I wish my painting charm translated into sales. I'm running out of places to hang them in my apartment (curse of painting whatever you feel like painting I suppose).
The phone has been ringing off the hook since I started my firm last week. It's just been sales reps so far but I think my luck is just about to change...
I distinctly remember this scene in this terrible movie. The girlfriend asks "What are you looking at?" and the architect archly replies "I'm concerned about this fenestration" to which the girlfriend says "Huh?" and the architect smiles condescendingly and says "Fenestration means windows" and then I roll my eyes until they hurt and deeply, harshly question why I chose to join this obnoxious preening profession.
These pics are the reason people say "Oh wow, fascinating" when you tell them you're an architect...and when you tell them what you actually do they turn away like you have some kind of highly contagious disease.
I think psychologists would have a field day explaining the hard hat with wearing an expensive suit and shoes on site. "Hey, Mr. Architect, could you come under this (muddy) crawl space and look at this foundation crack?"
May 22, 18 8:40 am ·
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Non Sequitur
I do. What's wrong with dressing nice?
May 22, 18 8:48 am ·
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curtkram
i don't really see how leather oxfords can be all that different than leather cowboy boots. i don't have a problem wearing jeans on site, but more to the point i really don't want to have to manage 2 wardrobes.
May 22, 18 8:02 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
I only have one wardrobe: Office dress with one pair of jeans and some pearl jam t-shirts. One of our office's associates proudly wears cowboy boots tho.
May 22, 18 8:25 pm ·
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curtkram
do you think stepping in mud is different for the cowboy boot guy than the oxford guy?
May 22, 18 8:39 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
do they sell spurs for oxfords?
May 22, 18 10:09 pm ·
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curtkram
if they don't, they should. i may have found a kickstarter idea
Do you even know what the summation of infinitesimal differences would look like?
May 23, 18 5:35 pm ·
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senjohnblutarsky
What model? I only see blank paper and a person holding it.
May 29, 18 4:54 pm ·
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senjohnblutarsky
Rick, you do know that I was referring to a model of a building, right? And the woman can't be a model. She's wearing a hardhat. That must mean she is an Architect. All Architects wear hardhats, all the time.
May 30, 18 8:04 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
That lady? She's an engineer.
May 30, 18 11:52 am ·
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b3tadine[sutures]
Definitely an engineer, no architect would be caught dead in heels that weren't Lou Boutain
Neither science, nor business, it's best defined as a lifestyle. An all encompassing lifestyle.
May 27, 18 5:54 pm ·
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randomised
That picture makes me very sad actually. The kid is both comforting his dad and wanting attention, but all dad sees is his project he can't let go off...feeling sorry for both.
May 30, 18 2:53 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
All-encompassing means it is the kid's lifestyle too, and not by choice. And the kid knows better but the dad doesn't. The look on the kid's face says, I guess I'll take myself to the museum then and you can stay here and adjust little lines on a page. But the dad could be an awesome person to go to the museum with, being an architect. Sad, yes. That's why it's funny.
May 30, 18 11:51 am ·
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joseffischer
Don't take your work home... oh, you work from home? build yourself a little shed in the back, leave your work phone in it, lock the door, and give your spouse the key until morning.
May 30, 18 12:14 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
Tintt, I can't wait until I can take my little one to the museum and annoy him. My wife has grown tired of my explanations over a decade ago.
May 30, 18 1:05 pm ·
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Non Sequitur
^correct Rick. She is a kindergarten teacher.
May 30, 18 2:12 pm ·
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randomised
Took my one year old to the museum this weekend, we all had a blast.
May 30, 18 4:20 pm ·
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citizen
"Gee, Dad, you weren't too busy when you were conceiving me."
May 30, 18 5:57 pm ·
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Almosthip7
My dad bought my first compass set. Just like the one above, except it was a Staedtler.
May 30, 18 6:36 pm ·
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whistler
That photos a bit unfair for Architects as this situation all the time and it's not just because it features an architect. Lots of Dad's bring their work home. I worked from home for about 7-8 years while my kids were very young. I have two distinct images one of my young some venturing into my office ( the garage ) for the first time with wide eyed bewilderment and genuine enjoyment to see that I was home, he had never figured out that I was there all day long and started a long term tradition of him coming home and sitting beside me to do his "homework", basically colouring.
May 30, 18 8:22 pm ·
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whistler
The other was a when I had created a small studio in another part of the house ( so that I couldn't walk to the office in slippers and a house coat ) and all three of my kids walked in after visiting a friend whose dog had just had puppies and each kid walked in holding a four week old Bernise Mountain Dog and asked to keep them. Now, not sure about you folks but I am a total sucker for puppies and after that the whole office ( 3 of us ) and my kids played with these puppies for about 2 hours. That was beyond cute and tons of fun, and no we didn't keep the puppies but ended up getting our own a few months later.
