45 days left before the AIA Fellowship submission portal closes for nominees for the Class of 2025...

Is Ai right for telling your story? Check out how these three highly Ai websites do with mine

AI-generated stories differ from human-written stories in several key ways…

Perplexity and I try to get from the benefits of Ai for architecture to its value in architectural marketing…

Should marketing departments in architectural firm be using Ai?

Speaking of writing, which happens to be my favorite topic, I've learned a few things through my 2023 teaching experiences with AIAVA/NOMA VA, AIANC/NOMA NC, Morgan State University, A'23, and AIAME…

In the same archinect.com newsletter as “Suspected Long Island serial killer Rex Heuermann was a Manhattan-based architect” appears “Five bespoke multi-family projects by…

…a “light under my feet” in succeeding in on a first submission to the American Institute of Architects College of Fellows.

Architecture has meaning. Architecture has value. Words have power.

I’m excited to return again to do this terrific virtual program I co-developed with the leaders of the North Carolina Chapter of NOMA. Our intention is to help architects at all stages of their careers to understand, cultivate and prepare for a future AIA College of Fellows submission, but there’s more to this story. Read on…

Reducing the number of awards given each year to candidates who are considered deserving by previous recipients of the award can have a significant impact on members…

I turned to A.I. for insight into a jury that bestows less awards to deserving individuals using criteria they themselves did not achieve…

I turned to A.I. for negative reasons for the decline in AIA members being elevated to Fellowship.

I turned to A.I. for positive reasons for the decline in AIA members being elevated to Fellowship and potential remedies to reduce consternation among those aligned with the un-elevated…

The American Institute of Architects will soon announce members of the Class of 2023. The number of AIA Architects being elevated has been declining. If the trend continues…

Writing tips and insight on writing for architects, architectural designers, AIA Fellowship, and all creative writing. Tip #5 gets into the problems with using clichés in telling your unique story.

Episode 6 of the 12 Steps to AIA Fellowship series is in video and all about the time between submission and receiving official word on the results of your submission from the AIA.

Editing architecture and design writing bears an uncanny resemblance to the master chef who is asked to create a gourmet feast using ground beef. Precisely because they are skilled in drawing, design, and other disciplines, most architects are not skilled at written expression…

Much like the design of buildings, the design, composition and execution of the written word can take many shapes. Also like architecture, the quest for great prose can be elusive…

This may seem overkill considering the current times, but where’s the harm in reminding us to think again about the words we use and how they might land on the ears of others. Thankfully, the English language has more than 171,000 words in current use (more if we mine archaic language). Plenty of alternatives are available. Consider the challenge a great opportunity to expand your vocabulary.