AI can produce a realistic house image in minutes, so what are clients paying an architect for? A reflection on design, drawings and effort nobody can see.
Category: Architecture
Flawless AI-made work has made messy sketches, crossed-out ideas and visible thinking the most trusted signs of a real creator.
The best part about teaching has to be students, especially those I remember after they…
Why admitting your limits is what actually builds credibility
With dizzying changes coming in our profession, money discussions stay the same as they have always been.
After years of hearing the same planning questions at industry events, I have started to wonder whether some midrise builders are planning a project or staying comfortable in the planning stage.
Proportion and beauty do not show up on a sustainability checklist. That does not mean they stopped mattering.
Starting new semester, I share insights on teaching a design studio classes and why first-day jitters happen
The hidden layer of buidling permits that has nothing to do with your drawings, and why the developers who understand it move faster than the ones who don’t.
None of Them involve Design questions
Turns out all renovation is not created equal
The architect’s fee proposal that did not win the project but ended on a high note – created the team of our biggest cheerleaders!
Wildfire smoke and a family medical emergency reminded me the pandemic time
Top 5 questions I received from my students for future career planning
What a strange looking building in my Toronto neighborhood taught me about which emergency gets to move fast and which one still has to prove itself.
As long as we are willing to change our perceptions about wood.
What small and mid-size builders should know before the incentives make the decision for them
Past OCAD University student’s advice on how she deals with design education: her design process, frustration, also the most essential how to: starting her design project.
