David versus Goliath

I recently read two very different articles reviewing trends in single family housing.  The first story comes from KPCC’s Take Two and it features the  “Tiny House” movement.  A Los Angeles based couple built their dream home… on wheels: The tiny house movement comes to Los Angeles Take Two | May 13th, 2014, 9:21am The second article describes…

Architects and Sustainability

This morning Hayne Architects listened in on a virtual conference from Architectural Record and Sefaira entitled “How Will Architects Influence the Future of Sustainability?”.  There were interesting presentations from architects and engineers about how they are using new tools and software to design and analyze current projects!  Did you miss out??  Check it out here:…

pack your bags

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 open warehouse floor, seeing all of the large vats of…

Groundbreaking

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 on-looker that change and improvements are imminent.  Although not every…