Digging through old planning documents in Seattle’s archives always makes me think about how dramatically our approach to building has changed. Last month I was researching development patterns from the…
Last Tuesday, I was sitting in a coffee shop in South Austin reviewing architectural plans with a new client when she pointed to her architect’s latest revision and said, “Look,…
The sound of water has always been my antidote to stress. I'm not talking about those cheesy desktop fountains that sound like a leaky faucet – I mean real water,…
Looking at a piece of century-old reclaimed oak last week got me thinking about what we're really buying when we choose furniture. My client held up a sample of brand-new…
Walking into a truly well-designed spa should feel like stepping into a hidden grotto you discovered as a child – that sense of stumbling upon something magical and restorative that…
Standing in my friend Maya's apartment last Tuesday, I couldn't help but notice how exhausted she looked despite having just returned from a two-week vacation in Costa Rica. "I feel…
Walking through that restored prairie outside Chicago last month, I couldn't shake the feeling that I was witnessing something revolutionary. The tallgrass swayed in patterns that seemed almost choreographed, while…
I spent three hours last month crawling around a house in Fremont examining what looked like walls made from compressed mushrooms. The homeowner, this software engineer named David, kept following…
I was dropping my friend Sarah’s daughter off at school last month when I accidentally took a wrong turn and ended up in the basement hallway of Roosevelt Elementary. Honestly?…
# When Buildings Actually Give Back – My Journey Into Regenerative Design I stumbled across this concept totally by accident. Last summer, I was procrastinating on weekend data entry work…