Architecture is not just about designing buildings; it’s about creating spaces that are functional, aesthetic, and engaging. Conveying complex architectural designs to clients and stakeholders can be a daunting task, especially when relying solely on 2D drawings and renderings. Animation …
Sometimes life throws a curve ball. One day you could wake up believing a normal routine of alarm clock, coffee, and mowing the lawn lies in the day ahead. But instead, you get run over by a garbage truck while …
Smith Rock is a world-reknowned climbing cathedral based in Central Oregon. This amazing natural structure attracts climbers not only for the great traverses available, it also is simply a beautiful, magical space to sit, meditate, and marvel at this landmass …
In the interest of brevity, of which Request for Proposals (RFP’s) most certainly are NOT synonymous, we at ToPa would like to offer a few words on our experience of this necessary evil that, when executed with focus and loving …
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, What does it take to move into the abundant mindset? This author has worked in several companies and found that there is a tendency to stay close to what works – and a hesitancy …
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, Resolve to be tender with the young, compassionate with the aged, sympathetic with the striving and tolerant with the weak and wrong. Sometime in your life, you will have been all of these. ― Gautama …
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, Buildings that breathe…living architecture….zero carbon-footprint…. Organic phrases and concepts have been continually becoming more and more creative over the years when talking about green, sustainable buildings. There has been a pretty slick transition from …
To My Dearest Collective Human Consciousness, It often takes a lifetime for the world to notice what was once only visible to a few; the brilliance of a master’s achievements. While Oscar Ribeiro de Almeida Niemeyer Soares Filho passed away, …
I was cold and hungry, irritable and tired, but I had to make the effort and use this unique opportunity… “Was mich nicht umbringt, macht mich stärker.” Which is to say – That which does not kill me, makes me stronger. – …
There is a saying: You are what you think. What does it take to create something in one’s life that has never been imagined? Drawing from the concept of ‘perceptual blindness’, I recall a story from college about aborigines and …
