I cannot help but wonder which Roof design trends will come with and after 2023. Roof designs play a major role in the appearance of…

Accessible buildings are buildings that are fit to an acceptable degree for persons with any form of impairment. Is your building accessible? Making a design…

The Architect (2016) is a drama-comedy film directed by Jonathan Parker and starring a married couple, Drew (Parker Posey) and Colin (Eric McCormack), and their…

I thought Architects were the only ones affected by the designer’s block that comes with a client’s paper sketch until August 2022, when a friend…

The most famous building roof types are gable, hip, lean-to, flat, butterfly, curved, dome, mansard, and concrete roofs. See the pictures below for clarity. In…

Welcome to the New Year of 2023. I’m sure you got all the multiple forwarded messages in your text inbox, WhatsApp messenger, and Emails. I…

Nobody: Decency in building design, huh? Yea. I know you are wondering what decency has got to do with your building. Let me explain. There…

I will ask again, “What is the borehole proximity to your septic tank?” By proximity, I mean, how close are they? You ought to know…

This post intends to teach clients and explain (in brief) the design thinking and design process an Architect goes through to come up with a…

My Enugu 042 story began on 10th March 2010; a first year Architecture student in UNEC. I witnessed the roadside performances of the then Kegites…

Dearest reader, you need to shamelessly market what you do for a living. You may be following me here or we were classmates in primary,…

Traditional/Vernacular Architecture tour for a school assignment was an interesting time. In my group, we went to this village in Imo state. Peaceful and quiet…

Buildings reflect people’s culture. I’m talking of the cultural interior spaces. Take for instance the Tea Room in a typical English man’s house. Who does…

I remember when I first started thinking of working from home. I mean, I have been doing that but not on a serious level. I…

In building maintenance, there is Retrofitting and there is Refurbishing. There is Restoration and there is Restructuring. There is Renovation and there is Remodelling. The…

You know that our home traditions are being forgotten. In case you don’t know me, I’m from Ugwuoba, Oji-River in Enugu state and Abacha is…

1 business strategy that is underrated by beginners like me is the offering of free services and the use of cold emails/contacting for customer acquisition.…

In response to a free design task offer I made, here is one of the designs. A 4-bedroom bungalow. Category: New project. Client: Private. Date:…

What you should know before re-purposing your building. There are Private buildings and there are public buildings. The words are self-explanatory enough for you, so…

Tales by archilight: sitting at my workstation, willing my mind to work, here comes my brother. “I can’t wait to employ two Architects so that…