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2015 Predictions

The AIA will attempt a takeover of Archinect.

 
Jan 1, 15 2:47 pm
Volunteer

All of the states have agreed to reciprocal licensing, rendering the NCARB essentially useless. Also The IDP experience requirement has been reduced to twelve months of related work experience, no more counting hours.

Jan 1, 15 3:01 pm  · 
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sameolddoctor

There will be no exams for licensure. Take that suckers!

Jan 1, 15 3:32 pm  · 
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anonitect

Slowly and inexorably, everything will just keep getting shittier.

Jan 1, 15 3:38 pm  · 
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chigurh

Balkins will run for public office.

Jan 1, 15 3:49 pm  · 
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placebeyondthesplines

Community College Treasurer! Go Balkins go!

Jan 2, 15 6:40 am  · 
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awaiting_deletion

Patrick Schumacher will get the Pritzker.

Jan 2, 15 9:39 am  · 
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Olaf, bite your tongue! No prize for Patrik!!

We discussed a few predictions on the holiday edition of the podcast:

http://archinect.com/news/article/116264825/archinect-sessions-xs-predictions-for-2015
Jan 2, 15 9:52 am  · 
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Due to a booming economy their will be a radical shortage of architectural labor, and employers will be forced to compete for interns with high wages, guaranteed contracts and full benefits.

Another vote for Richard. But will he remain pure once elected?

Jan 2, 15 10:36 am  · 
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Volunteer

MIT dynamited the Gehry train wreck after safely removing the two employees in the buildings who were not telecommunicating from home.

Jan 2, 15 11:09 am  · 
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x-jla

The planet will get one year closer to be uninhabitable.

Jan 2, 15 3:27 pm  · 
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Kanye West will get awarded a fellowship in the AIA and a chair at GSD.

Jan 2, 15 10:03 pm  · 
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Zaha will retire and change her name to a parametric symbol that looks remarkably like a part of the female anatomy.

Peter Eisenman will be awarded the Pritzker Prize, but will refuse it saying that he can not accept it as long as architecture firms continue to have unpaid internships.

Jan 2, 15 11:33 pm  · 
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go do it

I predict that the 24 hour news cycle will keep us pee-ons, hey I know what I wrote, bickering amongst ourselves while the big dogs keep lifting their legs.

Jan 3, 15 12:34 am  · 
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Target hires Mark Wigley jury chair for the Guggenheim Helsinki Competition to design their new Hydro-Blast Toilet Plunger. When asked why they chose Mr. Wigley to design their new industrial grade plunger, a spokesman for the company said that the Michael Graves plunger did not work very well and so they wanted someone who understood the concept of "being completely full of shit" so he naturally came to mind.

Jan 3, 15 4:08 am  · 
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awaiting_deletion

haha /\ love it

Ken Koense gets to be honorary chair at Kean Univerisity Michael Graves School of Architecture.  It's a sign that they want to be kept honest.

Jan 3, 15 8:42 am  · 
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tammuz will join Hamas and become a major figure in Middle East geopolitics.

Jan 3, 15 10:43 am  · 
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snooker-doodle-dandy

Thomas Kinkade  will relinquish his title as, " The Painter of Light" and will join up with SOM  and become known as , " The Architect of Light."

Jan 3, 15 12:39 pm  · 
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Volunteer

Tommy K is not with us anymore. His schlock lives on in syrupy calendars if nothing else.

Jan 3, 15 2:09 pm  · 
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snooker-doodle-dandy

Volunteer....Note  "Dead Architects are a Dime A Dozen"  with there names on the front door...so Why not Thomas Kinkade.  A True Artist of his Time.  (tongue in cheek)

Jan 3, 15 4:19 pm  · 
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legopiece

bs artists will come out and admit they make things up as they go, sign letters of resignations, and send out checks to all the people they stabbed in the back getting to the top of their tower made of bullshit.

Jan 3, 15 5:58 pm  · 
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b3tadine[sutures]

Ken College, honorary chair, for moi? What'll I do with my current job as Michael Graves personal towel boy, and resident fluffer?

Jan 3, 15 8:58 pm  · 
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