Thoughts

Modernism isn’t a “Style”+

Good design cannot be swapped out like wallpaper. BUILD addresses the philosophy of modernism.

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If You’re Not Getting Good Photos of Your Work, Your Work Doesn’t Exist+

Getting high-quality images of finished work is one of the most important steps of a project.

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The First Step of a Successful Project is Facing the Facts+

BUILD identifies a common blind-spot of many failed architecture projects.

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Favorite Design Film Roundup+

BUILD takes an office-wide poll on favorite design films.

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Reflections + Projections+

BUILD makes some notes on 2012 and looks ahead to 2013.

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Snow Fort Architecture: A Critical Analysis+

BUILD reviews the best and worst snow forts.

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How to *Really* Get Hired at an Architecture Firm (Part II)+

BUILD's tips on how to get hired, the sequel.

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BUILD’s Guide to Non-Consumer Gifts+

BUILD's tips on holiday giving for 2012.

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The Agenda of the Architect+

BUILD shares insights into the architect's agenda.

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Ethics in the Age of Digital Photography+

BUILD lays out 5 reasons why the architectural photograph needs to have some boundaries.

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Selling an Illusion+

BUILD calls B.S. on the front porch lifestyle and the developers who sell it.

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Construction Is Expensive+

BUILD gets real about construction costs.

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What It Really Takes To Be An Architect+

BUILD's top 5 list of what separates the good architects from the mediocre ones.

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Strategies For Dealing With Lazy People+

BUILD shares tips on dealing with the lazies.

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To Blog Or Not To Blog+

BUILD shares the top 5 reasons for not starting a blog.

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The Best Job We Never Got+

BUILD loses a job and gains an immense amount of insight.

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The Poetics of Cost-Effective Urban Design+

BUILD looks at two urban examples of great design on a budget.

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Designs That Shouldn’t Have+

BUILD conducts a roundup of designs that never should have made it past the drawing board.

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Are Things Getting Too Precious?+

BUILD explores preciousness gone too far.

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Favorite Unbuilt Project Roundup+

BUILD reveals their office-wide roundup of favorite unbuilt projects.

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What Are You Responding To?+

BUILD on architecture of responsiveness.

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Oh, the drama…+

BUILD's 15 step home-show guide to controversy, tears and drama.

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MOMA widens the gap … again.+

MOMA takes a critical issue of social and architectural importance and turns it into a theoretical art project.

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Smart and Small+

BUILD keeps it smart and small.

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The Secrets of Modernism+

BUILD's cliff notes on modernism.

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Favorite Furnishings Roundup+

BUILD shares their roundup of favorite furnishings.

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Is Graduate School A Good Idea For An Architect?+

BUILD launches the blog series "1 Question, 5 Answers" with their take on grad school.

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Favorite House Roundup+

BUILD team members reveal their favorite houses.

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Design and Spontaneity+

BUILD salutes the spontaneity.

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Embracing The Image+

BUILD goes meta.

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