[Image: Dawn over London; photo by Kirk Wooller].

Dawn over my London flat brings me another day closer to that once unfathomable task of completing my PhD. Yes, after nearly three years of hard slog (four, if you count the MA (Histories and Theories) that I did to kick-start it all), each day no longer feels like another scratch in the wall. There is light at the end of that tunnel after all…

But, dramatics aside, I figured that some random musings on my final year of the PhD might nicely balance Phil’s first-year blog at UPenn (unfortunately, the only other PhD blog on the Archinect School Blog Project… hopefully more are waiting in the wings). What this blog may lack in eye candy, will hopefully be made up for with regular updates on what’s happening at the AA; its ever-evolving and expanding PhD programme (it’s not yet officially publicised, but the 2009/10 year will see the start of the PhD in Architectural Design programme); my own trials, tribulations and titillations (past, present and immediate future); and random thoughts and experiences on archi-related stuff. There’s a bit of biographical info here, too, if you’re interested. And by all means, feel free to comment, suggest, heckle or enquire into anything PhD or AA related and I’ll be more than willing to put in my two cents/pence worth (they’re about the same value now, anyway ; )

As this is my first ever blog, expect a few hiccups along the way, but I’ll keep the posts coming and we’ll see what happens…

Cheers.