Life of an Architect

JULY 17, 2016

I have had a metal roof on every single on of my playhouses – I think it makes these little buildings appear much more significant as a finished product. I used an integrally colored siding for this year’s playhouse so the plan was to get everything built and painted prior to installing the siding. Pretty slick, right?

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 12, 2013

So far we have seen the bag contents from an architect, an architecture student, a dry wall contractor, and for today, we finally get to take a look at what’s exactly inside the bag of an interior designer. Today’s interior designer’s bag and contents: Courtney Price Dallas, Texas [ you can click on the image for a closer look] 1.

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 16, 2014

That means she allows for architectural excursions, while also allowing for more family centric activities and things where my daughter might have a higher tolerance level. Went on one this week; well worth the time for the anecdotes alone, let alone the architecture. Architectural (strictly for me ) 2.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 18, 2014

My heartfelt thanks go out to all that participated, and congratulations are in order to the following designers: Designer : Zarina Ateig – Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates Bio : I’m a recent architecture and project management graduate from Toronto, who moved half way across the world looking for an awesome job. ” a lot.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

The judges for this round consisted of: Brad Oldham and Chrity Coltrin – Brad Oldham is sculptor based out of Dallas, Texas but has projects all over the world. Andrew Hawkins – past President of AIA Brazos Chapter, and the owner of Hawkins Architecture – a very successful firm based in College Station, Texas.

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MAY 14, 2018

I have taken apart cabinets so they could be sanded, filled holes, chips and gouges, painted millwork, and installed new cabinet hardware. I have held the opinion for a long time that most architects like to cook and for me, becoming a chef was my backup plan if the architecture thing didn’t work out. You can email him here.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 6, 2014

We had unbelievable and fantastic participation this year – all of our participants submitted dynamic designs, which led to an incredibly competitive field of entries and as a result, we ended up with clever and exciting playhouses being built for the 19th annual Dallas CASA Parade of Playhouses event. How old are you?

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 29, 2013

Since architects – dating way back to the long hours spent in the architecture studio in college – listen to music while they work, today we are going to answer the question: What are the 5 albums you would take with you on this deserted island? The music of Sibelius was also identified with that movement.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 16, 2014

Thursday Tower of London Double Decker Bus ride Return to Dallas I should just point out that in this very last picture, I am actually in it … bottom left-hand corner. Paul’s is pretty good but so many people do it, the path is not very illuminating from an architectural point of view. Wednesday St. Michael B.

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 8, 2015

When I decided to select “My First Project” as a topic for this month’s ArchiTalks topic, I knew instantly which project I would choose to focus on – not because it’s so good, but because I had all sorts of attachments that I could refer to (which is an important consideration when writing an architectural blog).

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APRIL 16, 2018

The weather here in Dallas was exceptionally nice this last weekend and I took the opportunity to drive around town checking in on a handful of projects we have under construction that don’t normally receive (for one reason or another) much screen time here on the site. How can we reduce and simplify the number of unique components?

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 22, 2013

Yes, it’s painful to spend up to $1000 an opening but I know I’m getting a quality triple pane product from a reputable national brand that will last 50 years + like the windows I’m replacing. –even if you guess the right product, you then have to guess the right color. BTW I do live in Minnesota.)

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 12, 2014

So when I was offered a new Bosch Tassimo T55 brewing system, and casually mentioned it to the people sitting around me, they said I might “accidentally” fall on the sharp end of an architectural scale if I didn’t say yes. To this day, I still feel like I’m missing out on something.

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JUNE 29, 2014

I get to head out-of-town, see some amazing architecture, spend time in the company of (mostly) like-minded individuals, meet some new people, and spend time with old friends who I only seem to see during the national convention. I am SO looking forward to your architecture bucket list blog post!!!! I love this house.

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AUGUST 7, 2017

Years ago, and while I was with my last firm, an article was published in ‘Columns’ (our Dallas AIA quarterly published magazine) that painted me in a particular light. I had no idea that I was going to be mentioned in this article. At first, I wasn’t particularly happy about the way I thought it made me come across.

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Life of an Architect

SEPTEMBER 15, 2013

[for the record, I despise the word blog, I prefer the term "Outlets for Creative Interpretative Letter Arrangement"] About 30 minutes before I sat down to write this post, I received a phone call from a television production company who is interested in having me participate in a new program they are putting together. So I like your style!

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JULY 12, 2015

I rarely get to see my own playhouses in the backyard of the winning raffle ticket holder, so this is my way of getting to see the finished product in the environment where it was intended … not in a shopping mall. You can also paint in over and over again should you want to introduce some color in to the interior.

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Life of an Architect

JANUARY 25, 2015

The painting above – ‘Musician and Cat’ – is hanging on a wall in my home and whenever I look at it, it makes me happy and honestly, that’s the kind of art I want. ArchiTalks Architects Materials and Products Observations about bob Materials' There is so much bad in this world, I don’t need to invite it into my house.

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

It took a lot of work and the involvement of some other very generous people, and I thought that I would take some time today to talk about how these awards got from a sketch into a final product that will hopefully be prominently and proudly displayed to the people who receive them as a token of my deep and sincere appreciation.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 17, 2016

Architectural concept sketches, construction details, construction photos … these are the sorts of posts that are both my most favorite, and least favorite, to put together. Can I just tell you how spoiled we are here in Dallas with the masons available to us? We used ípe wood for the trellis slats due to its durability.We

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