The Mikado Sticks of my Building Projects

Told you I was nuts about pursuing the perfect building! Here's everything I consider as my clients and I climb toward that goal:

Function – the Craft of Architecture
- Building requirements (fulfilling the need of the building)
- Building organization
- Building technology

Aesthetics – the Art of Architecture
- Building qualities
- Building image
- Building relationship (to natural and man made place and to culture)

Economics – the Business of Architecture (remember, my dad was an auditor!)
Direct issues:
- Investment costs
- Operating costs
- Life-cycle costs
Indirect issues:
- Human performance
- Environmental and social impact

Performance – the Ecology of Architecture
- Material resource management
- Human resource management (including health)
- Sustainability and environmental impact

Like a good game of Mikado sticks ... after the random falling of all the sticks, a few moments of admiration and analysis, forming a vision in my head of the possibilities, the game begins!

In other words, I believe the perfect building represents a dynamic/creative solution to arranging all of the above pieces in a breathtaking new type of harmony!