2024-05-08T04:24:08-04:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149980050/short-and-not-so-sweet-a-collection-of-architecture-haiku-criticism Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-11-28T12:09:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/l7/l7uiwlszmzisyngn.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>In honor of <a href="http://archinect.com/news/article/149974072/open-call-for-submissions-xs" target="_blank">November's XS theme</a>, we asked readers to send us notes of architectural criticism, in haiku: the Japanese poetic form restricted to three lines of five, seven, and five syllables, in that order. And boy, did folks deliver. You can pack a lot of sour into 17 syllables, but also beauty. Below are the best haiku from our open call, and a few from Archinect's forum. Enjoy.</p> https://archinect.com/features/article/149974601/a-snarky-haiku-collection-targets-architecture-s-most-frustrating-moments Julia Ingalls 2016-11-22T12:03:00-05:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/0o/0o8k7886inki3wcq.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>Created by three contributors who wish to remain anonymous, <em>Five Seven Five: Nine to Five</em> is a collection of haiku that wryly (and occasionally cynically) explores the realities of day-to-day architectural employment, from choosing between SketchUp and Revit to the challenges of working with developers.&nbsp;</p>