Fortunately I had the exact opposite experience. I remember my dad in charette, watercoloring a huge rendering, making up stories about the people he was drawing and the outfits he was giving them. One guy got a red and white striped shirt, 40 years befor Waldo.
May 30, 18 2:42 pm ·
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Wilma Buttfit
Your elementary age kids prob have more experience than most interns with 3-5 years experience in an office. The rule of billable hours doesn’t allow site visits.
May 31, 18 8:55 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
My daughter launched sketch-up last week announcing, “I’m going to make some money.” I was like, good.
May 31, 18 8:56 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
I was always told I wasn't allowed to visit job sites because somebody needed to stay at the office to draw with 98% billable time or the office wouldn't be profitable. Ya mean they were pulling my my chain?
Jun 1, 18 6:05 am ·
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Wilma Buttfit
Well you aren't exactly the AIA firm of the year either.
That's what I call "I'm looking for the unemployment line" architect.
Unless there is really a good reason for an architect to not have a shirt on in public view when performing architectural services, this is not to professional dress 'code' for attire.
#BadStockPhotosOfMyJob
I got inspired by this clickbait article and decided to look up stock photos of architects.
https://blog.artfido.com/worke...
“According to the blank side of this sheet, the contractor is building this completely wrong.”
New OSHA requirements mandate that hardhats be worn at all times, even back at the office.
Blaze for Days
Today’s BIM technology can instantly convert a hand-drafted floor plan into a photorealistic exterior rendering.
hah, he has no mouse, must be touch screen
No, it’s neurolink. Just imagine and waalaa!
Yeah, we really need to have a meeting with HR about that guy.
HULK SMASH YOUR TERRIBLE CONCEPT
The schools are really doing a terrible job of preparing graduates for professional practice these days. Our new intern isn’t even potty-trained.
“Should we tell the project manager that we do all this stuff on the computer now?”
“Meh, he’d just fuck it all up.
Hey now - I'm that guy!
“So, uhh, is my name on that ‘Shitty Men in Architecture’ list?”
This one is actually accurate.
But the way that rolled up single sheet of paper is going to crumple ineffectually as it hits the model is hilarious!
I call BS! Who wears ties anymore?
You aren't going to pay the last invoice? And now you need me to do what? Is this for fucking real?
Precision guesswork based on questionable knowledge.
Where's that barf bag?
I used this as my Tinder profile pic and got a lot of matches last night. Man are my dates going to be disappointed when they see me.
Hahahaha. Then you impress the ladies with your painting charm and all is forgiven or she isn't worth it anyways.
I wish my painting charm translated into sales. I'm running out of places to hang them in my apartment (curse of painting whatever you feel like painting I suppose).
Here's the barf bowl.
What clients see: That'll be $56,000 please.
this thread is fire
"In this area we'll use brick-colored scalloped vinyl siding, for a sense of old-world craftsmanship."
Legacy?
.
Indecent!
Hot
I distinctly remember this scene in this terrible movie. The girlfriend asks "What are you looking at?" and the architect archly replies "I'm concerned about this fenestration" to which the girlfriend says "Huh?" and the architect smiles condescendingly and says "Fenestration means windows" and then I roll my eyes until they hurt and deeply, harshly question why I chose to join this obnoxious preening profession.
Is this a young Kundig? Kidding...obviously
white.
These pics are the reason people say "Oh wow, fascinating" when you tell them you're an architect...and when you tell them what you actually do they turn away like you have some kind of highly contagious disease.
+++ Exactly
"Straight edge or tape? nah, let's use a needle compass to measure this room." Bonus points for using a super basic 1:10 floor plan.
if its good enough for a pirate.....
Is that a closet along the bottom? Or a small porch that's completely enclosed with blank walls? Either way, they're fired!
I think psychologists would have a field day explaining the hard hat with wearing an expensive suit and shoes on site. "Hey, Mr. Architect, could you come under this (muddy) crawl space and look at this foundation crack?"
I do. What's wrong with dressing nice?
i don't really see how leather oxfords can be all that different than leather cowboy boots. i don't have a problem wearing jeans on site, but more to the point i really don't want to have to manage 2 wardrobes.
I only have one wardrobe: Office dress with one pair of jeans and some pearl jam t-shirts. One of our office's associates proudly wears cowboy boots tho.
do you think stepping in mud is different for the cowboy boot guy than the oxford guy?
do they sell spurs for oxfords?
if they don't, they should. i may have found a kickstarter idea
Curt, put me down as an investor.
