Iowa State Landscape Urbanism Studio, Fall ’23
BY EXTENSION: Retooling SF's Weft POSITIONThe pandemic challenged the separation of work and home to a remarkable degree, exposing fissures in age-old assumptions at multiple scales, from daily routines to urban planning. The tectonic slippage between ‘life’ and ‘work’ is perhaps
White Pelicans!
Always one of the best times of year, when the migrating white pelicans come through in flocks. Majestic and martial.
Portuguese Sunshine
Looking forward to warm weather again! A few drawings from last summer's trip to Portugal.
B.V. Doshi, in memoriam
Sangath, Balkrishna Doshi's home base Balkrishna “B.V.” Doshi, 2018 Pritzker Prize winner, died last month at the age of 95. I was extremely fortunate to spend time at Sangath, Doshi’s design and urban studies sanctuary, as part of a year-long travel fellowship
Iowa State Urban Housing Studio, Spring ’23
EVERYBODY'S FAULT: Inhabiting the Quake The pandemic has challenged the separation of work and home to a remarkable degree, exposing fissures in age-old assumptions at multiple scales, from daily routines to urban planning. Multi-family housing offers a way into the current
The Enduring Relevance of Drawings
A letter to the editor of Fine Homebuilding Magazine in response to the David Hornstein's article, "Are 2D Drawings Obsolete for Homebuilding?" I appreciated David Hornstein’s BuildingMatters perspective in his article, “Are 2D drawings obsolete?” I have worked as an architect
The Role of Meetings
In the span of one day this week I heard an interview on Marketplace Money and read an article in the New York Times critiquing a wholesale return to the physical office and, in particular, the concept of the In-Person
Katerra, in memoriam
Katerra, a Menlo Park, Calif.-based startup, is shutting down after a six-year run and over $2 billion in investments. This was the company that was going to revolutionize the building industry. It was going to do everything; Katerra would be