Art in the Margins: Could Time in the Sidelines Put Your Heart and Art Back in the Game?(Practice‪)‬

as a focused discipline, designing buildings has its virtues. Over the years you perfect the art of sizing up prospective clients, devising schematics quickly, and building a spec library and relationships with contractors. Done well, it's a satisfying way to make a living. But for some architects, not satisfying enough. For a variety of reasons--as part of a business strategy for a large firm, as a way for sole practitioners to boost their income, or purely for intellectual enjoyment--many architects have well-developed sidelines to their practice. In their mind's eye, drawing, painting, sculpture, graphic design, and industrial design are all part of the creative process. And they've figured out how to get paid to push the limits of their creativity, while keeping up a mainstream practice.