Blueprint for Design

Sinkholes

Sinkhole: A natural depression in a land surface communicating with a subterranean passage, generally occurring in limestone regions and formed by solution or by collapse of a cavern roof, as defined by answers.com Pretty scary. Look at this post’s photo taken in Guatemala after some heavy rains about a week ago. The purpose of this [...]

A hiaku for architects

Many hats are worn today.

Our hats are stolen by knaves!

Authority ours!

Establish a new order now!

Take your hat back now!

Design Process – Part 1

All creative people have a process.   The process I speak of is everything it takes to bring a client’s thoughts or idea to a completed design.  Sometimes, it can be easy.  Other times it can be grueling. Inspiration, creativity and progress might happen fast or you might find yourself at a major roadblock.   The process [...]

Weekly Town Crier

After a long hard week, enjoy this list of random links that we feel you may want to check out. Some may involve design, some may involve small business and others may just be something random we find interesting. Keep checking our site each Friday to find out what inspires or interests us. Feel free [...]

Abandoned Places

I’m a sucker for old buildings. Not just old buildings kept in immaculate condition. I like the old ones that are neglected, forgotten…abandoned. Whether it’s trying to imagine what went on in them or why were they built? I think about what stories played out in their rooms. If there’s one major criticism I have [...]

Sketches – Nathaniel Brooks

Matt Falco has been writing some great posts about architectural sketching.  You can see them here and here.  He’s also spoken highly of the website Urban Sketchers. I thought it might be nice for Blueprint for Design to start featuring some artists.  So, our first feature is on Nathaniel Brooks.  He and I worked together [...]