I have spent 50 years in commercial architecture. Part of them sitting in the architect's chair. Part of them sitting in the owner's chair as Director of Design and Construction at a Texas real estate firm. This site shares what both sides taught me.
Currently Project Manager at Cornerstone Projects Group in Fort Worth, running commercial projects with the dual perspective of someone who has drawn the plans and someone who has signed the checks. Outside the day work, I run three ventures applying the lessons.
The ventures
Education and writing for mid-career architects who want to run their practice with more clarity. Newsletter, essays, and frameworks for thinking about your work the way an owner thinks about a building.
Read the newsletter →Software tools for AEC firms. Two products shipping now: COI Autopilot for tracking subcontractor certificates of insurance, and Proof reads every keynote tag in your Revit model and verifies it against your project spec manual. Deterministic. Evidenced. No AI guessing. Built for principals running firms doing two million in billings or more.
See the tools →Ghostwriting and newsletter services for founders and operators who need a voice in the market but lack the time to write. Long-form essays, newsletters, and LinkedIn content in your voice from your ideas.
Learn more →I write weekly about practicing architecture, running a small firm, and the strange territory where building design meets software. If you sit in either chair, the writing should be useful.