I'd send an intern down into the muddy crawl space and monitor the situation remotely from the helo while sipping a '92 Dom Perignon.
are the oxfords snake proof?
what?
But he wears black, this must be a real one...
libeskind?
So shardy!!!
This photo is obviously fake. He isn't talking for hours on end.
"On second thought, Mr. van Cleef, your drawings are fine as submitted. No changes necessary"
Do you even know what the summation of infinitesimal differences would look like?
What model? I only see blank paper and a person holding it.
Rick, you do know that I was referring to a model of a building, right? And the woman can't be a model. She's wearing a hardhat. That must mean she is an Architect. All Architects wear hardhats, all the time.
That lady? She's an engineer.
Definitely an engineer, no architect would be caught dead in heels that weren't Lou Boutain
Stupid phone. Louboutin.
That picture makes me very sad actually. The kid is both comforting his dad and wanting attention, but all dad sees is his project he can't let go off...feeling sorry for both.
All-encompassing means it is the kid's lifestyle too, and not by choice. And the kid knows better but the dad doesn't. The look on the kid's face says, I guess I'll take myself to the museum then and you can stay here and adjust little lines on a page. But the dad could be an awesome person to go to the museum with, being an architect. Sad, yes. That's why it's funny.
Don't take your work home... oh, you work from home? build yourself a little shed in the back, leave your work phone in it, lock the door, and give your spouse the key until morning.
Tintt, I can't wait until I can take my little one to the museum and annoy him. My wife has grown tired of my explanations over a decade ago.
^correct Rick. She is a kindergarten teacher.
Took my one year old to the museum this weekend, we all had a blast.
"Gee, Dad, you weren't too busy when you were conceiving me."
My dad bought my first compass set. Just like the one above, except it was a Staedtler.
That photos a bit unfair for Architects as this situation all the time and it's not just because it features an architect. Lots of Dad's bring their work home. I worked from home for about 7-8 years while my kids were very young. I have two distinct images one of my young some venturing into my office ( the garage ) for the first time with wide eyed bewilderment and genuine enjoyment to see that I was home, he had never figured out that I was there all day long and started a long term tradition of him coming home and sitting beside me to do his "homework", basically colouring.
The other was a when I had created a small studio in another part of the house ( so that I couldn't walk to the office in slippers and a house coat ) and all three of my kids walked in after visiting a friend whose dog had just had puppies and each kid walked in holding a four week old Bernise Mountain Dog and asked to keep them. Now, not sure about you folks but I am a total sucker for puppies and after that the whole office ( 3 of us ) and my kids played with these puppies for about 2 hours. That was beyond cute and tons of fun, and no we didn't keep the puppies but ended up getting our own a few months later.
I'm offended by the light blue shirt.
^The light blue does scream engineer.
Cat's Cradle.
Fortunately I had the exact opposite experience. I remember my dad in charette, watercoloring a huge rendering, making up stories about the people he was drawing and the outfits he was giving them. One guy got a red and white striped shirt, 40 years befor Waldo.
Your elementary age kids prob have more experience than most interns with 3-5 years experience in an office. The rule of billable hours doesn’t allow site visits.
My daughter launched sketch-up last week announcing, “I’m going to make some money.” I was like, good.
I was always told I wasn't allowed to visit job sites because somebody needed to stay at the office to draw with 98% billable time or the office wouldn't be profitable. Ya mean they were pulling my my chain?
Well you aren't exactly the AIA firm of the year either.
I know all about it.
Death threats over text message? Being an architect is not what I expected...
must have been a good text message
I always liked this one when you could snooze between the corrections.These guys are drafting bombs for Ford.
From The Architect.
(I'll be right back after I post a copy over on the Snazzy Stairs thread.)
This one is called young sexy architect:
That's what I call "I'm looking for the unemployment line" architect.
Unless there is really a good reason for an architect to not have a shirt on in public view when performing architectural services, this is not to professional dress 'code' for attire.
Rick, I bet you're a real hoot at parties
It seems like you like COCKtail parties.
Gotta have a job for a stock photo to represent it in a bad way...
I don't follow your line of thought you are trying to communicate.
Happens to the best of 'em...
Thread necro done right.
All design must be done in grease pencil on the office windows.
Marian just loves working at her new squatting-height desk.
But her dungarees have suffered terribly!
These drawings must be so full of information because they look so heavy.
Definitely NOT the hernia-inducing, 57-lb. full set you'd expect from someone showing up dressed like that.
They call that look "Off-the-rack Inept"
FW: RFI 001 - Sheet index clarifications
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