Safety Tips for Sharing the Road with Motorcycles
Safety on the road is paramount, especially when it comes to sharing it with motorcycles. Motorcycles are agile and quick, which often makes…
How to Draw an Aston Martin: Design Language, Construction Method, and 10 Top Models
My first Aston Martin drawing looked exactly like every other sports car I’d drawn — long, low, vaguely fast-looking, completely…
What Is a Pinup Tattoo? History, Styles, Placement, and Everything You Need to Know
My first encounter with a great pinup tattoo was not in a tattoo studio. It was on a building site in Glasgow in 2004, on the forearm of a…
Why Modern Coworking Is the New Design Standard
I spent three years working from a corporate office that had been designed, as far as I could tell, primarily to demonstrate that the company…
Essential Insights for Safe Building Design: Stainless Steel and Fire Safety in Modern Construction
In 2017, the Grenfell Tower fire spread vertically across the facade at a rate that no one in the building’s management chain had…
How to Draw a Mazda: 10 Iconic Models Step-by-Step
My first Mazda drawing was an RX-7 that looked like a bar of soap with wheels. The proportions were off, the roofline too tall, the rear…
How Wallpaper and Textured Wall Finishes Are Reshaping Modern Interiors
A client showed me two photographs of the same room. Same furniture, same rug, same pendant light. In the first photo, the room looked fine —…
Architectural Sketching for Contemporary Home Interiors: How to Plan Your Space Before You Spend
I bought a sofa I couldn’t return and spent three weeks trying to make it work in a room it never belonged in. It wasn’t that the…
How to Draw a Bee: Step-by-Step Guide for Every Skill Level
My first bee drawing looked like a lemon with antennae. Fuzzy body, sure — but the wings came out as sad little crescents, and the stripes…
Spring Architecture: Five Design Moves That Open Your Home to the Outside
The house I grew up in had a back door that opened onto a concrete step, a one-metre drop to the patio, and a different material underfoot the…
What Architects Need to Know Before Choosing a Commercial Builder
The first time I recommended a builder I hadn’t properly vetted, it cost the project fourteen weeks. Not in obvious ways — the builder…