Ground-Breaking for Ridge Center and Amenity Park at Ocean Ridge
January 12, 2023
Congratulations to the Ocean Ridge Community on their ground-breaking this week for the Ridge Center and Amenity Park. This has been a long…
The Cost of Surprise
July 21, 2022
Coming to the end of my glass. Spend most of my sitting-time getting right with the whirlwind, listening to the noise. The louder, the better, it…
Not Just a Shopping Center
June 30, 2022
To talk about architecture, remembering Jack Alphin.https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/newsobserver/name/william-alphin-obituary?id=34294966
AIA Convention 2022 Chicago - A Review
June 24, 2022
Returning from the 2022 AIA convention in Chicago. When they ask, "How was it?" It certainly had ups and downs, hits and misses, the…
Bullet Proof
June 2, 2022
It’s that part of the week when I want to talk about Architecture, where I wrestle with the dialogue of the week and wonder what to bring…
Winning Awards
May 13, 2022
We think a lot about how to grow the firm, and it’s not that there are so many options: Hiring is difficult and rare. But more, we want to grow…
Big Project Workflow
May 5, 2022
Thinking about workflow this week, project scale, perhaps, but also style and decision making. We’re partnering with another local firm, and I…
From Ground Up
April 14, 2022
We have several projects that are starting from zero, starting from ground up. It’s exciting, its new, it's important, it’s the…
New Year - Design or Project Management
January 6, 2022
New year, finding words is a challenge, these first days with so much potential, trying to dodge all the standard tropes and mind-ruts. I’ve…
Traveling
November 9, 2021
Traveling, even for work, certainly has a feeling of skipping work. I get to see new places, meet new people, drive a rental car, go out to eat. I…
Architecture that already happened
November 9, 2021
To write about architecture is to write in the past tense. There’s a very real position that architecture has already happened, that it's…
A new coat of paint and a new elevator
September 3, 2021
In 2019, we did a small project, but we did it pretty well: Client had to update their elevator to meet inspections > they had to update…
Friday Variables and Whether to Build
August 20, 2021
Just a minute to write, thinking through this week, and Friday tomorrow. We like to put deadlines on Fridays, working toward a goal, checking things…
Picking Paint Colors
August 6, 2021
Another friend reminded me to write this week. My still-standing favorite lecture in college was only that "Architects write." That…
FINDER
November 2, 2018
We have an ad in this year's INDY FINDER, a guide recommending where to eat, drink, shop and explore in the Triangle. Not a bad place to be…
Renovating a Landmark
September 27, 2018
Osterlund started marketing the space last year as part of a feasibility study for the project after reaching an agreement to with the Friends of…
Welcome DECO
July 21, 2018
DECO and DECO Home have completed their move to downtown Raleigh. The gift and home shops will have a grand opening on Aug. 3. It's always…
A Sacred Space
July 20, 2018
“Ebenezer.” It’s a word both familiar and unfamiliar to me – familiar because I grew up singing “Come Thou Fount of…
Ebenezer Chapel in the News & Observer
July 16, 2018
Raleigh local Mark Boone envisions a chapel where people can put down their phones and reconnect with each other in a building that will last…
An Underground Chapel
July 16, 2018
"I want people to experience peace and tranquility and a calmness regardless of what their faith may be." Local Mark Boone wants to…
Architecture By Train
October 13, 2017
Watching architecture from the train always gets to me. Riding through Spain, rolling through olive groves, we looked out and see castles on…
Hospitals and Airports
January 27, 2017
Hospitals and airports – these places don’t feel like Architecture. Being in an airport is more like swimming. The scale,…
EBZ
September 4, 2016
Place-making is among the more helpful definitions of what Architects do. Had a conversation with a good friend this week, who…
You're a Terrible Architect
February 13, 2016
That was the first sentence of an email I received from a client, after two years of project changes, stalls, and billing issues brought me to…
Window in a Tall Building
January 20, 2016
My mind tends to be over-introspective by habit, and a new year is the time to endorse that habit, to hide away in a warm corner of a quiet…
Open House
October 27, 2015
Our 7th anniversary and our new office space. Plenty to celebrate, and we’d like to celebrate with you! We’re having an…
Desert Life
October 8, 2015
Some people plan for vacations, perhaps most people do. In our family, it’s more abrupt. Vacation starts when the TTA recommends…
The Drawing Board
August 25, 2015
During an interview last week, I discovered that our website was down. Some kind of bug in the machine. Our website showed the customer…
Empty Raleigh - Coming Soon
August 25, 2015
Starting to get excited about an upcoming performing arts / photography partnership with Urban Garden Performing Arts. These are the…