The business of architecture
I've been a bit quiet on Panfilo for the last month or two because I've been busy working on something new, something very very exciting. Together with my good mates Kate FitzGerald and Mick Moloney, I've been laying down tape for our shiny new podcast, In Detail. We've recorded most of the first season already... Continue Reading →
Genius loci The presiding god or spirit of a place Does the spirit of Mihaly Slocombe's design live in the pieces of yellow tracing paper that we fill with floorplans and diagrams? Or in the massing experiments we produce in SketchUp? Or in the presentation models we build from cardboard and balsa? Does it live in... Continue Reading →
When we are first approached by prospective clients, we have found that few fully understand what an architect does. Many interview draftspeople and volume builders also, and find it difficult to distinguish between the various levels of expertise and design engagement on offer. Invariably, a large part of our first discussion is devoted to explaining how... Continue Reading →