The vast majority of sketches I produce are not fit for public consumption. I talk a lot as I am sketching and the drawing I create simply reinforces the words I am speaking.

Architects sketch as a part of doing their job – at least all the good ones that I know. Right now, as a general rule, it would appear that depending on how old you are, you either sketch, use computer software, or some portion of both to work through your ideas. At 49-years-old, I seem to be in the camp that uses both but more times than not, I start with a roll of trace paper.Since I seem to share a lot of process sketches on my Instagram feed, I thought it might be interesting to take some of those sketches and turn them into posts that elaborate on what I was thinking and review my intentions. This will be the first of these sorts of posts and as such, will be a bit longer.We recently started a commercial project in San Marcos, Texas that will contain approximately 12,000 square feet for a medical practice and 8,000 square feet for additional tenant space. The sketch above was generated by Landon Williams in my office after he and I had sat down to review the design ideas I had been working on developing. We already had the building massing put together and I had a fairly good idea of how I wanted the building to look. After our conversation, Landon produced a fairly accurate concept sketch that reflected our conversation.As the drawings were being developed, our building started to fall int...