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The start of a New Year and some work is starting to come in – some fairly substantial work it is indeed. We take a deep breath of relief and offer a sigh to our surviving through the last storm. I have been catching up on my reading and looking at workshops and educational classes [...]
Thu, January 5 2012 » Inspiration » No Comments
Recently, I had the opportunity to design a new viewing tower for the Westport Marina. The original structure was steel and wood and was disintegrating in the harsh salty environment. We were addressing the issues of longevity and attempting to create a high point for people to run to in a Tsunami. Designed like a [...]
Thu, December 1 2011 » Inspiration » No Comments
I was standing at the very end of a very long line at the grocery store on a busy weekend morning with a cart absolutely full of necessary items. I try to get all the winter staples taken care of on the October run, so that I will be fully prepared for the holidays and [...]
Thu, November 3 2011 » Inspiration » 1 Comment
Just some other thoughts about our solar panels: March 2011 was a very, very rainy month as has been since the start of 2011, but the stats for my solar panels was so telling – with no snow cover during the month at all we still saved 322 pounds of carbon offset which is similar [...]
Thu, June 30 2011 » Discoveries » No Comments
Last night was our annual meeting for the AIA Southwest Washington Chapter. We met at the Washington State Historical Museum in Tacoma, Washington and caught up on all the legislative progress and chapter events from 2010 and looked forward to 2011. Kevin Cavenaugh, a designer from Portland, Oregon who is just back from being on [...]
Thu, February 17 2011 » Discoveries » No Comments
