Writing
Everything, newest first
Essays in one place. They are filed as either the built environment or the technology arriving inside it, and most of them are about both, which is the argument. Where one essay revises another, the pair is marked, because a position worth holding is one I am willing to change.
Published
The Floor Has Risen
August 19, 2026
A junior designer once handed me a code report that was entirely correct and completely unconsidered. I have been thinking about it ever since, because the thing that made it inadequate is the only thing we have left to sell.
Design & Technology4 min read
Judd's Objection
August 18, 2026
I argued that a tool earns its place by shortening the loop between intention and evidence. Then I went back to Marfa, and the boxes had a reply.
Theory6 min readRevises an earlier essay
The Tighter Loop
August 17, 2026
The tools arriving in our studios are being sold as production. The ones worth having will behave more like a critic. The difference is not a feature, it's a stance.
Theory6 min readRevised later
Committed, not yet written
Dated so they are a commitment rather than an advertisement. If one of these is late, it is late.
Who Holds the Criteria
Expected October 2026
Continuous information redistributes authority toward whoever interprets it. A look at what integrated delivery already taught us about that, and what the profession should insist on now.
What the Model Cannot See
Expected September 2026
There is knowledge in standing on a site at four in the afternoon that does not survive translation into a data structure. Where that matters, and where we overstate it to protect ourselves.
A Brief a Machine Can Read
Expected September 2026
If we want our intentions checked, we have to write them down in language precise enough to test. Most briefs aren't. On turning the program document into something with teeth.
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