THE NON-ARCHITECT JOURNAL

Join 50,000+ designers, homeowners, and students on a creative journey to explore residential design with real-world insights.

Am I Really an Architect?

At 26, I left Peru for the San Francisco Bay Area with big dreams but started as a cashier at a Burger King. Years later, I built my own residential design studio.

The Kitchen Revolution

Kitchens have evolved from fire as a primitive heat source to the revolutionary “Frankfurt Kitchen” of 1926, which set the standard for modern design.

Future Architect on Board

What started as a short job became a life-changing journey. Hard work, diverse friendships, and unexpected lessons shaped me in ways I never thought.