Today marks the end of an internship. I wasn’t hired to be a marketing intern, but I ended up as one. I was meant to spend half the summer in the office working with the estimating department and the other half working on a job… Read More »The End of an Internship
I’ve finally gotten Covid. When I wrote my first blog post on it. I never would have imagined we’d be where we are today. The ignorance in my post is embarrassing, but how could I have known? To be fair, the world was in a… Read More »Catching Covid
D.C is one of the most highly concentrated cities in the U.S for buildings in the architectural style known as Brutalism. These buildings are easily recognizable by their use of unfinished concrete in massive and monolithic proportions and their rigid and geometric style. They are loathed… Read More »Beautiful Brutalism
The beginning of a day of luck Since I have moved to D.C, I have been trying to visit a different Smithsonian museum each weekend. A few weeks ago, I went to visit the National Museum of African American History and Culture with my friend… Read More »A Day of Luck
I’ll be in D.C. for the summer working as an intern at a general contracting firm called GCS-SIGAL. I’ve been here for almost three weeks and I already love it. Other than a weekend visit to see my friends and cousin years ago and a… Read More »D.C. For the Summer
Form Follows Fiasco is a book by Peter Blake that criticizes modern architecture. Peter Blake was a modernist architect and a prolific author. The book was published in 1978, so some of his arguments may no longer be valid, however a multitude still holds true.… Read More »Book Synopsis: Form Follows Fiasco: Why Modern Architecture Hasn’t Worked
My first year of studying architecture at graduate school is officially finished. On Wednesday, I completed everything and I moved my stuff out of our studio corner. Next year, we’ll be in a different space and a different place. If there’s one thing I learned… Read More »My Architectural Journey: One Year Down
On a snowy Saturday morning on the first weekend of April, I took part in “The Big Event.” The Big Event is a student-run day of service that has grown into the largest event of its kind in the nation (from their website). It’s also… Read More »The BIG Event
In the chaotic scramble to purchase and prepare everything I thought I needed for my move to Blacksburg, I somehow overlooked a microwave. I assumed the apartment came with one and that it would be right above the stove. It wasn’t. I didn’t realize I… Read More »Life Without a Microwave
I didn’t drink, but I was out until after 2am. It’s enough to make me feel like I did. It’s now been two years without alcohol. I don’t know if it’s age, or my routine of going to bed early, but staying awake past one… Read More »Two Years Without Alcohol