEDing the Way to Sustainability
Moving to Chicago has offered me ways in which I can live a more sustainable lifestyle and in the process help reduce my carbon footprint. I do not have to drive everywhere I go. Don't get me wrong, I like to drive, in fact I was driving one of the most fun cars to have. My AZ back plate reads "MODRNST"The...
1.02.2008
Producing Our Own TV Show
We will be starting off 2008 with a bang! This year, we will be producing a TV show that focuses on green architecture. The green city of Chicago will serve as a blank canvass for the palette of shows to be aired in cable and the web. It is a creative collaboration of Jonathan Kloberdanz, Jahmai Ginden,...
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