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Architects not aristocrats

higgsARCH

What happened to Architects being aristocrats, the upper crust of society, a la "the fountainhead". When I first became interested in Architecture, i thought i would be rich and famous, and live in a mansion somewhere where i would through huge masquerade balls.

 
Feb 11, 05 11:41 am
stephanie

WHAT DREAMWORLD HAVE YOU BEEN LIVING IN?

Feb 11, 05 11:46 am  · 
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abracadabra
Feb 11, 05 11:57 am  · 
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higgsARCH

NICE BUS

Feb 11, 05 12:50 pm  · 
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e

don't a lot of well known architects come from money >> eisenman, meier, foster, etc?

Feb 11, 05 1:06 pm  · 
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David Cuthbert

foster didn't come from money
so many architects have been bankrupt too many times to even get a nod from the govt (Nouvel)

The ones that are aristocratic have always been the ones of novel and fiction - not showing the real ones that work.

Feb 11, 05 2:27 pm  · 
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meversusyou

is that the dream were all the aristocrats dress up in masks and do bad things to naked women?

Feb 11, 05 2:35 pm  · 
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ferplexion

become a developer.

Feb 11, 05 5:19 pm  · 
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evilplatypus

Build your own boat.

Feb 11, 05 8:48 pm  · 
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e909

your own planet

Feb 12, 05 8:37 pm  · 
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newstreamlinedmodel

comming FROM isn't the same as going TO.

Feb 13, 05 12:12 am  · 
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newstreamlinedmodel

the fountainhead has more to do with facisism than architecture.

Feb 13, 05 12:13 am  · 
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vado retro

architecture IS a masquerade ball.

Feb 13, 05 9:11 am  · 
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UrbanDesign

haha, the main character in White Noise is an architect and he lives in an ocean front mansion, riiggghhhttttt.

Feb 13, 05 6:50 pm  · 
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Dazed and Confused

Most of the aristocrat architects I know live quite modestly. They smoke pot and live in owner-design-build remodel projects that never come to completion.

Feb 13, 05 9:46 pm  · 
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