27. Brad Pitt will win a Pritzker
28. Robust sales of new Archinect t-shirts lift the economy out a recession

29. The White Sox will win the world series

30. The White Sox will not win the world series

30. Brad will dump Angelina and hook up with Zaha. It will be the Architectual Marriage of the year.

32. Chuck Norris witll be appointed Ambasador to China.

33. Autocad will come out with version 2010 in the year 2009.

34. The White Sox will not not win the world series

Sarah Palin will run off with Levi....just because he is a hot sexy hockey player.....

35. Since Angelina Jolie adopted Jennifer Aniston, Jenifer will be molested by her father Brad pitt..before running away from his family to hook up with Zaha

36. Zaha will have a Fling with Levi....just because he is a hot sexy hocky player....and he talks dirty.

37. americans will lose all interest in sports and celebrity as the economy crumbles around them... wait... nah.

38. china will buy america and force us all to be chinese

39. obama will get caught in the white house with no other than monica lewinsky who has been hiding in the closet and waiting for the transition. this'll make oprah very jealous and harpo will publish a behind the scenes issue titled 'happy birthday mr. president,' claiming that the president is a muslim dingdong who will not admit he has been secretly (also) been schtucking sarah pelin and telling everybody he goes to alaska every month fishing for world peace crab, vehemently denying he goes there for piece of ass instead.

40. When the combined bail-out from the Federal Reserve and Congress finally reaches the consumer a loaf of bread will be worth $1000 although we will all be paid at '08 levels, leading to a new form of currency- The Rat.

41. There will be at least one thread asking where Architects get all their groovy glasses.

these predictions are blago!

44. i will lost my virginity (i hope)

typo>42

43. vado will be blago'd

45. there will be a post asking which is the best school

46. The global economy will reach such a pitch of instability and craziness that all financial transactions will be halted for 3 days, banks, stores, and schools will shut down and people will hang out and sit in front of their houses/buildings drinking mint julep and play the banjo and poker.

47. The earth will be hit my a massive asteroid that will split it into exactly 47 pieces, which will then float for eternity in the vastness of space....

or maybe it won't....

48. there will be a post claiming PC/Windows is way better than MAC

49. Bjarke Ingels (BIG) will do social housing in latin america

50. Per Corell will stop commenting on the discussions section and sign up in architecture school.

51. OMA will publish a book about eastern europe

52. there will be a blog about 2010 predictions

53. there will be a movie about the end of the world, it's josh hartnett's turn now

54. Basement renovations will be the driving architectural industry as half the country goes back to live in their parents'.

55. I will start a company and hire architects at an unbelievable cheap price before the booming starts again in 2010.

hahahaha 54 is a good one...

56. drunk bicycling will become the next big fad.

57. works at Sagrada Familia construction will get finished under the guidance of Sir Norman Foster

58. bush pardons madoff

59 Brent Crude @ <$25/barrell

60. the world will end
61. my bank calls my line of credit in
62. i finally get to my 2003 tax returns!

[maybe i have the order wrong here]

63. An emergency presidential address is televised live on all major networks on the last day of Bush's presidency. News spreads quickly that he intends to expose the extent of his and his cabinet's corruption over the past eight years, and will offer to turn himself in to face the legal ramifications of his crimes. Five minutes into the address, the screen cuts, and W can be heard laughing in the background; running out of the office for Mexico.

64. Bush gets killed in Mexico after a long torture with a "MOCTEZUMA's REVENGE" style.... Mexican government issues official cause of dead:

-dehydration by diarrhea-


P.S. he better not think to come over here, he might go to his "brit buddies" we want no Bush here

65. Bush enacts supreme executive privilege and does not leave office

66. Mugabe Brings Cholera to Usaians

madoff tells the world it was his 23 year old live in maid that was the mastermind in the 50 billion dollar ponzi scheme, he was just the front man.

68. Mugabe reveals that he is somehow related to Adolf Hitler and starts a trend around Africa with his moustache.

69. Levi Johnson's mom gets busted for oxycontin distribution. Oh sorry that happened this year. Sarah Palin will not testify when she is called to the stand evokes the 5th Amendment....ya that is it ...cause the hearing isn't until January 6, 2009.

70. Paris Hilton will reveal some part of her anatomy to the paparazzi.............wait, that happens every year.....month.....week.

71. The few remaining strands of Cliff Burton's DNA will be reconstituted to form a "Super Cliff Burton" who will go medieval on James Hetfield, Lars Ulrich, and Kirk Hammett.

Dan Stewart gives his ten for 2009 in Building Magazine:


4 Foreign Office Architects has a public falling out with the letter E. “For too long, the letter E has ignored the design quality of our work and compromised the integrity for which we have worked long and hard,” says principal Alejandro Zaera Polo. “From henceforth, we will be known as Forign Offic Architcts.” The letter E initiates legal proceedings.

etc

I predict that a major US city (population 500k or greater) will be without a daily, mainstream newspaper by the end of the year.

72. Rem's China project will be set on fire.... damn! i was late...

it seems i am doing pretty well on my predictions...

walmart you, b3ta!

It's time to start owning, counting down to the last three weeks. vado, any movement yet on 18 or 19? no pressure mind you, i just have a bet in Vegas i'm looking to help pay for x-mas.