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I Never Became an Architect... Or Did I?
I Never Became an Architect... Or Did I?

Did you know I have a degree in Architecture?

For years, I thought not mastering AutoCAD meant I'd failed in my chosen career. Looking back, I couldn't have been more wrong.

Architecture taught me how to think, solve problems, communicate ideas and adapt to new technology. Those skills have become the foundation of my work in digital marketing, where I now help architects, artists, nonprofits and small businesses tell their stories online.

Sometimes the path you planned isn't the one you're meant to take... But the journey still prepares you for exactly where you're supposed to be.

You can do anything if you set your mind to it.

Architecture, marketingChris Bickarchitecture, MarketingComment
Legoland
Legoland

Real life or Lego? As an 80s babies, my design passion was first ignited by a simple set of Legos that I would create into special worlds of my own (see last image) but this takes it to a whole new level.

The "comfort town" housing project by archimatika is a colorful development of concrete buildings in Kyiv, Ukraine, responding to the surrounding 50s and 60s communist-era housings

#architecture #colorful #lego #inspiration #designboom

ArchitectureChris Bicklego, architecture, designComment
That's a Tall Order
That's a Tall Order
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"Doric Trabeation" - Watercolor on Arches Paper. I made this painting of the classic Doric Order of architecture in my first year of Architecture School (Univ of IL at Chicago, 1987). Crazy how time flies. I was really shocked to learn that the Greek Temples were really painted in these bright colors.

#architectureschool #watercolor #doric #trabeation #painting #greektemple #ancientGreece #Doricorder #Parthenon #Triglyphs #metopes #guttae #mutules #axonometric #entablature #Bucranium

Architecture, Artwork, watercolor, Throwback ThursdayChris Bickdoric, watercolor, trabeation, architecture, Ancient Greece, painting, vintage, artworkComment
spa'stic
spa'stic

While I was visiting my bonus mom Anne in MI last week she took me to Andrews University (a private Seventh-day Adventist university in Berrien Springs, MI) and treated me to a day at their brand-new fitness/wellness center - The Andreasen Center for Wellness designed by Design Collaborative. I was obsessed with the cool lobby furniture, the salt water pool and their "healing center" - I mean, the steam room has a sparkling ceiling.

ARchitecture, interior design, travelChris BickAndreasen wellness centerarchitecture, design, spa, wellness, health, sustainabilityComment