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May 4, 05 1:05 pm  · 
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archidose

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

May 4, 05 2:36 pm  · 
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dia

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.

May 10, 05 9:35 pm  · 
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bigness

well, my tutor just launched his practice called newbetter.

he's the coolest guy in the world, but damn does the name suck...

May 10, 05 9:47 pm  · 
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dia

Richard, he should knewbetter.

May 10, 05 10:11 pm  · 
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bigness

buahahahahahahahahahha

May 10, 05 10:13 pm  · 
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bigness

for men who shouldknow better

May 10, 05 10:20 pm  · 
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n_

Not a firm but architecture related:

Design Corps

Mar 7, 07 9:48 pm  · 
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Josh Emig

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.

Mar 7, 07 11:11 pm  · 
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dick busch architects ... u gotta see the logo to understand.
and Hadid means Iron not metal in arabic

Mar 8, 07 2:11 am  · 
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sandmansd

arrrghitecture, ye mateys

Mar 8, 07 3:08 pm  · 
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Chili Davis
peg-ola
Mar 8, 07 3:54 pm  · 
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snooker

ACME ARCHITECTS

Mar 8, 07 7:42 pm  · 
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snooker

ARCO-ANIMALS

Mar 8, 07 7:43 pm  · 
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weAREtheSTONES

i once saw this truck w/ the company name on the side that said "show us your tits construction"

Mar 8, 07 10:33 pm  · 
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MacRoen

have to post it....

Mighty Erections...

May 31, 07 10:39 pm  · 
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deepl

In Germany and Austria we have some ridiculous names aswell:

teleinternetcafe 
deadline architects
alleswirdgut (everythingwillbefine)
coop himmelb(l)au (coop skyblue/skybuild)
cityförster (cityforester)

Jun 15, 22 11:52 am  · 
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Wood Guy

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. 

Jun 15, 22 1:31 pm  · 
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Bench

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 ..?!

Jun 15, 22 1:53 pm  · 
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Non Sequitur

Bench, I just choose to believe MM lives in vermont. Easier that way. 8-P

Jun 15, 22 1:56 pm  · 
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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. 

Jun 15, 22 2:27 pm  · 
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atelier nobody

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.

Jun 15, 22 6:43 pm  · 
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arhiarhi design group

Conry - Simple to understand

Jun 18, 22 2:38 pm  · 
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