Hrm... good question. I'd like to be involved with the total revitalization of a community or communities via public and private architecture & design; a multidisciplinary firm that handles all aspects of design: spatial, graphic, internet, information, media, typographic, etc.

And of course, this would include being not only a design firm, but a developer who's ideas get implemented without much client interference. The thouht of being a full-service design firm makes me remember exactly why I started this journey in the first place... creativity.

to get paid and to get laid

to have the time and leisure to think and theorize on architecture, not to practice, have the state pay my bills for me to be an architectural intellectual... in other words, independantly wealthy and a room of one's own... build nothing... a failure in the eyes of the outside world...

you are never a failure if you have the coin dude

Have fun ... get paid.

if all you want is money why did you people go into the architecture profession?

I want to make great Architecture...as silly as that may sound these days...

Finish the sh*t...Bill the b*tch...

ksarcher is right if your in it for the money get out of the proffesion now become a dentist

don't get me wrong the money is nice though

my goal = to fulfill my clients needs in a way that fulfills mine.

Steve - that's what I'm doing. Its a little straining we are doing a new town, and we do most of the architecture (the real architecture) in this country. Its a challenge, but sometimes the luster fades. Looking for my next goal

Like (pinky &) the Brain, "take over the world"

Personally I'd like to
(1) have my designs built.
(2) have work/projects lined up.
(3) make enough to support family and make ends meet.

"what is the ideal goal for every architect...?"

to serve society, not rule it

3ifs, that is a great statement. Pretty well completely sums up my goals as well.

If you think of Architects, and you're consulting the Orders, you consider the nature of architects. You say to architects, "What do you want, Architects?"

Architects say to you, "I like nice buildings."

If you say to Architects, "Nice buildings are expensive, and I can use a third-rate builder for my house. What do you think of that, architect?"

Architect says, "I like nice buildings."

hah hah you have me guffawing Ants

Hmm to spend my days working on this www.architechnophilia.blogspot.com

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