The notification ping on my phone interrupted my morning coffee, and honestly, I almost ignored it. Another client wanting to discuss “going green” with their home renovation, probably expecting me…
I was standing in this client’s kitchen last Tuesday, looking at these bamboo cabinets that probably cost more than what I paid for my Honda Civic ten years ago, and…
Last week I was walking through a new subdivision with a client, looking at what the developer proudly called their “sustainable community.” Every house had solar panels, drought-tolerant plants (read:…
You want to know what really gets me going? It’s not reading about sustainable design in journals or seeing award-winning projects in magazines. It’s walking through actual buildings that work…
You want to see something that’ll make your blood boil? I was walking through this massive new subdivision outside Denver last week – 300 homes, all identical, all facing whatever…
I keep getting these emails from architecture students who are basically having the same crisis I had fifteen years ago—they’re sitting in studios making weird sculptural buildings that would never…
Standing in Maria’s backyard in Scottsdale yesterday, I watched her practically beam with pride as she showed off her rain barrel setup. “Jennifer, you’ve got to see this,” she said,…
Yesterday morning I’m drinking coffee and checking emails when one comes in that makes me actually pause mid-sip. This potential client had found my urban planning work through some professional…
I’ve been losing sleep over something that happened three weeks ago. I was touring this award-winning mixed-use development in Phoenix with their lead architect, listening to him describe their “revolutionary…
I’ve been staring at this rendering on my desk for the past week, and I can’t shake this sick feeling in my stomach. It’s a beautiful mixed-use development – sleek…