Life of an Architect

JUNE 15, 2016

I can remember losing sleep as I fretted over the size of the pipe columns in the first project I ever designed by myself in the real world (read: The Best Project Ever Designed That Wasn’t ). A good case in point is the gable vent I recently designed for a house in Dallas that I am currently working on.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 26, 2015

The Finalists – 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition … there are a lot of people from around the planet who are anxiously awaiting these results. 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.

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Floor Covering News

MARCH 5, 2020

Focused on commercial interior design and covering 17 different verticals, from Wellness to Hospitality Design, an immersive array of nearly 100 CEU-accredited modules is available to attendees starting June 7, a day before the show’s official opening. “The Power of Design for Experience: Intuitive Integration of Interiors, Egd.

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Life of an Architect

MAY 11, 2014

This is the 7th playhouse I have designed and built – and the evolution of this process on my thinking and design process is pretty apparent to anyone interested enough in studying my previous designs. Unfortunately, it makes designing these playhouses that much more difficult.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 19, 2014

I’m Travis Schneider; born in 1992, raised in Dallas suburbia, and three years into a five-year undergraduate degree in architecture at UT Austin. One was an independent study and mentorship program which required me to seek out professionals in my chosen profession (architecture) and interview them. Hi, Internet!

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Life of an Architect

JUNE 27, 2017

Despite the fact that I didn’t know very much, I found myself drawing complete projects within weeks, running client meetings by myself, and having an unreasonable amount of latitude with the design work on these projects for someone with my experience. There were no timesheets, just deadlines. And so I did just that.

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Life of an Architect

JULY 21, 2015

Today is the second day where we are featuring the individuals who entered the 2015 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition and had their playhouse submissions selected from hundreds of spectacular entires submitted for consideration. Or is it that every time I am expecting a baby I design a playhouse? How old are you?

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 11, 2018

We have been working on closing out the “shell” building (just the exterior walls and roof) portion of the project and really getting into the interesting bits of design. Another project that we are working on is the renovation and refurbishment of a 1980’s era speculation built office building in Dallas.

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Life of an Architect

AUGUST 7, 2016

Born in Mexico and raised in the US, she graduated from Harvard University’s Graduate School of Design. Laura Mordas-Schenkein is the Editorial Project Manager and a contributing writer for Inhabitat.com , a digital publication dedicated to the future of design. She also holds an architecture degree from Princeton University and an M.A

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Life of an Architect

NOVEMBER 24, 2015

According to a very scientific research study ( conducted by me ) in my laboratory – a very high percentage of architects enjoy cooking and at one point considered becoming a chef. According to the that same study, an even higher percentage of architects hate washing dishes. You : Wow Bob, that’s really interesting.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 28, 2017

I know I do … Playhouse entries for the 2017 Life of an Architect Playhouse Design Competition are starting to roll in so I figured I had better get my design up on site so that all the other grasshopper themed playhouses don’t think I stole their idea. Do you know what a grasshopper house is?

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 13, 2014

Should I: Work on my charity playhouse design? Work on the missing design pieces for my new office? Today is a good example – I am on the Board of Directors for the Dallas Chapter AIA – a position I volunteered to fill. Is your motivation triggered by a sense of obligation, some sort of personal code of ethics?

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Life of an Architect

FEBRUARY 9, 2014

Fast forward 20+ years and here I am today; a partner in a terrific firm, a previous AIA “Young Architect of the Year” recipient, projects in my portfolio that I am proud of creating, leadership positions in my professional organization (Dallas Chapter American Institute of Architects and the Texas Society of Architects).

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Life of an Architect

DECEMBER 15, 2013

Learning how a business runs and how to sell work will actually take you farther in your career than just being a designer. The person in school that you thought had terrible designs – but could talk about their project - will be your boss. Architecture School , career , design studio Architecture and The Art of.

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Life of an Architect

OCTOBER 15, 2013

Let’s start with “ The Plans “ The plans above are the only full plans I have ever put on this site that were designed for a specific client. Unless I get permission from the client, I won’t publish their plans on this site – regardless of the fact that we technically own the design.

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Life of an Architect

APRIL 15, 2014

I read recently that Fort Worth is the most country city in the entire US and that Dallas is the least country city in Texas – and they are only separated by a 25 minute drive. Keep designing, keep being creative, keep on truck in’, keep on keeping on. I’m 54 and am going back to college to study architecture.

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Life of an Architect

MARCH 30, 2014

You can also see that each individual panel has its own letter and number designation. One of the things that has made this process run so smoothly has been the vendor we worked with to coordinate the design of the house using SIPs - MM&I Construction & Design, Inc. I’m in electrical drafting and design.

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