Thomas

Working In a Historic District

1904 Image of Commonwealth Avenue -  Photo courtesy of https://www.bygonely.com/old-boston-1900s/ For the past 25 Years working with STA, I have had the the privilege to work within some of Boston’s...

Searching the web for efficient storage options and …. I end up looking at Skinny Houses…

In my quest to “downsize” and consolidate my life into my home on the cape, I still find myself with a lot of stuff – even though we have donated...

African American Architects

During our Living Lab, which is our end of day Friday Event at STA, one of our employees was presenting her thesis project. The project is a high school that...

“Archispeak”… unlocking the mysteries of what architects and interior designers are really saying….

I used to be fairly critical of fellow architects and interior designers with regard to how they spoke and conveyed their ideas, wishing sometimes they would speak in “plain English”…....

Downsizing – there’s an art to it

Life is an amazing journey, when you’re young you work to build your future and acquire things that resonate with you as a sign of your success.  For some it’s...

Cars and Gardens

In addition to gardening, one of my other loves is classic cars.  On a recent visit to the Heritage museum I got a good dose of both. The heritage museum, in...

Gardening and a Time to Recharge….

Many people close to me know my love for gardening and most likely many others do not know that I spend my weekends on the cape working in my garden...

Organic Architecture

The term “organic Architecture” is said to be first coined by Frank Lloyd Wright, and is used to describe built forms that mimic by shape or function their environment or...

Collections and Reflections

Recently I moved to a new home… and we had to go through everything, pare down and organize. We also used a company that packed everything and while they were...

Inspiration…

    Have you every looked at a building or interior or heard about a building and wondered what they were thinking or what the inspiration was that gave the...