Yes. Most certainly.

What I really want to know is, is he an FAIA? Did he pay his 2024 dues.

Yup, many of the asshole and unethical architects in my town are FAIA.

Indeed. New question(s) for applicants (good moral character inquiry): [Ignore the question numbers] 

Q1: Have you murdered or killed one or more persons? 

Q1A: If Yes, do you know the whereabouts of the body or bodies of the person or persons you killed, please list and describe the exact locations of the body or bodies? 

Q1B: If you answered Yes to Q1, was the person or any of the persons you killed a client or related to or in relationship with a client? 

Q1C: If you answered yes to Q1B, why did you kill the person?

Now, on the serious side, I completely concur with citizen.

Wait, what happened to letting the courts decide? Traitor to the profession!

The court decides the guilt. I have not. I am merely speaking a statement of fact that regardless of the decisions at the court, people like you will be too eager to jump to conclusion and declare a person is guilty. You and people like you, won't wait months to decide. This is a statement of fact. Look at yourself on that Adjaye case. 

I have not took a position of whether he is guilty or not guilty. Citizen did not say affirmatively that Rex is guilty in the post I agree with him. I am namely agreeing to citizen regarding as quoted: "If indeed guilty, what a monster." This is because in principle, I agree that serial killers (serial murderers) are monsters. However, I also agree for the courts and the process of the court to reach a verdict to make an affirmative decision on whether or not they find the person guilty. This is not the venue for THAT decision-making. 

It is a statement of fact that people like you will jump to declaring a person as guilty. Past shows. In any case, by the time a verdict is made in court, the controversy will already have a public that will have decided he is guilty and the stench of the controversy of the murders will essentially kill his career and devastate his firm regardless of the verdict.

I hereby withdraw my comment.

You are certainly free to change your mind. I simply agreed to what you wrote at the time. However, your motion to withdraw is moot.

I don't know what Balkins is guilty of, but he's guilty of something

Its pretty ridiculous to think that the police would frivolously arrest someone for a crime that had a Netflix movie made about it. This is a very high profile public case.

taz, easy... I'm unapologetically guilty of being an asshole.

x-jla, it's not about a frivolous arrest but tunnel vision and mistakes that happen especially with so much brass up the ass pressuring you to indict, arrest, and convict, so much so that you are a one-man philharmonic orchestra with all that brass up the rectum.

To be clear, "you" as used is meant rhetorically and not referring the x-jla. Just to remove any misunderstanding that could be construed.

You really don't want me to answer those questions Rick.

Are you referring to the questions Q1, Q1A, Q1B, Q1C? Those were meant as jest and not meant as a serious suggestion.

Yes, those questions. I know they were in jest. I laughed thinking of them on on some RFQ's though. You still don't want me to answer those questions though. ;)

lol... okay.

Unfortunately, yes, but you can still be AIA and exploit your labor, SA them and get awards.

so torture is ok, but don't kill them?

Surprised the guy wasn't an AIA Fellow. All the real sociopaths are elevated to FAIA nowadays.

Real answer: if he’s convicted, he can be both kicked out of the AIA for life and also lose his license to practice.

Now don't be coy. Tell us more...

It's about an architect, Chicago, and an Italian Beef Studio, it's IBS.

is the architect named Jimmy Pepperoncini?

Tony Gabagool

Yes, it's so tempting to quip... I have little self-control here. 

But remembering that there were young women brutalized and worse, who have surviving families. does tap the brakes for me.

Well, it didn't take me long to shrug off basic decency...

I read an article about his client who gave him a ride to LI at night and he was talking about the Gilgo killer with her during the drive. So creepy. Another young interior designer had a similar experience of him discussing Gilgo with her.

That gets a great big YIKES.

Dang. Creeply. 

My brother in law (Marine - 22 years) has had to 'deal with' two recruits that were 'most certainty serial killers in the making'. His words.

The man was writing specifications for murder.

This is why I've always loved Morgan Freeman in Seven, I thought he was an architect.

So can we infer that him getting caught means he wasn’t a very good architect?

Damn, that's messed up.

I can't wait for the Yezzy folk song.

Damn, that's fucked up. You know someone's going to make a movie about this and were all going to fingered as sadists

but Jonathan, aren't we all?

We’re definitely not all sadists, although I’m definitely very mean to myself.

On a lighter note, and a great example of dark humor: somebody commented on the New York Times article that there was a new Master Spec Division 36 00 00 Murder. 

I’m ashamed to admit I LOL’d.

Yeah. It would find it weird and strange as well. The whole situation is weird. I'm unsure if it was just him, his wife involved or doing it, or both something involving them both in some way. It's just weird and all the facts I know of is had been made public doesn't paint a good picture.