Category Archives: Values

De-cluttering a Visually Cluttered World

May 1, 2012 – 3:34 pm

As highly visual types, architects often are aggravated by things we encounter every day that go unnoticed by most people. Believe me, it’s both a blessing and a curse. Only rarely, it seems, do we delight in something we’ve stumbled upon in the visual world. Think about it. As we walk or drive around, we [...]

By Charles Mueller | Comments (2)

Who Turned out the Lights? You did!

March 26, 2012 – 4:09 pm

Remember when grandma insisted that you turn the lights off when you left a room? And you thought she was dotty? She was just being green, old school green. In 1939, the price of electricity consumed nearly ten percent of the average annual wage. Today we spend less than one percent of our pay on [...]

By David Holahan | Also posted in Sustainable Design | Comments (0)

Those Bright (Gourmet) College Years

October 18, 2010 – 1:27 pm

I never walked five miles to school in a blizzard, but I did ingest my share of character-building cafeteria food while a dyspeptic, cholesterol-ridden scholar.  Remember the latex cheese on those academic burgers that clung like Crazy Glue to the bun, rather than to the patty?  Or the mystery meat enclosed in Plaster of Paris [...]

By Jim Childress | Also posted in Process | Comments (1)

Cell Phone Sellout a Faustian Bargain

April 15, 2010 – 4:55 pm

They have been with us for less than two decades and they are now a relentless necessity.  We’d sooner do without flush toilets than our cell phones.  If we can’t reach everyone from everywhere, or get the latest stock quotes while we’re on the treadmill, our business and personal lives are deeply compromised. You’re in [...]

By Chad Floyd | Also posted in Planning, Technology | Tagged | Comments (2)