Hello there. How are you? How are you really? How are you doing this year? This month? Today? It’s ok to not be ok. It’s only been 11 months, but somedays it feels like a lifetime since my post in January stating the US Presidential Candidates on AIA issues. We started this year hopeful and…
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Over the last month we have had the privilege of sharing on the Blueprint South Dakota platform a variety of contributors from the local arts community. We hope to have sparked or fanned the flame for architects to incorporate the arts into their daily practice. We implore you to reach out next time you… …want…
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In case you haven’t seen it yet in your monthly issue of ARCHITECT magazine (which all AIA members should receive), make sure you check out some of the project features – one may be a bit more recognizable than the others, as it comes straight out of Brookings. SDSU’s first Passive House studio project has…
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Before I offend the very audience that I hope to persuade, please allow me to clarify something up front… if there’s any debate surrounding whether architecture is a form of art, I am firmly planted in the “yes” camp. I also believe that many architects are, in fact, artists. Though, having spent the last 15+…
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Practical considerations for designing performance spaces, from a performer, designer, and consumer; Part II On Monday’s post, we covered some basic visual aspects of music performance spaces design. However, the key purpose of these spaces is for hearing, and for that an understanding of architectural acoustics is warranted. When it comes to acoustics, we are…
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Practical considerations for designing performance spaces, from a performer, designer, and consumer; Part 1 Before reading, take a quick break and enjoy some music “He watching over Israel” Mendelssohn, Elijah Op. 70 Just a month ago I had the privilege of being able to hear a live choir at the 11 a.m. Mass at St.…
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“The science of government is my duty to study, more than all other sciences; the arts of legislation and administration and negotiation ought to take the place of, indeed exclude, in a manner, all other arts. I must study politics and war, so that our sons may have liberty to study mathematics and philosophy. Our…
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Murals. It seems that in the last decade we’ve started seeing more and more of them pop up all over the State. Down alleyways in big cities, on main streets in the smallest towns, murals have taken center stage in the world of public art. Maybe because it is so exciting to take a blank…
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It’s probably safe to say that we all know what Leonardo da Vinci’s “Mona Lisa” looks like. More often than not, though, it’s because you remember seeing a photograph of her. But how many of you have witnessed her in real life? I was fortunate enough to see her in person during my senior year…
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What is it like to change professions at age 60? I’ve had the opportunity to retire from 40 years as an architect and transformed myself into a watercolor artist. Before retirement I decided I needed something to do that was fun and creative. In nice weather there are a lot of things to do…
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