Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA

Cleveland based architect with interests in digital design and how technology and design interact. All thoughts and comments are my own.

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

Friday night #MACtion with the boys… https://t.co/neHPcMSSFy

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

@WFNYCraig Cork and Bottle’s Greek Wings next to Hillcrest.

[Julia MacDonald @julia_m_mac]

At McKinsey, we charged $400k+ per presentation.

Here’s the simple 7-step framework we used (steal it for free)🧵:

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@thejustinwelsh I’m here for the sunglasses, but will stay for the content. 😂

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@MeganBkind It’s also a good day to help someone else have a great day!

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

@JodyBrownArch Sounds like a parti to me.

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@thejustinwelsh None…enjoy the company and the sights!

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@maxdubler 2 drink code minimum

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@Twiceroadsfool I just want to see the city I love ensure elevated design and focus on connecting instead of dividing (physically, programmatically, and culturally).

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

Is this the design we aspire to in Cleveland?

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@Twiceroadsfool And for the record I’m really trying not to say “this design sucks” because I don’t know all sides of the story. I’ve been on enough publicly focused projects to know there’s a lot more that goes on behind the scenes.

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

@Twiceroadsfool I acknowledge it’s the developers land and they have the legal right to do with it as they wish. This feels like a very suburban solution to an urban problem. There are plenty of examples here locally that exemplify creative solutions to these types of problems.

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

Watching @JustinLathia throw a strike @CleGuardians this evening to support @bikeVeloSano …the come from behind win and fireworks rounded out the great night!

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

Guardians WIN! Not a bad way to kick off the last weekend before school starts! https://t.co/LrZWnEFZ5n

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@Twiceroadsfool I hope that I’m wrong and in 5 years I come back and eat these words because it’s wildly successful and is a great connector between these two critical parts of the city. I really do…I’m just skeptical from what I see now.

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

@Twiceroadsfool I understand not everyone has a caviar budget, but I think that as a city and design community (including our developers partners) we need to make thoughtful and meaningful decisions with our critical opportunities.

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

@Twiceroadsfool This project overlooks the river and is the first thing you encounter after crossing the bridge passing Progressive field…it has the potential to tie these two areas of the city together. Instead it turns inward on itself and doesn’t add anything to the context in which it sits

[Matt MacRaild, AIA, MBA @lilmac024]

@Twiceroadsfool So I should give context for those not familiar. This is a new multi family projects going up right next to the famous West Side Market and across from a new large mixed use project (was the largest timber frame building when it was designed).