Here @ Hayne

[caption id="attachment_202" align="aligncenter" width="547"] Entrance to Dwell on Design at the LA Convention Center[/caption] [caption id="attachment_203" align="aligncenter" width="547"] Murals in Progress[/caption] [caption id="attachment_204" align="aligncenter" width="547"] Artists at Work[/caption] [caption id="attachment_206" align="aligncenter" width="547"] The perfect Garden - Full Scale Plant Diagram Reclaimed Wood Panel[/caption] [caption id="attachment_208" align="aligncenter" width="168"] Recessed Cabinetry Pulls[/caption] [caption...

24 June, 2013

[caption id="attachment_155" align="aligncenter" width="547"] the RIDGE-LINE: past, present, and proposed future[/caption] A site and its existing characteristics play a crucial role in design.  The location determines various municipal restrictions; such as, the maximum size and height requirements, allowed occupancy, minimum setbacks from the property line, etc.  The existing characteristics of the site help to determine...

22 May, 2013

When we are children, the field trip is that exciting time when we leave the everyday school environment and go out exploring.  One of my most memorable (and favorite) school field trips involved a trip to the Crayola Crayon Factory in Easton Pennsylvania.  I remember walking through the large...

16 November, 2012

Real architectural drawings are not illustrations, but pure expression of architectural thinking.  - Marco Frascari, architect and theorist I think, learn and understand things visually - verbal descriptions get translated into visual descriptions in my mind ...

21 August, 2012

As a young professional working in the architecture industry, I’ve noticed some discrepancies between the design world of school and the real world...

16 July, 2012

Architecture, like many professions, relies heavily on the computer.  We draw, we photomontage, we build, and we render in the digital rather than in our physical environment (this statement is perhaps a debate for another day… the architect’s hand versus the architect’s mouse…).  However, it...

26 June, 2012

The term groundbreaking in architecture defines “…the ceremonial breaking of the ground to formally begin a construction project”.  It defines that moment, when the official (often times political), gingerly shovels a cup full of earth to signal to the public, the press, and the present...

26 June, 2012