In honor of the NHL Stanley Cup finals, and because it's been a while since I posted, I thought I'd give you an update to my...

We technical designers make a sport of bemoaning the cluelessness of aesthetic designers. My colleague Louis Medcalf tweeted a common...

Are you communicating with your specifier during construction administration? Are you, perhaps, a little afraid to tell your specifier...

I’m specifying a system that depends as much on the fabricator as it does on the materials. In this case, it’s a concrete countertop, but...

Think specs aren't the sexy part of architecture? They should be. Strength in a veil. King's Cross Station. I stayed in architecture, when engineering was looking awfully tempting in college, because I love working with the surfaces people touch, walk on, hear, and smell. And I discovered, later, that I love specs for the control they give me over these very senses, as people experience the finished work. If you want a sexy project, you need sexy specs. Now, I'll admit, speci