Concluding always seems so final and determinate so I’m considering this more of an intermediate reflection than an end. Given the age of...

“Balconies and porches which are less than six feet deep are hardly ever used.” Simply stated this is one of my favorite patterns because...

Studying architecture these last four years has brought to my attention, habits and strategies to life. For example, I make a point of...

I’m making a bit of a compound pattern here to analyze a trend that I noticed and honestly enjoyed. In most major cities, I could find a...

This is a pattern that emerges frequently in personally admired architecture. In Michael Pollan’s A Place of My Own he references pattern...

Alexander suggests; “These high places have two separate and complementary functions. They give people a place to climb up to, from which...

In a lot of the European cities I visited, pedestrians have greater presence than almost any other form of transportation. This has a lot...

Hostels were somewhat of a new experience for me. I’ve slept in bunk houses before but never with people I haven’t met. In case the...

Applying Alexander’s half-hidden garden pattern to my experience abroad is rather tricky. Alexander suggests; “Do not place the garden...

Historically, beer was a vital asset to civilization. Water was notoriously unsuitable for drinking so it had to be processed before...

Europe has a great relationship to water. Though tumultuous through most of history, Europe’s main sanitation byways have turned into...

One of my favorite patterns and moments in time while abroad. Window place is a little non-descript, being much easier to feel and...

A free weekend on the 11-12 of February found me and a couple friends in Spa, Belgium. That’s not to say we went to a spa in Belgium, we...

I got to Brussels Thursday January 26th and enjoyed a couple brief tours by my esteemed professor, Paul Gleye. Although I managed to take...

As some may know, I will be going abroad this spring to study in Brussels, Belgium with many members of my architecture studio from NDSU....