It may be a 15yo necro-thread but it's a fun topic. There's a construction business in my area called Maine Eco Homes. "MEH, LLC" does not give me confidence but I just talked with a PM there and they are very busy.
My last name is Maines and I live in Maine; you would think it would be easy to find a biz name that connects them, but it's harder than you might think. My last construction business was MainesCraft but I got tired of spelling it out slowly 2-3 times every time I said it.
Bench, I just choose to believe MM lives in vermont. Easier that way. 8-P
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Wood Guy
Haha, it's funny, people either pick up on my name right away or they don't notice at all. I knew my MIL for 20 years when she got a look of surprise and exclaimed, "did you know your last name is just like the state?!" Others have had similar reactions. My roots on both sides go back to the first permanent white settlers here, the first generation born to Mayflower settlers, but my name came over with the Irish potato famine.
Non, I love Vermont and feel like I fit in better over there. Or Canada.
There was (possibly still is) a Minneapolis firm named Roark, Kramer, Roscoe where Kramer and Roscoe were real people but the "Senior Partner" was none other than the legendary Howard Roark. I found it amusing, even if I do think Ayn Rand was a fuckin' tool.
corny firm names
R.A.W. CONCEPTS
Ya gotta love it when a firm keeps tacking on new principle's names, making them sound like a law firm:
Nagle Hartray Danker Kagan McKay Penney
And even though this is only the name of an architect, I can't help smirking when I say it:
Zoka Zola
I demand the winning post for these atrocious NZ examples:
Boa Constructors
Design@Home
And these are just the ones with websites. How about:
Adrian the Architect
Skewsarchitects
Archangels
Architects Direct
Architects Wild
OCEANIC ARCHITECTURE ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN URBAN PLANNING LTD
Pyramidz Architecture
Symbiosis
XSite Architecture
I am ashamed on behalf of my homeland.
well, my tutor just launched his practice called newbetter.
he's the coolest guy in the world, but damn does the name suck...
Richard, he should knewbetter.
buahahahahahahahahahha
for men who shouldknow better
Not a firm but architecture related:
Design Corps
No reflection on their work, because I like all of them ... just don't really like the names:
Office dA
FLAnk
PLOT
Ply
ARO
Names that seem corny, but I like them anyhow:
Open Office (now defunct)
REX-Ramus Ella Architects (architeX?)
and probably my all time favorite:
Coop Himmelb(l)au. (That's coop with two syllables like cooperative) Go ahead, say it: Coop Himmelblau. So fun.
dick busch architects ... u gotta see the logo to understand.
and Hadid means Iron not metal in arabic
arrrghitecture, ye mateys
ACME ARCHITECTS
ARCO-ANIMALS
i once saw this truck w/ the company name on the side that said "show us your tits construction"
have to post it....
Mighty Erections...
In Germany and Austria we have some ridiculous names aswell:
teleinternetcafe
deadline architects
alleswirdgut (everythingwillbefine)
coop himmelb(l)au (coop skyblue/skybuild)
cityförster (cityforester)
It may be a 15yo necro-thread but it's a fun topic. There's a construction business in my area called Maine Eco Homes. "MEH, LLC" does not give me confidence but I just talked with a PM there and they are very busy.
My last name is Maines and I live in Maine; you would think it would be easy to find a biz name that connects them, but it's harder than you might think. My last construction business was MainesCraft but I got tired of spelling it out slowly 2-3 times every time I said it.
I was actually confused by that the first time I listened into a BSB show ... is it his name? is he from there? does he maybe own the whole state ..?!
Bench, I just choose to believe MM lives in vermont. Easier that way. 8-P
Haha, it's funny, people either pick up on my name right away or they don't notice at all. I knew my MIL for 20 years when she got a look of surprise and exclaimed, "did you know your last name is just like the state?!" Others have had similar reactions. My roots on both sides go back to the first permanent white settlers here, the first generation born to Mayflower settlers, but my name came over with the Irish potato famine.
Non, I love Vermont and feel like I fit in better over there. Or Canada.
There was (possibly still is) a Minneapolis firm named Roark, Kramer, Roscoe where Kramer and Roscoe were real people but the "Senior Partner" was none other than the legendary Howard Roark. I found it amusing, even if I do think Ayn Rand was a fuckin' tool.
Conry - Simple to understand
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