Architecture, urban planning and law, each of which are all-consuming disciplines, typically demand a lifetime of singular focus. Each profession branches into numerous subspecialties, requiring mastery of not only the technical minutia, but also development of an individual and creative vision that shapes distinctive solutions within each field. However, for one man, a career in architecture was not complete without a foundation in urban planning and the law. As he would in many aspects of his life, Mark G. Barksdale chose all three. In today's professional profile, we'll learn about a man who, when confronted with three roads in the woods, chose to venture down all three - and when there was no road, he built one himself.
Architecture, urban planning and law, each of which are all-consuming disciplines, typically demand a lifetime of singular focus. Each profession branches into numerous subspecialties, requiring mastery of not only the technical minutia, but also development of an individual and creative vision that shapes distinctive solutions within each field. However, for one man, a career in architecture was not complete without a foundation in urban planning and the law. As he would in many aspects of his life, Mark G. Barksdale chose all three. In today's professional profile, we'll learn about a man who, when confronted with three roads in the woods, chose to venture down all three - and when there was no road, he built one himself.
