Then and Now

Then and Now. Several other architects inspired me to compare what it was like as an architecture student, way back when with my life today. It’s been quite a journey…

It’s been over 30 years since I was an architecture student at U of I and Rice. There’s been lots of change and much of it is better. I’m especially appreciative of the role technology has played in the way I practice architecture. The biggest change for me has probably been growth in wisdom. Here’s how it lays out…then and now.

Then and Now

student………. practicing architecture with my brother

looking for answers……..asking questions

Mayline drafting table……..Herman Miller desk

anxious……..measured

original Macintosh………iPhone

passion for architecture…………….still love architecture

skinny tie…………….no tie

grade anxiety……..permit anxiety

Diet Coke…………Pelegrino water

Ebony pencil………….Lamy fountain pen

professors …………clients

12-speed steel bike……22-speed carbon bike

apartment with 3 guys…………homeowner

making do ………resourceful

who’s that cute girl in row 2?……33 years later

tracing paper…………….tracing paper

20/20 vision……………..trifocals

young single……Dad of 4

idealistic…….grateful

See how other architects compared the way it was (and is) then and now.