Are Architects Lying to Us?
If I called architects “liars,” how would you react?Some of you might reject it immediately. Others might pause and think. When I began writing Design Beyond Form, it came from a troubling realization: our world is flooded with meticulously crafted visuals—polished images, cinematic renderings, seductive forms—pushed into our feeds every single day. They’re uploaded, shared, […]
The Cost of Flammable Façades
I watched the fire climb the façade—flames shooting upward and even downward as burning debris fell, setting off new fires on the floors below. Fire can spread through combustible façade materials and weaknesses in the wider wall system. The precise mechanism in this incident would require investigation. And we’ve seen this before. In London, Grenfell […]