The Resilient Architect

Did someone forward this to you?Join our valued community of ambitious Architect subscribers. Learn more→ August 24, 2026 Hey, Architect. Architecture school builds excellent designers and almost no leaders. This time every year, a new class of Architecture students fills studios across the globe, ready to take on anything. In the months and years that follow, school will teach them how to craft strong theses, build epic portfolios, and develop creative skills. But there’s something missing....

Did someone forward this to you?Join our valued community of ambitious Architect subscribers. Learn more→ August 10, 2026 Hey, Architect. Welcome to another Q&A with your friendly neighborhood Resilient Architect. Each month, I respond to the questions you most want answered about burnout, work-life balance, career development, and team management. Curated from Architects of all different experience levels, from Emerging Professionals, Mid-Career, and Firm Leaders. → One reader wants to know...

Did someone forward this to you?Join our valued community of ambitious Architect subscribers. Learn more→ July 27, 2026 Hey, Architect. Nobody ever sits you down and tells you the real reason some Architects repeatedly get handed the hard projects, and others get handed the easy ones. But I will. For as long as I can remember, I’ve always been good at solving problems. For the first couple years of my career, that’s all I focused on. Give me a stair detail conflict, a code question, a client...

Did someone forward this to you?Join our valued community of ambitious Architect subscribers. Learn more→ July 13, 2026 Hey, Architect. A plan that can’t bend will eventually break you. Earlier this summer, I spent a week camping with my fiancée and our friends. No internet, no deadlines, no client calls. Just trees, quiet, and time. It’s a trip we do every year, and it’s usually the one week where I actually let my brain stop running. This year, I decided to also train for a triathlon while...

Did someone forward this to you?Join our valued community of ambitious Architect subscribers. Learn more→ June 29, 2026 Hey, Architect. Your expertise might be the very thing keeping your team from growing. I picked up Made to Stick by Chip and Dan Heath a while back, and one idea from it has been living rent-free in my head ever since. It’s called the Curse of Knowledge. The more you know about something, the harder it becomes to remember what it was like to not know it. You’ve spent years...