Mohamed Sharif reviews his Miesien education in Scotland, his un-Miesien Ben Nicholson studio at IIT as an exchange student, and his investment in pattern making and pattern scrutiny. Sharif presents three of his projects done at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD): an architecture lecture hall, a library adaptation, and the Inside Jobsexhibition. He presents four projects for Santa Monica. The first, Liquid Sky, is a public space stemming from his obsession with the conical hourglass. The last three, forwardneverstraight, Treemedia, and Santa Monica Orthodontics express moments when a building you are looking at winks back at you.
