Where’d you go Bernadette

2012. Bernadette Fox. Meghana Joshi. Restless. When I read Where’d you go Bernadette at 36, my societal labels attached to another … More

Self care, and existential crisis

So I hit pause in the name of #selfcare I didn’t travel, binge on artisan coffee and handcrafted cocktails with … More

Say it Loud – A’19

“If you don’t get out there and define yourself, you’ll be quickly and inaccurately defined by others” – Michelle Obama … More

Inspiring Moms of Orange County (OCR – 2019)

Inspiring Moms of Orange County – OCR 2019 So here I am, humbled and honored to be in the presence … More

Women & the Art of Architecture

On May 9th, I will be a part of the “Women & the Art of Architecture” event co-hosted by AAUW, … More

2018 Associates Award & Presidential Citation – AIACC

November 2nd, 2018. Newport Beach City Hall, Newport Beach. Time: 12.30pm I received “2018 Associates Award” by AIA California Council … More

5 minutes with… Meghana Joshi, Assoc. AIA

Meghana Joshi, Assoc. AIA, from Irvine, is practicing architecture, and teaching anyone who visits her blog or social media links … More

Crestavilla, now open

This Archimom just wrapped up construction for the “project of her lifetime”, Crestavilla. Long days, late night, site visits when … More

Archimoms Have It ALL: Mani Farhadi

Archimoms have it ALL… this is a project I started recently to amplify voices of archimoms in the profession who … More

Gold Nugget Grand Award PCBC 2018

This Archimom is getting good at eating the whale! Two and a half years ago, when I started working on … More

Archimoms have it ALL: Meghana Joshi

Archimoms have it all… Recently, Rosa Sheng shared an article on The New Yorker titled “I am the One Woman … More

Architalks 34: Renewal

This is the thirty-fourth post in a group series called #ArchiTalks in which Bob Borson of Life of an Architect … More

Architalks: Work-life, imbalanced and uninterrupted

“My work is not dictated by redlines or a chunk of work to be finished in the next two days. It’s overwhelming scope from schematic design to construction administration is not something that can be shut down with that computer, or rolled away from my mind like I roll up the drawings on my desk.”