Julian Fischer Frank, architectural associate at Caddis Collaborative, delights in making things by hand, including this cherry soprano ukulele.
Julian Fischer Frank, architectural associate at Caddis Collaborative, is inspired by being creative. “I like getting messy with my hands in whatever art form,” he says, “and that’s typically how I spend my time outside of work.”
Julian spends a lot of time in his woodshop. He likes to make whatever is calling to him at a particular moment. Julian also enjoys sketching – anything and everything. “I have a lot of ideas that go through my head,” he says, “and I find that I can best translate them through images.”
Julian brings his creativity into his work for Caddis. He says, “My passion is to design for communities and to think about how people interact. What inspires me is the power of architecture to influence society and the progression of human life.”
“I think it’s both a privilege and a responsibility to be an architect,” Julian says. “We get to influence the built environment around us. I think it’s important that we design with that in mind. I personally want to better society, and I think that architecture is a good medium for doing that.”
Back at his woodshop, Julian has recently finished building a soprano ukulele and is now trying to learn how to play it. “I get myself into situations where it’s like I started, and then I think it would be really cool to finish it out. I don’t want it to just sit around. It’s got to be played.”
