Occasional writing on method, on the city, on the work. Infrequent — as a practice of its own.
J · 014 · ON METHOD · APRIL MMXXVI
Measure twice, cut once.
Why we settle our decisions before we settle our lumber — and what thorough planning earns back at handover. A set of notes, written for an owner considering a first build.
Once a month we gather the buildings, drawings, and objects that have taught us something that month. Most are not our own — credit is given where it's due. Delivered quietly, to your inbox, on the first of the month.
· RECENT ISSUES
Vol. 007 · MARCH MMXXVI
On plaster, patience, and a house in Brentwood by a firm we admire.
Vol. 006 · FEBRUARY MMXXVI
A market hall in Copenhagen. A chair by Nakashima. A detail we stole, happily.
Vol. 005 · JANUARY MMXXVI
Three adaptive-reuse projects that earned their lives twice.
13 PREVIOUS ENTRIES
ON PARTNERS
A network, not a rolodex.
Elijah Leskinen
MAR · MMXXVI
ON LA
Reading the room at LADBS.
Andrew Altman
MAR · MMXXVI
UNDERWRITING
A proforma you can read to your mother.
Austin Nissly
FEB · MMXXVI
METHOD
One table, one story, one schedule.
Elijah Leskinen
JAN · MMXXVI
ON LA
The hillside problem, and the hillside opportunity.
Andrew Altman
DEC · MMXXV
METHOD
Why we price twice and build once.
Elijah Leskinen
NOV · MMXXV
UNDERWRITING
The soft number, and when to say so.
Austin Nissly
OCT · MMXXV
ON PARTNERS
How a partnered builder outperforms a stranger with a better bid.