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Story Sundays | Skylines in Motion

The Chicago Air & Water Show is a masterclass in how the built environment interacts with public life.

From North Ave Beach, I saw jets arc past the Hancock, rooftop restaurants host sky-high watch parties, an

dio Saturdays | The Art of the Throw-Down

Some of my best architectural lessons came standing in a circle with a sketchbook in my hands.

During my study abroad in Europe, we had a ritual: arrive at a site, pick our spot, and sketch for 30 minutes.

Feature Fridays | From Berlin to the Bookshelf 📘

During my study abroad in Berlin, I photographed the GSW Headquarters — an iconic example of sustainable high-rise office design. That image was later selected for inclusion in the CTBUH techni

Threshold Thursdays | The Liminal Frame

From the shadowed interior of the mosque, the Taj Mahal reveals itself—held gently within a frame of carved stone and quiet contrast.

This view isn’t just a composition; it’s a threshold mom

WIP Wednesday | The Archive Speaks

This week’s work-in-progress is about unearthing, cataloging, and listening.

Negatives, slides, prints — fragments from a place and time that changed me.

Before the book, there was the shutter.
Before

At the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts, I sat in stillness beside a wall of board-formed concrete and water. The silence was thick — but not heavy. The texture of the concrete invited a kind of reflection that wasn’t just visual, but bod

Tactile Tuesday | Concrete, Stilled

At the Pulitzer Foundation for the Arts in St. Louis, Tadao Ando doesn’t just use concrete — he dignifies it.

Smooth but not slick, silent but not cold, the walls here carry light like skin. They rece

A quiet beginning. A rhythm set in motion.
This is the start of a new ritual.

At Architecture Speaks Volumes, I’m building a practice that listens.
To process. To pause. To the material before the form.

Atelier Diaries is a monthly rhythm &md

The ASV Blog is live!

Head on over to my website (link in bio) to checkout my first blog post for Architecture Speaks Volumes—a project that’s more than a design studio. It’s a story, a voice, a way of experiencing the world throug

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