The purpose of this blog is to share information on design, not limited to architectural design, but all design. To a degree, design is subjective. I pursued an architectural design career because it combined art and science and have no regrets.
I was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and raised in Kailua on the windward side, Kailua—no ka oi, unless you are from town. When I was young, my mom helped me design and build a ‘tree’ fort between two coconut trees in our back yard.
This was probably a telling moment regarding my future career, but at the time, I had no clue. I just wanted it to be high enough off the ground to peak over the hedge into our neighbors back yard, catch some of the trade wind breeze in the summer and have a trap door with a rope ladder access. I guess in many ways, this was my first house for myself, I loved it, mahalo mom.
Fast forward to 2023. After owning an architecture firm in Durango, Colorado for 30 years, and 600+ projects later both big and small, I often think back to my tree house, life was much simpler, no such thing as a personal computer back then let alone computer aided 3D design.
Technology is overwhelming, exciting, helpful, frustrating and everything in between. Experience and years of practice has been an interesting muse for me. For the final chapter of my design career, I will be taking life slowly, enjoying traveling, designing select architectural projects and objects and sharing insight on design and the design process.