I was fortunate to serve as Senior Project Architect on a series of police stations for the city of Denver. They were very much needed and represented a great stride forward for law enforcement in the city. It was a…
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Firmitas, Utilitas, Venustas or Firmness, Commodity and Delight is set of principles set forth by an ancient roman architect, Vitruvius in his treatise that survives to the day, “The Ten Book of Architecture”. From the Book as translated by Morris…
When subbing for a school district I stepped into an elementary classroom with a bewildering variety of furniture. Gone was the traditional desk with either the flip top or open to the rear cubbie for a kid’s ‘stuff’. It looked…
In a firm that worked for just out of school, a fellow architect related a term I never heard before in reference to educational facilities . . . “prisons for learning”. To be sure too many of the the schools…
This COVID-19 pandemic, panic-demic or scam-demic, however you choose to call it has been devastating in so many ways. The disease is real, certainly and merits respect. The reaction, however to a disease with mortality rate of less than one…
When is a custom home truly a custom home? Many home builders will advertise that they do ‘custom homes’ But now that it has become permissible to even ponder upon what the meaning of what the meaning of ‘is’, ‘is’.…
Studio 285 Clockworx, dba 2016 Spring/Summer Art Fair Schedule www.studio285clockworx.com list is tentative shows may be added/waiting on responses will be updated (current os af 2/10/16) April 16,17 Saturday – April 16, 2015 9 am – 5pm Sunday – April…
It has been a while since I have executed a new clock for Studio 285 Clockworx. One gets to the point where he is making duplicates of established designs to meet demand and the conception and execution of established designs…