I wrote a short article about placemaking in unexpected places for the AIASF Small Firms Great Projects Publication.

We forget that the best design is often no design at all, or at least design that you might not notice right away.

It’s time to shed the titles and start brainstorming together toward a more empathetic evolution of place.

Now is as good of time as any for the silent majority to become less silent.

The hope is that by recording the way things are, we might also discover some new connections between things, that is to say… stumble upon a sense of wonder or even a new idea.

For me, this is a project that defies categorization; it is a true hybrid of place making, architecture and art and I have been at it for years.

Checking in with the larger visionary within, here is what I did with recent redline set of mine.

Transformative before and after shots from my architecture projects followed by a few truthful secrets of “post production.”

Sunset Magazine selected my projects to feature three times 10 years and once for its book series. Here are a few things I learned while digging into Sunset’s history.

What artists know that most architects haven’t yet fully embraced is the practice of drawing the dark shapes.

In the U.S., more than 45% of students in architecture school are women yet they only make up 23% of the work force. And when it comes to large firms only 17% have a partner that is female. So where do all the girls go?

This summer I was honored, along with 6 other local architects and landscape architects to moderate a community design workshop to envision the future of the Lafayette Crosses.