Robert Ivy, FAIA, editor of "Architectural Record" proclaims: "If I had only known half the things I put on our cover were made with this type of labor, I would have instigated change long ago. By the way, did you see our mile long exhibition hall on the cover last month? Wasn't it Fabulous?!"
The strip mall one is great ... that was one of my biggest fears of going into architecture --that the economy of architecture would force me into designing strip malls. So far, I've ducked that bullet.
Another headline:
Architecture Revolutionized in Discussion Thread: "I should probably save this and print it out," remarks thread starter ... "Oh crap, here comes my boss! I gotta go."
Just when I thught all in Archinect was getting stale and could perceive just a slight stinking odor coming out of the discussion section, this little fresh gem appeared. Someone work that into a headline, Im working.
While Gaskill, 29, admitted to making liberal use of PhotoFrame 2.0, he insists that it was appropriate for the job at hand.
"Sure, I was eager to try out the new plug-in," Gaskill said, "but only because it was perfect for this job. The wave-frame effect gives Valley View Apartments that dynamic, cutting-edge feel it needs. It communicates that Valley View living is so convenient and affordable, it'll blow your freakin' mind."
Despite Gaskill's confidence, fellow Blue Moon graphic designers say they would have given the brochure a more traditional look.
"It's an ad for an apartment complex, not a head shop," Mahaffey said. "Why would you want to show Valley View's 'convenient on-site parking' and 'friendly office team' through a hallucinogenic haze?"
Tourist Realizes It's All Just A Lie Set in Place For Him
September 15, 1999 | Issue 35•33
SAGEBRUSH, TX—An excursion to the Sagebrush Wild West Ghost Town ended in disillusionment Saturday, when, over the course of two hours, Lodi, NJ, resident Vic Coyne came to see the 'genuine 1873 frontier village' for the play-acting fantasy artifice it always was. "I was first taken aback by the blacksmith's shop with the concrete frame," Coyne said. "But I figured it could be a reconstruction from old photographs in cooperation with a local historical society." The final blow, Coyne said, was "the 'old-time' saloon, in which the bartender's nametag read 'Smilin' Joe' and a menu item read 'Old-Fashioned Sarsaparilla,' with 'Hires Root Beer' in parentheses."
The Onion Arch Headlines
If there were an architectural section to The Onion (there isn't, is there?) What would some headlines be?
Santiago Calatrava Project Flies Away
American Architecture Student Receives Frank Lloyd Wright Book as Gift: "Such a Surprise," says student
Halliburton Taps Koolhaas for Yellowstone Refinery Design
Architecture Student's Parents Shocked By Drug Use: "How else will I survive this," says son.
Gehry Flattens Crumpled Paper Crowd Stones Him
Karim Rashid Farts New BAM Composition
Architect Asks Self How Le Corbusier Would Have Designed This Strip Mall
Architect's Friends All Have Great Idea For A Building
Man Builds House He Designed When He Was Eight Years Old
AIA in uproar over abuse of interns.
Robert Ivy, FAIA, editor of "Architectural Record" proclaims: "If I had only known half the things I put on our cover were made with this type of labor, I would have instigated change long ago. By the way, did you see our mile long exhibition hall on the cover last month? Wasn't it Fabulous?!"
frank gehry no longer allowed to make sandwiches for grandkids
(hope the link works)
http://www.theonion.com/content/index/3837
then of course there was the all foyer mansion.
The strip mall one is great ... that was one of my biggest fears of going into architecture --that the economy of architecture would force me into designing strip malls. So far, I've ducked that bullet.
Another headline:
Architecture Revolutionized in Discussion Thread: "I should probably save this and print it out," remarks thread starter ... "Oh crap, here comes my boss! I gotta go."
New Horizontal Device Prevents Falls To Basement
one of my favorites was a story with the headline of something like, "Stoner Architect Designs All-Foyer Home" but i can't find it in the archives...
Read on, towards the middle of the rant our career is mentioned...
I gues to some it comes "naturally" the rest of us are just posers.
master foyer, that was great.
