This is a new house that I have been working on of the past year - but haven't paid it the sort of attention it deserves ... but that ends today. Consider this your first date together ... maybe you'll get lucky by the end of this post.

If you are an architect, you want to see your projects get built. One of the most enjoyable aspects of my job is going to the job site to check in on the progress of my projects as they are under construction. Most of the time I coordinate these site visits with some milestone or because the contractor has a question that requires my presence on site to answer … but I go to the job site even more than required because I truly enjoy it. These extra trips go by many names and happen at all times other than while I am on the clock … going to the job site at nights, weekends, lunches, before work – whenever I can – I how I like it.But I have been so busy lately, and between traveling for work (projects out of state) and giving lectures, I haven’t been able to swing by one particular job site as much as I would like. As a result, it has been ignored here on Life of an Architect … but that stops today. It’s time for a massive catch up on this project, so buckle in and save your questions until the end.I originally introduced this project to everyone in a post I wrote  called “Sketching during Schematic Design” that I wrote back in November 2014. That post showed the process of going from initia...