Creating Facades to Be Proud Of

Yesterday I was sitting with a cup in my hands over a sketch and suddenly it hit me—coffee and architecture are so much alike!

Think about it: both are about creating an atmosphere. Good architecture shapes the mood of a space, and good coffee shapes the mood of the day. And in both, proportions, the quality of the source materials, and the steeping time are crucial.

Coffee gives you the perseverance to work through countless iterations—just like in design. We don't just stop at the first version of a façade, do we? We sort through options, refine, and search for the ideal solution. Coffee fuels that process.

There's another aspect, too—the ritual. Those five minutes "in between tasks" often bring a moment of clarity. It’s as if the brain uses the pause to rethink the project.

Maybe the secret is that both coffee and architecture are about transformation? Beans turn into a drink, ideas—into buildings. And there's its own kind of magic in both processes.