A note to those looking for internships: make sure you send your interest message with the right name. We’ve all been there. You’re feeling anxious and it’s easy to copy/paste. I will still respond tomorrow to give this college student some insight, but little details matter in your job hunt. 💛

If Mamdani and Obama singing The Wheels On The Bus with a group of tiny kids doesn't spark some sort of joy in you, I've got nothing for you.

White House Secures Foreign Steel for Ballroom Project

BABAA for thee but not for me.

www.nytimes.com/2026/04/08/u...

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Coworker just asked how I was doing today and I said: I'm....there.
He responded: and you're here. You're here and there.
I said: Yep....that's pretty much the most apt description of my brain right now.

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How does one focus on work with all the war crimes flailing about?

Got asked last min to moderate a session on Mentorship and Leadership for AIA Indy next week. It's supposed to run the full gamut of career timeline. If you were new to a career or switching firms, what would you want to know about how a firm handles mentorship / career growth? #architecture

By the middle of my work day, I had a used kleenex and a paci from my kiddo in one pocket and a laser tape in the other. I am in whatever this stage of career is.

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I just sent our 20yr old intern this Zoolander GIF, which came out 5 years before she was born, in case you're wondering how old I feel today.

The East Wing Demolition Is an Architectural and Political Failure I feel the weight of knowing that cities are never finished — that they are always being decided — and that right now, the decision is happening without the right people in the room.

Stop what you're doing right now and read this. Proud to see @aiaofficial.bsky.social Madam President-elect speaking up about the city she has called home for the last 20+ years. thelatinonewsletter.org/p/east-wing-...

This also requires a state legislature that isn't full of brainwormed Rs who create legislation to prevent transit at a city/municipal level that said city residents VOTED AND APPROVED because they know it's needed, but legislators dgaf and prevent growth at every turn.

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The Architecture Madness bracketology fell off like a drunk steel worker on a precarious ladder.

Round 1, Game 25:
Clemson Hardin Hall, 1891
Architect: Hopkins and Gill
Style: Victorian Romanesque Revival
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 25:
Iowa Old Capitol, 1842
Architect: John F. Rague
Style: Greek Revival
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 24:
Tennessee South College, 1872
Architect: Unknown
Style: Federal
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 24:
Miami of Ohio Elliott Hall
Architect: Unknown
Style: Federal
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 23:
Villanova Alumni Hall, East Wing, 1848
Architect: Unknown
Style: Stripped Classical
Cost: $11,958 ($492,324)

Round 1, Game 23:
Utah State Old Main, 1889
Architect: Karl C. Schaub
Style: Campus Gothic
Cost: $20,305 ($725,740)

Round 1, Game 22:
Gorgas House Museum, 1829
Architect: William Nichols
Style: Federal
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 22:
Hofstra Hall, 1904
Architect: H. Craig Severance
Style: Mixed
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 21:
Farm House Museum, 1860
Architect: Milens Burt
Style: Farmhouse
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 21:
TN State Hale Hall, 1927
Architect: Unknown
Style: Classical Revival
Cost: $125,000 ($2,336,580)

Round 1, Game 20:
Virginia Monroe Hill, 1790
Architect: Unknown
Style: Jeffersonian
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 20:
Wright State Allyn Hall, 1964
Architect: Unknown
Style: Brutalist
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 19:
Arizona Old Main, 1891
Architect: James Miller Creighton
Style: Territorial
Cost: $38,000 ($1,358,195)

Round 1, Game 19:
LIU Winnick House, 1921
Architect: Charles M. Hart
Style: Tudor
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 18:
Texas Tech Administration Building, 1925
Architect: Sanguinet, Staats & Hedrick
Style: Plateresque
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 18:
Akron Buchtel Hall, 1901
Architect: Frank O. Weary
Style: Grecian
Cost: Unknown

Round 1, Game 17:
Kentucky Main Building, 1882
Architect: H. P. McDonald
Style: Victorian
Cost: $81,000 ($2,582,883)

Round 1, Game 17:
Santa Clara Mission Santa Clara de Asís, 1777 / 1929
Architect: Unknown
Style: Spanish Mission
Cost: Unknown