Seeing Is Believing

Writing

Think Like an Architect is a refreshingly personal book. Though it clearly fulfills its intention to "communicate ways to give the necessary care to designing buildings that's needed to enhance the quality of life for the people who live with them as well as the environment around them," it is also a warm and intimate story of the life and career of its author. Through his own gimlet-eyed…

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Perspective

Writing

Two-and-a-half years ago I wrote a short piece for the first issue of TRIBEZA describing briefly the potentials, challenges and immediate outlook for architecture and urban design in Austin. Those were heady days in early 2001 when this City seemed ready to accomplish anything it set its mind to. Ambitious new museums, performing arts venues, civic ensembles and urban infrastructure improvements…

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