Tyson's Blog – March 2010 Archive (3)

Are Architects Still Designers?

I was interviewing an individual the other day and going over his past experience as a superintendent. He had an extensive body of work and a very impressive resume. As with many people in his industry, he spent most of his career with the same company doing similar projects. So similar that as I asked him rough square feet of his projects, he was able to…

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Added by Tyson on March 28, 2010 at 11:30pm — 6 Comments

It's only a model?

There’s a pretty interesting tradition that was common in many of my friends households growing up, childhood growth charts. They were each a little different, but they were almost always made out of wood, and tracked how much the child had grown in the previous year. I suppose their parents…

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Added by Tyson on March 18, 2010 at 8:30pm — No Comments

Every Architect Needs A Hero

Now that I'm out of school it's easier to reflect on the sometimes painful but useful experiences you have during those formative college years. I remember with fondness one particularly painful lesson I learned while presenting a design project in Buenos Aires. My project had started off well enough, but had stagnated (to say the least) to the mid-point in the semester.…

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Added by Tyson on March 9, 2010 at 10:30pm — 3 Comments