Author Archives: Rusty

Life as an #Archidad

By Rusty | Published: June 17, 2018

“How do you do it?” Life as an engaged father and as an architect are, at times, at odds with one another. Balancing a career in this all-encompassing profession with the day to day excitement of a parent doesn’t come easy, but for this #archidad, I wouldn’t have it any other way. (Hence the constant […]

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#Architalks: Advice for Clients

By Rusty | Published: May 9, 2017

The physician can bury his mistakes,—but the architect can only advise his client to plant vines. ~Frank Lloyd Wright – ‘To the Young Man in Architecture’ This month’s topic of discussion for #Architalks is ‘Advice for Clients.’ Unlike the pithy suggestion from Mr. Wright, I have something of a different bit of advice that I […]

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Architalks: Architecture of Change

By Rusty | Published: April 10, 2017

Where will our profession be in five years? Ten? Twenty?

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House, or Home?

By Rusty | Published: March 13, 2017

Language is important. Especially in today’s political climate, social climate, and constantly moving digital world. So before delving into this month’s #Architalks topic “House or Home”, I thought I’d go straight to the dictionary: Definition of house plural houses 1 : a building that serves as living quarters for one or a few families : […]

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Dear future architects, never lose your optimism

By Rusty | Published: April 10, 2016

Dear future architects, Architecture is an inherently optimistic profession. The very act of designing and building requires hope, it needs it. We need it. If you’re just entering the profession, there are a lot of opportunities for disappointment ahead, I ask that you take them in stride. Don’t give up the good fight.

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