With rapid population growth developers, designers, contractors, and finance are at work to provide adequate housing supply. Housing is required to facilitate the recruitment and retention of the influx of the workforce. Yes, housing is in high demand. Yes, we need to accommodate the influx. But – are we planning for the long-term impact…
I began working at Koch Hazard Architects in 2011 following a career in the collegiate athletics sports information and events world. I knew nothing of the design industry and, quite frankly, had never really thought much about the intention of design. I have spent the last 10+ years being in awe of design in the…
by Kate Walker I will be the first person to tell you that getting my degree in architecture at DoArch has been an incredible gift and privilege in my life that would not have been possible if Brian, Chuck, Federico and Jessica had not brought the School of Architecture to South Dakota. I am forever…
By Jeremy Altman, AIA, LEED AP BD+C Good news for Architects: The Architect’s Billing Index is way up. Things are getting busy. Before we jump into a design boom, maybe it is worth asking, “have we seen this before?”. The past is prologue after all. Perhaps it is because it is that time of year…
In reality, we are paying a price for homelessness and the cost saving alone should influence decisions for those who are unable to recognize the complexities of the different factors that can shape a human life. Reflecting on six years of academia at SDSU brings back many memories of spending long hours on campus, only…
Aspen and I have led oddly parallel past lives in our destination to the field of architecture. We both came to DoArch as non traditional single mothers who had our kids within 4 months of each other – an anomaly in and of itself. We both interned at JLG the same summer and even though…