Why go round and round in circles when I have the tools?

This is something that I find again and again and again. A potential client trying to design it themselves. And then going around and around in circles but getting nowhere. I know I’ve said this before many times but I’m Read More …

I look into my crystal ball on the Building Regulation amendments for self-builders…

This continues on a bit from the last post on the problems with Inspecting and Certifying Self-Builders and I’ve written stacks already on the Building Control Amendment, here’s one of the posts HERE. The main item that’s going to hit Read More …

Don't take the blame but you still need to care and look after your mental health!

I wrote last week about how Architecture is the true caring profession… and I mentioned at the end of the post that the danger is caring too much and you are unable to keep your private life away from your Read More …

Why builders have more influence than architects but why you shouldn't listen to them

This problem arises occasionally and it’s an interesting one: Why builders have more influence than architects but why you shouldn’t listen to them… Now builders are great, especially around here. They come up with some great ideas and have been Read More …

The Facts of Life (for architects) #1

A long overdue post continuing the series on ‘The Things they don’t teach at architect’s school’: In case you’ve missed them, here are the previous posts: Most projects don’t go ahead Architecture is War! The architect is translator/interpreter The architect Read More …