Darren Ockert

22/05/2025

Urban elegance in every line.
Swipe through the evolving skyline of La Nunciatura, San José’s most architecturally ambitious neighborhood. From bold geometry to refined materiality, these buildings reflect a city stepping confidently into its next chapter.
Which one would you live in?
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Elegancia urbana en cada línea.
Deslizá para ver cómo evoluciona el horizonte de La Nunciatura, uno de los barrios más arquitectónicamente ambiciosos de San José. Desde geometrías atrevidas hasta materiales refinados, estos edificios reflejan una ciudad que camina con seguridad hacia su próximo capítulo.
¿En cuál te gustaría vivir?

11/04/2025

Every day a better me. Focused. Grounded. Grateful. Progress is the goal—not perfection. Let’s keep growing. 💪🏻🌿🔥

Cada día, una mejor versión de mí. Enfocado. Con los pies en la tierra. Agradecido. La meta es el progreso, no la perfección. Sigamos creciendo. 💪🏻🌿🔥

12/08/2022

I just published 3 Tips For Architects and Climate Change Liability Risk Reduction

We’ve all known about climate change since the 1970s. Could ‘design-as-usual’ put architects in legal jeopardy?

10/08/2022

It costs $0.00 to be more sustainable and buy less stuff!

08/08/2022

Is architecture killing the planet? Read my new story on Medium.

As the most significant sector contributing to climate change, the architectural industry has the lead role to design a better future.

06/05/2020

I have a big ask of all my followers. I recently launched my new YouTube channel called ArchiNEXT and have a goal to get the number of subscribers on my YouTube channel over 1,000 this month. With 12,220 followers here on Facebook I think we can easily do this. You can easily subscribe by clicking this link https://bit.ly/ArchiNEXT-Subscribe

ArchiNEXT explores the innovations, tools, people, and companies striving for a sustainable built environment and each episode is written, produced, and narrated by myself. Whether you are an architect, student, builder, homeowner, or just a curious inhabitant of planet Earth, I hope you find some inspiration in my videos about solutions for a sustainable future in the world of architecture.

Many thanks and stay well,
Darren

03/03/2014

Tomorrow will be the premiere of "Darren Ockert: A Mini Documentary" by Hector M. Sanchez Jr. on YouTube. The documentary won the Enzian FilmSlam Film Festival last February and has been playing film festivals across the USA and internationally. Watch the teaser now https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UdFOg87N14Y

Winner of the Enzian FilmSlam Film Festival (February 2013) this is the official teaser to the documentary about British electro-pop artist Darren Ockert.

18/02/2014

My song "This Modern Life (1984)" has made it through to the semi-finals of the International Songwriting Competition https://soundcloud.com/darrenockert/this-modern-life-1984 - Finalists will be announced shortly. Winners will be announced end of April 2014.

Semi-Finalist in the International Songwriting Competition. Finalists announced shortly. Winners announced end of April 2014.

11/02/2014

Create your "Short Story Long" station on Pandora Radio http://www.pandora.com/darren-ockert/short-story-long

Listen to music by Darren Ockert on Pandora. Discover new music you'll love, listen to free personalized radio.

09/02/2014

You 'Like' me on Facebook but do you 'Follow' me on Twitter?

The latest from Darren Ockert (). New album SHORT STORY LONG available NOW including You Don't Know Me, Crumbs and Everybody's Lonely http://smarturl.it/ShortStoryLong

07/02/2014

If you haven't heard my radio interview with Ken Schneck on his show This Show is So Gay you can now download the 1/30/14 podcast on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/podcast/1-30-14-darren-ockert-brian/id305652550?i=244198919&mt=2

Preview and download the podcast This Show is So Gay w/ Ken Schneck on iTunes. Read episode descriptions and customer reviews.

02/01/2014

Check out the top albums/EPs of 2013 on EQ http://eqmusicblog.com/top_albums_2013/ - "Short Story Long" got an honorable mention by the EQ Music staff. Thanks guys and thanks to Luis Gonzalez for the awesome album review.

As 2013 comes to a close, it’s time to reflect on those albums and EPs that really defined our listening experience this year. Initially when we were thinking about doing our year-end list of top albums and singles, it really seemed like a daunting task, but upon reflection we really think that our…