Stoner Architect Drafts All-Foyer Mansion:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/38734
Just when I thught all in Archinect was getting stale and could perceive just a slight stinking odor coming out of the discussion section, this little fresh gem appeared. Someone work that into a headline, Im working.
thanks suture!!!
Client Asks Architect To "Do Whatever You Want, We'll Pay For It"
I actually hadn't read this before posting the fake Yellowstone headline above.
Boss crashes interns car, then says "sue me? for what! ha ha ha!"
our profession is mentioned
4/13/1916
Cubist Regiment Decimated
"...Skewed perspective, lack of depth prove liability as non-linear soldiers are mercilessly cut down..."
Brick Tells Kahn "That was not what I wanted"
While Gaskill, 29, admitted to making liberal use of PhotoFrame 2.0, he insists that it was appropriate for the job at hand.
"Sure, I was eager to try out the new plug-in," Gaskill said, "but only because it was perfect for this job. The wave-frame effect gives Valley View Apartments that dynamic, cutting-edge feel it needs. It communicates that Valley View living is so convenient and affordable, it'll blow your freakin' mind."
Despite Gaskill's confidence, fellow Blue Moon graphic designers say they would have given the brochure a more traditional look.
"It's an ad for an apartment complex, not a head shop," Mahaffey said. "Why would you want to show Valley View's 'convenient on-site parking' and 'friendly office team' through a hallucinogenic haze?"
On the line of similar fields...
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/39683
Area Architecture Student Actually Was In Studio On Saturday Night
Palestine Appoints New Minister of Rubble and Urban Development
link
oops, here's the link spelled out:
http://www.theonion.com/content/node/30047
Price of Penis-Shaped Pool Negotiated
Typo Results in 10,000-Acre Wyoming Skate Park
and.....
Tourist Realizes It's All Just A Lie Set in Place For Him
September 15, 1999 | Issue 35•33
SAGEBRUSH, TX—An excursion to the Sagebrush Wild West Ghost Town ended in disillusionment Saturday, when, over the course of two hours, Lodi, NJ, resident Vic Coyne came to see the 'genuine 1873 frontier village' for the play-acting fantasy artifice it always was. "I was first taken aback by the blacksmith's shop with the concrete frame," Coyne said. "But I figured it could be a reconstruction from old photographs in cooperation with a local historical society." The final blow, Coyne said, was "the 'old-time' saloon, in which the bartender's nametag read 'Smilin' Joe' and a menu item read 'Old-Fashioned Sarsaparilla,' with 'Hires Root Beer' in parentheses."
Gehry's Staff Mistakenly Issue CDs of Secretary's Phone Doodle
Architecture Faculty Stubbornly Deny Anything Is the New Black
Intern Turns Down Pay Raise, Says Minimum Wage Is "Too Much Already"
lol, fodified, on the "new black"
Citing Bulging Bank Accounts, Interns Opt For Psycic Pay
Childs Promises to Return Design Idea "When the Next Plane Hits"
Prince Charles Secretly Oggling Blobitecture in Spare Time
Partner Storms out of Office Meeting in Frustration of CAD Line Standards Decision
Big Shot Visiing Lecturer decides to Forgoe Honorarium Becasue "I Just Love Hearing Myself Talk"
big shot visiting lecturer...excellent
Colonial Williamsburg Tears Down Governor's Mansion to Make Way for New Modern Visitor's Center
Kirstie Alley and Roseanne Calls Zaha "That Fat Cow"
Eisenman says the WHole Derria Thing was Just a Joke
Remment Officially Changes Name to Coolhaus and Declares it the Natural Successor to Bauhaus
Norman Foster Decides that Architecture is Too Easy and Takes Up COnquering the World Instead
ahhhh...truly in the spirit of the old archinect...here's hoping this one stays near the top
Local Grad Student Confesses That his Project had a "Kickass" Form With the Hopes of "Bedding a Chick"
Supermarket Shopper Relates Orientation of Bar Joists To Deleuze Text Just Like Architect Intended
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