About me

 

The Bipolar Architect is a real life architect and his interest in architecture started at an early age when he saw the Charlotte skyline (he hadn’t been far in life at that point) and has evolved into an on-again, off-again creative outlet to a life-long passion. He enjoys modern design and residential projects but most of his experience is in commercial projects.

He also enjoys good tunes best heard on vinyl, cooking/grilling, discovering new food, documentaries, photography, intellectually stimulating films, gardening, reading historical non-fiction/memoir’s and comics. When it comes to design, he can be a teeny tiny bit of a perfectionist but it comes from a good place. Mostly it’s due to the feeling that’s produced when he gets to see the excitement on the face of the person he created a design for when they see the final product. He imagines that it’s the similar to feeling he gets when he walks into a beautifully designed building. He does take architecture very seriously but he does try to find ways to have fun while doing it whether it’s in the form of blasting some hip hop tunes so he can practice his shoulder dancing (because he can’t regular dance) or comparing simplicity of design to Wu-Tang while giving presentations.

Currently he is not working in his chosen field as he is taking a few months off to focus on getting himself back on track. He is currently enrolled in his second graduate program and pursuing a Master of Arts Degree in History. Then hopefully when he’s ready, he will commit to a Ph.D program. He ultimately desires to become a professor just like his first childhood mentor, Mr. Paul who was a young and interesting 70 year old when they first met. Mr. Paul is responsible for his love of reading and the smell of books. He wants to have a library in his home some day, and hey, he can build one. He currently lives in South West United States.

“The bravest among us will always know heartache, because they’re brave enough to love.” – Brene Brown

He has a pup, Atticus (Ace for short) who is a psychiatric service dog trained to help him with various daily tasks, decrease anxiety, and stop being a hermit. He isn’t just a service dog, he is a friend. Oh…and he was diagnosed with Bipolar in 2015, you can read about that here.