This past August I started a new architecture job. After two years at my old one, I felt that it was time for a new experience. Looking back at my first two years in architecture, I wanted to share 5 lessons learned from my first… Read More »5 Lessons Learned From My First Architecture Job
The Statue of Liberty The Statue of Liberty has stood as a beacon in New York Harbor since 1886. One hundred and forty years. It’s watched as hundreds of thousands of people have made their way to NYC, as the city has transformed from an… Read More »Climbing to the Crown of the Statue of Liberty
On the path to architect licensure: Passing My Final ARE Exam (PPD). After fifteen months, multiple ARE exams, one failed CE attempt and two failed PPD attempts, I never have to worry about studying for the AREs again! On May 23, I retook the PPD… Read More »On the Path to Architecture Licensure: Passing My Final ARE Exam (PPD)
South Africa: Durban I didn’t know much about Durban, South Africa before I got there. I knew it was on the coast, that it was warmer than Cape Town, and that I was attending a wedding about an hour and forty five minutes away in… Read More »Visiting Durban, South Africa: The Final Stop
A trip to South Africa wouldn’t be complete without a safari in Kruger. Kruger is one of the world’s largest game reserves, covering 7,500 square miles. For my South Africa Safari, I booked a three-day Kruger Safari through MoAfrika Tours, which included transportation from Johannesburg,… Read More »South Africa Safari
Inside Johannesburg’s infamous Ponte City Tower shaped by apartheid, urban decay and renewal. Before arriving at Ponte City Tower, my taxi driver spent the ride warning me how dangerous the neighborhood was. Even in daylight, he said, he disliked driving through the area known as… Read More »Inside Ponte City Tower
The first part of my trip to South Africa was spent exploring Cape Town. My friend Robynne, who now lives in London, is from there and was back visiting her parents before the wedding and my friend Nicara, just moved back to Durban. We decided… Read More »Exploring Cape Town: Things to do and Impressions
My trip to South Africa almost didn’t happen. Between a war rerouting flights through the Middle East and unpaid TSA agents walking off the job, I didn’t know if I was even going to be able to get out of New York. I had been… Read More »South Africa: Getting There & Back
My goal was to pass all the architecture licensure exams (AREs) by my birthday last September. That didn’t happen. After my two-week whirlwind of taking all six exams last May, I took a week or two off and restarted studying on weekends starting May 31st,… Read More »On the Path to Architect Licensure: Taking the AREs, Again
New Museum Extension (Toby Devan Lewis Building) How can a building be so new, but at the same time feel so old? That’s what the extension to the New Museum, designed by OMA, feels like. Closed for the last few years, it opened to the… Read More »New, Already Old Museum