People often ask me “What kind of architect are you?” I’ve had the pleasure of designing community centers, libraries, recreation facilities, theaters, restaurants, live-work lofts, and single family homes. But the type of projects I’ve designed and built is not what defines me. It is the way I think about the environment and my clients [...]
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What kind of architect are you?
Posted in Architecture, Building, tagged architectural design, architecture, architecture process, building, building architect, building design, design, design process, design thinking, remodel, residential architect, residential architecture on April 25, 2013 | Comments Off
Reviving the Front Porch
Posted in Architecture, Building, Community, Feng Shui, Sustainability, tagged architecture, community building, eyes on the street, feeling disconnected, feeling isolated, feng shui, front porch, front porch design, home design, neighborhood watch, outdoor room, outdoor rooms., reduce crime on February 25, 2013 | Comments Off
As our lives have become more demanding and faster paced in recent history, more and more people are feeling isolated and disconnected from their neighbors and communities. By reviving the Front Porch of your home and using it more regularly you can create opportunities to meet your neighbors, rebuild a sense of community, and reduce [...]
East-West Architecture
Posted in Building, Feng Shui, Sustainability, tagged architecture, building, classical feng shui, community architecture, design for balance and harmony, design philosophy, design sensibilities, east-west approach, east-west architecture, eastern architecture, eastern cosmology, harmonious home, integrated approach, integrated approach to design, jaiya alamia, public architecture, residential architecture, western architecture on August 28, 2012 | Comments Off
What does it mean to have an integrated east-west approach to architecture? For me, it means having a foundational understanding of both eastern and western design philosophies and responding to design challenges in a way that is true to both perspectives. Finding this balance isn’t always easy, but it is possible. It took me over [...]
Architecture for the Human Spirit
Posted in Building, Feng Shui, Sustainability, tagged architecture, feng shui on April 21, 2012 | Comments Off
I’ve always wanted to be an architect for the people, to focus on human needs and desires rather than the politics of building, so in 2012 I decided to expand the services of Harmonious Home to incorporate custom residential design in addition to feng shui. Over the last few of months I have been providing [...]
The Spirit of Wabi Sabi
Posted in Feng Shui, Sustainability, tagged aesthetics, architecture, art, art of impermanence, beauty, feng shui, fengshui, imperfection, impermanence, japanese aesthetic, life-force, natural beauty, nature, sabi, spirit, taoism, wabi, wabi-sabi, zen buddhism on July 15, 2011 | Comments Off
Wabi-sabi is not only an aesthetic, it is also a philosophy born out of a Japanese world-view based on Taoism and Zen Buddhism. In Taoist cosmology, it is believed that all things that are manifest in the world come from the great void know as the Tao, and eventually everything shall return to the Tao. [...]