We’ve traveled to a fair number of ancient sacred sites in the past twenty years; always wondering what this building was like or how that road looked thousands of years ago. Now we’re wondering what future visitors will think when they visit our cities and venture into our ruins? We posed this question to
This is not one of our usual blogs. I (Luca) am sharing this with all of you hoping that it will inspire you as it did me. What you are about to read is an interview with Laura Pirie about her dream of building a better world through architecture. Just a small bit of
Chances are that at some point in your career you have had doubt about what you’re doing or how you’re doing it. We all experience doubt somewhere along the line in our career(s), and in our life. No matter what shape or amount doubt shows up, the result can be real. Job
A Vision Starts Somewhere This past weekend I was home alone and was debating if I should attempt a project that has been sitting in the back of my mind for at least year. Laura and I have always had our own kayaks, and about a year ago we bought two more (great
When I got home from my office the other day, my wife and I decided to take our dog for a walk. We are busy professionals living in a city. We are fortunate that we have a large park near our home. I noticed while we walked the dog, I spent most of the time
Do you remember when walking didn’t involve being plugged in? How about when “organic” was just the way we did things? Lately we have found ourselves yearning for the old days. You know – as a kid in the summertime, we couldn’t wait to get outside and play all day. We were running out of
DON’T HIKE ALONE! Today we live in a new world. If you have a website, use Facebook, Twitter or LinkedIn, you know that pen and paper are out and SEO, CTA and a whole host of new acronyms make for an ever-changing vocabulary. A while back we attended a Hartford Hug meeting, at reSET (located
In ancient times, say 2500 years ago or so, humans more readily connected to a vast information network that included all forms of life. Animals, nature, and humans interacted through a type of perception that used “knowing”, or intuition, or spirit, to connect. In combination with this “knowing”, we used our 5 physical senses,
Recently I started a search for a new associate for my office. I put the feelers out. I reached-out to various organizations. I got the ball rolling. Then, I sat back and waited for the calls and the CVs to start coming in. I’m good, so I thought. A few weeks have passed and
Have you ever had a day-dreaming moment where you let caution go to the wind and allowed yourself to complete this sentence: “Imagine if…”? Not just that sort-of half way, what’s “realistic”, timid version of what might be manageable, but the really big, thrill you to the core version of what’s possible? If you answered
