This is a guest post by Sofia Mattesini.Sofia is a Historic Preservation Specialist currently working at the South Dakota State Historical Society in Pierre. She has studied in Europe and has recently moved to South Dakota from the east coast. I first arrived in South Dakota on May 17, 2018. My mother came with me…
Feeding my fascination with how the profession intersects with pop-culture, here is some light content from Architectural Digest, regarding how the profession (and related fields) are portrayed in TV & film (and if the characters are any good at what they do). I only caught one episode of “How I Met Your Mother” during its…
I cannot help but share a bit about a building and an institution I truly cherish. The Washington Pavilion represents one of my first experiences with the power of architecture, mashing up my love for the arts with my love for the sciences – in a similar way that architecture combines those elements as well.…
Due to some technical difficulties earlier in the week, I am behind on my duties as blog host to have something lined up at the beginning of the week. That said, there is a lot of great content on the way (I promise), so stay tuned. For today, I urge you to take some time…
Architecture firms submitted 21 projects from across the state for consideration for the 2018 AIA South Dakota Design Awards. Winners will be announced on Friday, Sept. 14, 2018, at the AIA South Dakota Design Awards Ceremony and Dinner. (You can buy a ticket for the event here.) Our previously announced service awards will also be…
Architects do more than imagine spaces, buildings and forms. We continually strengthen the communication link between the mind and the hand that draws or clicks to form creations on napkin, paper or computer screen. In more simple terms, my job as an architect is to dream with my clients and then make those dreams a reality. Pretty impressive, for sure, but is that all an architect does? Does an architect…