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Short essays on architecture careers, written from inside the profession. Not advice columns, not industry hot takes. Notes from real conversations with students and emerging architects, sharpened into something portable.
These posts are for people who care about the work. Students still figuring out what a portfolio is for. Recent graduates writing their first cold email. Architects-in-training questioning whether to stay in practice. The writing assumes you are paying attention.
New posts go up when there is something worth saying. There is no schedule. Read them in any order. If a piece is useful, the right thing to do is send it to someone else.
The Perfection Paradox
Architecture school rewards perfection. The profession rewards people who ship.
February 2026
Clarity
Your design concept is probably too vague. The one-word test.
January 2026
Why Architects Can't Tell Their Own Story
You can explain a building's concept in a crit. So why can't you explain what you do at a dinner party?
January 2026
The Strategic Job Search
The job search is a design problem. Treat it like one.
December 2025
How to Write a Cold Email That Actually Gets Read
Most cold emails go straight to trash. Not because the sender isn't talented, but because the email does not give the reader a reason to care.
December 2025
Portfolio Mistakes Nobody Tells You About
Too long, too unfocused, trying too hard.
November 2025
The Licensure Path
ARE, AXP, and whether it actually matters.
October 2025
Side Projects and Building Your Professional Identity
Nobody got discovered by sitting quietly at their desk doing redlines.
October 2025
Architecture Education Beyond Architecture
Your degree taught you to think. Where you apply it is your choice.
September 2025
What They Don't Teach You in Studio
School teaches thinking. Practice teaches building.
September 2025
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