Building? This is what to expect from an architect

[Photo: @Odyssey]

It is amazing how many people don’t know what an architect actually does, and how many more think they know what an architect does, but really don’t have a clue. This leads to the ever-popular question: ‘So…you draw buildings?’ or the also popular variant: ‘I have a ka-small plot huko shambani… Si you draw for me a house?’

(Full disclosure: I’m usually at the receiving end of the latter question when I’m dealing with some semblance of government official who needs to sign or stamp something that I need in order to progress through the existence that I refer to as ‘my life’).