Vivian VolzAug 4, 2020Specifying in a PandemicWhat's VVAS doing during the COVID-19 pandemic? We're writing specs, that's what! As a business owner, it's my job to keep my team safe,...
Vivian VolzJul 22, 2015ADA! Hooray!I hear from the Instagram grapevine that today is a day for celebrating 25 years of the ADA. So it's the perfect day for a quick post...
Vivian VolzSep 26, 2013You might be a specifier!There will always be a role for someone with a knack for organizing verbal information in design and construction work.
Vivian VolzMar 1, 2013Perot Museum: Mistake or Science Lesson?Is this naïve design gone wrong... or a clever demonstration of concrete's need to shrink as it cures?
Vivian VolzFeb 5, 2013Anderson ToddPerhaps I did have an inkling that Anderson Todd was important during my years at Rice. I spent some time at my dad's house this week...
Vivian VolzAug 31, 2012Anderson Todd's Most Valuable LessonAnderson Todd taught my freshman architecture class in the fall of 1986 at Rice University. It might have been his last freshman studio...