How Early Collaboration Prevents Costly Project Mistakes
The Most Important Conversations Happen Before the Design Begins With more than 20 years in architecture, I’ve seen it happen countless times. Projects stumble not because of poor design or construction failures, but because the fundamentals of the project weren’t...
Block: Beyond the Blueprint – Newsletter #10
Plan to Succeed in Bad Weather: What We Shared in February February in Scotland reminded everyone of something most delivery teams already know: winter doesn’t just slow a housing site down – it exposes weak points, creates risk, and turns small issues into...
Reflections & Highlights of 2025
A Moment to Pause – and Look Both Back and Forward I’m writing this in the week before Christmas 2025 – our final week in the office before the festive shutdown. It’s always a reflective time of year. A moment to pause, take stock, and think not just about...
The Hidden Time Drain: How Email Consumes an Architect’s Day on a Construction Project
Why I’m Talking About Email – And Why It Matters to You If you were to ask most architects why they entered the profession, the answers are usually the same: “to design better places, solve problems creatively, and deliver buildings with purpose.” But ask what...

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