The Separation tween The Dream and Reality

Welcome to the blog about the madness of architecture....

Let me start by saying that I speak from the vantage point of being in and around the profession for the last 11 years.
And now we get into it...

Way back yonder, when I first got interested into architecture. Race never occurred to me that it would be of relevance and interest to me. I was a teenager who was focused on creating the next Fallingwater or anything that was monumental.

When I got to architecture school, I found how "fluffy" it could be as well as disconnected from the real world..... then for good measure.. the issue of race was a veil for peers and professors to sullen works or disagree with my approach.

Then after graduation. Feeling empowered by a degree, ambition, and optimism. I soon realized that everything I THOUGHT I knew and learned was for naught. Though the consistency of cultural differences continue to pervade the learning process thus forming an unnerving constant, it has forced me to question my own desires, merit and value, which in its own way has made me stronger.. but I wonder at this juncture how many werent' able to continue or lost their love or desire for this beautiful craft.

If you relate to this... whether architecture or anything design-related feel free to share

LDS

What brought you to architecture

For those that work in the arena of architecture
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