A CHANGING PROFESSION

Derek Maschek MASCHEK design and fabrication www.maschekdf.com I’ve been a bit verbose recently, opining at length in blog format. So, this time I’m opting to post a question, or maybe a short series of questions. It’s the consensus of the industry (design and construction and everybody around it), that Architecture as a profession is undergoing […]

THE HAND, THE MIND, and THE MONEY

Derek Maschek MASCHEK design and fabrication www.maschekdf.com THE HAND, THE MIND, and THE MONEY Derek Maschek MASCHEK design and fabrication www.maschekdf.com Before you read on, know that “I intend to misbehave”. I’m going to attempt to stir it up a little in the hopes of getting a productive but long overdue conversation going, and frankly […]

FEES; WHAT YOU GET FOR YOUR MONEY (YOU GET WHAT YOU PAY FOR)

Derek Maschek MASCHEK design and fabrication www.maschekdf.com This has come up a lot recently, and frankly, comes up all the time. However, it’s the topic we (architects) least like to talk about but most NEED to get comfortable with. Architecture is a professional service, and it’s a business. What Architects (and Interior Designers, Landscape Architects, […]

spotted: reclaimed wonders by rebecca shell

I did a little bit of hunting this Wednesday and I discovered my new favorite store – found by moonbeams. I never knew I would want to spend so much time in such a quaint little store. Everywhere I turned, there was some little treasure to behold. This light fixture below is just one of many. […]

questions from a young architect by nicholas kreitler

There is something I mentioned in a previous post and I wanted to come back to the topic of urban sprawl…. We have all heard it and are increasingly aware of the problem we face. Gas continues to go up in price and I believe that we should see the density start to rise again […]

leaderspeak: is your check engine light on? by nicholas kreitler

 Have you ever been driving down the road and all of a sudden a little sport car goes flying past you? I started thinking about that car the other day after I was wrapping up a day in the office. I was picturing that car cruising along, oblivious to the fact that it was blowing […]

through the eyes of a young architect by nicholas kreitler

With every profession applying the term architect to a title, what does it really mean to be an architect? It seems funny to me that for the past few months, several publications have revealed architecture has the highest unemployment rate as a degree. So I started asking questions, why would somebody want to be an […]

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