Becca House

My brother Scot has been into architecture for years. Although he is a construction management major at BYU, he is in a job that allows him to design/re-design different places on campus. One project involved a few simple steps where another requires that he re-designs an entire floor at the Missionary Training Center. I guess if you have done this since your early teens, you should be fairly qualified by the time you are 23-24 years old.

He even has a new blog about architecture and his design insights/ideas. He's an amazing writer and so the blogs should be an interesting resource to follow.

• http://aboutthebox.blogspot.com/ (architecture)


• http://theascotmanners.blogspot.com/ (his personal blog)

Over the past couple of years I've been able to give Scot my ideas for a home and he has begun the process of translating those requirements into a beautiful product called the "Becca House." It is inspired by the Frank Lloyd Wright prairie style homes and Japanese gardens. Soon he will place it into a software that allows us to view it and make changes in 3D.

My Dad keeps joking that I will have to purchase some land in the north part of North Dakota so I can afford it. I might just have to, but right now I'm not worried about that because it's been fun to go through the design process.

It's important to note that I'm not trying to be an architect. That's Scot's area. My area is knowing the main requirements and sharing them with him in a way that he can translate it into a reality. It's often a better reality than I had envisioned, but in a way that meets my needs. I'll be the expert in what I want and he can be the expert in implementing it.

Now, if I could only figure out how to get this concept working well at work.