I always liked the grandmotherly OMA.

Archolepsy

How about superkul inc architect

www.superkul.ca/

actually, its even worse than that becuse they use an omlot over the u. I couldn't figure out how to put the omlot in this post using my conventional keyboard, which is reason enough not to put into your non-german firm name...the work is not bad though

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...pronounced "superkewl"

Ty Pennington Design

I'd work for superkul... Where do you work? "superkul."

my mate's practice is callen MELON
and there's another out in Grenada (former sci-arc grads) called COCOA

i prefer the funny names to the serious ones - too many F.Robert B SMith and Associates out there

Waspy, Waspy, Waspy, Waspy, and Token, PC

ARCHI-TECTONICS

The hyphen is important because there's another firm called Architectonics. Haha!

Mal-archi.

say it out loud.

narchitects

The point of all this seems to be that there is no way to name a firm without sounding corny or boring. If these are all that's bad, what else is left to be good?

Free association time!

Central Office of Architecture
Get me my knitting needles, Madame DeFarge.

Asymptote
Yes, in fact we ARE smarter than you...

Syndesis
Why you're soaking in it!

any firm with a "+" instead of "and"
I always hated math

Studio ---- (fill in the blank)
I could use some extensions or a tip job!

I've always like The Architects Collaborative - so Gidieon!

What really annoys is that these firms are SO GOOD. I could never be in marketing...

a2so4

http://www.a2so4.com/

sorry willy

Archdesign, Inc.
Ar'Ke-Tek-Cher Inc.
Arquitectura, Inc.
Firmitas U V

An interior design firm in Toronto called II By IV.

the only thing dangerous about this guy's firm is his lack of talent.

^ I can't believe it's real...


how about architickle? Nobody steal it, it's mine!

some of the most dangerous barn structures I've ever seen....

Believe it or not, this guy is for real....he attended one of my juries in school and once he announced his firm name instantly lost his credibility amongst most of the students......

There's a really skanky sign on Ludlow Street in Manhattan. Tacked upon a totally ghetto, falling-apart building, forget the name & exact wording but it's kind of horrifying.. something like "GEORGE LEE REGISTERED ARCHITECTS CABINETRY AND TAILOR"

eeeeeek. Will try to snap a photo.

dangerous architects...hmmm wonder what his liability premium runs?

actually superkul arch. have some good stuff.
funny name tho.

TEN architects
TEN = Taller Enrique Norten

MAP architects = Josep Luis Mateo office

FGL INC. short for FANCY GRAPHIC LOVERS INCORPORATED

how about .... dOOd or B.L.U.N.T.?

DDDdC-Dirty Deeds Done dIRT Cheap

smart architecture

starchitect.com

WasP Collective

nono - sisu's right superkulh is the worst -THE WORST - name ever.

Seriously, they're building a house near when my parent's live, and my mom keeps asking what the name is all about - as if I'd know. "Uh i don't know mom ... maybe they're idiots."

The house isn't that hot either.

superkuhl ... more like superlame.

Incidently ... is koolhaas really rem's birth given last name?

B.L.U.N.T. --- hehe he said "blunt". No that's an awesome name.

there's a design build in new york called 8x8 ... wtf? They do construction, they should know nothing comes in 8x8. why not 4x8?

i like supergrass

how about Aaron Tan's (former OMA Asia founder in Hong Kong) new firm name: RAD (i.e. Research Architecture Design)! See latest Metroplis or Architetcure (I forget) for his new glass tower in Seoule (pretty nice)

anything variation of 'tectonic' incorporated into the name seems kinda lame, then there's Tronic, which seems kinda cool (like a record label maybe)

"Joe Architect" in Denver

anyone heard of a firm named LOVE? They entered the European Bank competition and even made it to the second phase........

I just saw in a construction magazine the name of

Good Architecture in Annapolis!

i oculdn't even make that up...

the one i thought was pretentious was the "Think Team" of the world trade center competition

s333

http://www.s333.org/intro.html

This is slightly off topic but jtarchitect's website is fantastic!

http://www.jtarchitect.com/

(select the high bandwidth)

there's box out of ireland

wait Jtarchitects - you sure that wasn't someone's school assignment in how to make a website. There's alot of copyrighted material there. Makes me ill if i keep looking at it.

Les sentinelles de l'architecture...
http://www.sentinelles.qc.ca/

A bit like Les Sentinelles de l'Air...French traduction of the infamous show...AIR PATROL.

amazing...I guess they arrive in a jetcraft once you call them....

Mouhahahahaahahahah!!!!! It's like a retro-kitsch website...

Corny ...right on!

lois and clArkitects

jtarchitect is that gift that keeps on giving i guess. i think they get more publicity here than anyplace else on the internet.

sweet. they should be paying this site for free advertising.

a good name for a firm occured to me this weekend, 'mr roboto'

but i agree with bryan4arch, what's a good name for a firm then? all those who have mocked other firm's names - submit what you think would be an actual GOOD name. IF YOU DARE! :)

my honest answer would probably be my post name. there, i've started.

but also, superkuhl and b.l.u.n.t. are by far the coolest ever. put everything else to shame.

3D-w[H]ores

Guys Who Like Girls Who Like To Build Buildings

vitae moribus

Not sure what people have against Morphisis, always thought that was pretty good and explained things. I can see why Mayne is starting to promote his name and not the firm's name, it's getting pretty old.

TEN Arquitectos works well, too, given the names

SHoP works well, too, with their names


So that's what I think is decent.

What I don't like:

Plasma
Nox

i always liked morphosis too. but it does seem to be getting dated. perhaps the only good firm name that endures the test of time is one's own name? no pretension, no alias, no baggage.