architecture

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Tuesday, Sept 8th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

Tuesday, Sept 8th. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

In my life, I have been told I resemble a prettier version of Allison Janney; easily passed off as Katharine
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Jun
Friday, August 21. The shoes I wore to meet the architects.

Friday, August 21. The shoes I wore to meet the architects.

A set of Copic markers is not cheap. But good tools are valued in the Office Design studio, where we
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Jun
Wednesday, July 29. The shoes I wore to meet the architects.

Wednesday, July 29. The shoes I wore to meet the architects.

Would have been these shoes, except that I didn’t meet with the architects (note: it’s plural now). I
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Wednesday, June 3. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

Wednesday, June 3. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

My house is not a piece of software. It is not a computer or an application program. But it is
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Jun
On Microsoft Excel, Big Software, and Brazilian Favelas.

On Microsoft Excel, Big Software, and Brazilian Favelas.

I often telling people designing for Excel is more like urban design than anything else. Because like a city, big
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Jun
Tuesday, January 13. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

Tuesday, January 13. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

Design is about constraints. Technical constraints, physical constraints, financial constraints, political constraints. We are at the stage in our home
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Jun
On the yonic and the phallic.

On the yonic and the phallic.

I have never had any desire to go to Dubai. But that changed this week when I listened to this
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12
Jun
On the Seattle Box and building a visceral house.

On the Seattle Box and building a visceral house.

People who build their own home tend to be very courageous. These people are curious about life. They’re thinking
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Jun
Tuesday, December 23. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

Tuesday, December 23. The shoes I wore to meet the architect....

weren’t worn to meet the architect at all. They were worn to meet the builder. The designs aren’t
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Jun
Friday, November 14. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

Friday, November 14. The shoes I wore to meet the architect.

The trim. I prefer post-modern. Will prefers the traditional. And, lucky for Mies, we both prefer dogs, despite all this.
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