2024-12-22T08:01:57-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/43013355/why-don-t-architects-speak-english Archinect 2012-03-28T13:47:00-04:00 >2022-03-16T09:16:08-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/jm/jm86fj06o6bv54ma.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Grand plans for Seattle Center evoke hovering "Jelly Beans," "dematerialized urbanism," and "catalyzing atmospheres." That's just what Seattle needs: more gobbledygook.</p></em><br /><br /><p> Knute Berger, of Seattle-based Crosscut, opines on the long-pondered use of "gobbledygook" in archispeak, in reference to the architect's project descriptions from the recently announced results in the <a href="http://archinect.com/news/tag/106470/urban-intervention-design-ideas-competition" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Urban Intervention Design Ideas Competition</a>.</p>