In an effort to build our local business in Brainerd, Minnesota, I have joined a business networking group. I have really enjoyed it. I am getting to know a good group of people and we are getting better local exposure as a result. In one of my networking meetings with another individual who represents the [...]
While reviewing our google analytics, I noticed that someone made it to our page using the search “architecture is not sculpture”. This is an interesting place to start a discussion. By itself, the statement “architecture is not sculpture” is true but only so far that the adjacent statement “architecture is not just sculpture” is also [...]
In the first post in this series, Going Local, I discussed the challenges facing architecture our firm when it came to breaking into our local market. I discussed things like the local to local bias, the seasonal traffic and public works jugernaught. In the second post, Public Image, I talked about the idea of “Brainerd [...]
Usually, I try to stay away from such language. But a recent experience has sort of caused some angst. Recently, we moved our offices from my “home” office, to a new office in an old junior high school. We didn’t fit anymore. Employees cramed together in a space never really intended to have employees. After [...]
There has been some discussion on this web site and others about the cost associated with well designed homes. In my post entitled “McPeople” I posited that home owners in general are willing to accept inferior design in the name of blandness and resale. A commenter suggested that the cause for this is the marketing [...]
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