shouldn't that have been caught in shop drawings? more of a casework fail than architectural..any cabinet builder should have said something if not in drawings during install. Maybe the architect had flush pulls and some genius GC or owner added those gems. Home depot level image there anyways.
Jan 27, 18 1:54 pm ·
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Wilma Buttfit
doors too
Jan 27, 18 4:12 pm ·
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bowling_ball
I'm pretty sure I've done worse, I just can't think of it.
Yes it is definitely comical. I do hate to think an actual architect signed off on that is all I meant.
An apartment I once lived in had a light switch on the outside of the bathroom it controlled. Having to yell at my roommate from the throne was one of the more unpleasant architectural fails I've witnessed.
My landlord who was also a GC was quite proud of his building...
Jan 27, 18 9:48 pm ·
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x-jla
YO, I was just in a hotel that had light switches on the outside of the bathroom. My damn kids kept turning off the lights while I was showering...lol
I've seen a similar cabinet corner fail but it was worse: it was the oven door that wouldn't open. Designed by an interior decorator, not an architect. I was friends with the contractor who had to fix it, that's how I saw it.
Architects are not infallible. In one of my previous careers, as a cabinetmaker, I regularly had to patiently explain to architects that their super-clean designs would not work without fillers at the inside corners.
Jan 29, 18 9:17 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
I have explained that to an architect too. They responded no, no filler strips. This was a drawer right up against an existing wall that has a door with trim. I said the drawer will not clear the door trim, we need a filler strip. They told me not to worry about it (leave it to the cabinet maker I guess?)
Jan 29, 18 10:04 am ·
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Wood Guy
Yep, then the cabinetmaker gets to deal with the livid homeowner or GC while the architect hides. When there are approved shop drawings it helps but not always. I occasionally do shop drawings for my brother, a cabinetmaker who works with fancy architects on Nantucket, and even on $20M homes they often don't do signed shop drawings, and they want stupid things like 5' bookshelves 3/4" thick, with no center support.
Did you take that picture? I can't believe someone would live with that inconvenience for too long, did you propose a solution? An obvious one, cut the front of the drawer to clear the handle, and affix the extra piece to the back - duh - filler....
Jan 29, 18 11:08 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
I didn't take it no. Found it on the internet while searching for an illustration of that type of error.
Architectural Fails
Fail #1.
shouldn't that have been caught in shop drawings? more of a casework fail than architectural..any cabinet builder should have said something if not in drawings during install. Maybe the architect had flush pulls and some genius GC or owner added those gems. Home depot level image there anyways.
doors too
I'm pretty sure I've done worse, I just can't think of it.
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If I had a coffee, it would be all over the screen. Brilliant jabs Miles and David
I want to feature this comment, Miles! Perfect.
Architectural as in the other sense, not as in from an architect. Didn't realize it would be seen that way. I just thought it was funny.
An apartment I once lived in had a light switch on the outside of the bathroom it controlled. Having to yell at my roommate from the throne was one of the more unpleasant architectural fails I've witnessed.
My landlord who was also a GC was quite proud of his building...
YO, I was just in a hotel that had light switches on the outside of the bathroom. My damn kids kept turning off the lights while I was showering...lol
I've seen a similar cabinet corner fail but it was worse: it was the oven door that wouldn't open. Designed by an interior decorator, not an architect. I was friends with the contractor who had to fix it, that's how I saw it.
That fake stone plastic laminated chipboard countertop is the real architectural fail.
Architects are not infallible. In one of my previous careers, as a cabinetmaker, I regularly had to patiently explain to architects that their super-clean designs would not work without fillers at the inside corners.
I have explained that to an architect too. They responded no, no filler strips. This was a drawer right up against an existing wall that has a door with trim. I said the drawer will not clear the door trim, we need a filler strip. They told me not to worry about it (leave it to the cabinet maker I guess?)
Yep, then the cabinetmaker gets to deal with the livid homeowner or GC while the architect hides. When there are approved shop drawings it helps but not always. I occasionally do shop drawings for my brother, a cabinetmaker who works with fancy architects on Nantucket, and even on $20M homes they often don't do signed shop drawings, and they want stupid things like 5' bookshelves 3/4" thick, with no center support.
Did you take that picture? I can't believe someone would live with that inconvenience for too long, did you propose a solution? An obvious one, cut the front of the drawer to clear the handle, and affix the extra piece to the back - duh - filler....
I didn't take it no. Found it on the internet while searching for an illustration of that type of error.
Ramp fail
Shower carefully.
Over and OUT
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