Usually used by a client to justify some flimsy, tacky, aplique
Curb Appeal -
Usually used to justify brick in the front, siding on the sides, since the only purpose of architecture is to satisfy the desires of someone driving by in their SUV, who happens to glance at the building in the precise second that their gaze is perfectly orthagonal to the front elevation.
It is what it is -
Used by my PM when I point out he's designed the project into a corner, and the building has no hope of redemption.
Any mention of Mastics, Sealants, and Adhesives -
Usually used by Product reps to explain the ease of installing their new system, with copious amounts of the aforementioned substances.
Any others . . .
AP
Apr 16, 05 6:37 pm
massage the entry...
alphanumericcha
Apr 16, 05 6:48 pm
gulp
AP
Apr 16, 05 6:52 pm
..as confused as an octopus in a garage
chupacabra
Apr 16, 05 7:02 pm
paradigm shift
heterarch
Apr 16, 05 7:47 pm
worst ever - "I want an architect who will just draw what I tell them to."
Smokety Mc Smoke Smoke
Apr 16, 05 9:33 pm
"new building typology"
BLEHHAARRRRRRGHHH (the sound of induced projectile vomiting upon hearing the above phrase)
architecturegeek
Apr 17, 05 1:02 am
"Well we actually have to build this."
....no sh@t!
It's such a stupid excuse for mediocrity, as if to say that because the project getting built, I get to get away with thinking less.
el193
Apr 18, 05 2:15 pm
"black cape" architect
argh... working at a corporate firm this term is thrown around way too much to describe more 'design-y' firms. it's loaded with bitterness and envy. hate it.
ether
Apr 18, 05 2:27 pm
you know?
driftwood
Apr 18, 05 5:08 pm
"Minimum competancy."
Plus a great many already listed...
bmyrum
Apr 18, 05 5:23 pm
former project architect i worked with used "lunch and learn" oooh. his way of getting reps to pay for lunch so he didn't have to. all the ones down here have caught on. god i hate that phrase
A Center for Ants?
Apr 18, 05 6:03 pm
"i'm just too creative for architecture"
someone in my design studio a few years ago after a (deservingly) harsh crit.
dia
Apr 18, 05 6:37 pm
At the moment we are designing a project requiring alot concrete balconies - if I hear the term "nib" uttered again by my co-workers, I'll end someone.
Also, one person, in charge of writing the specification for the project is fond of shortening it to "spess" or "my spessy", That also drives me nuts, but it could have something to do with the fact that I dont like her.
I've talked about the ubiquity of the phrase "right now", shudder.
But most of all, I was talking to my boss the other day, and he said something like: "there is very good architecture and very bad architecture - what we do is somewhere in the middle because thats what people want". Straight from the horses arse.
dia
Apr 18, 05 6:38 pm
and people who put "quasi" in front of a descriptor should also end.
CJarch
Apr 18, 05 6:40 pm
design decisions based on something being "cuter than a bug's ear"
dia
Apr 18, 05 6:51 pm
And I have to say that Sparky Browns little footer is also beginning to grate...
toasteroven
Apr 19, 05 5:16 pm
"value engineering" um... we're over-budget?
"The client wanted it that way" this pisses me off more than any other statement from an architect. someday i want to work for an office where no one ever ... EVER ... says this.
"i'm off like a prom dress" my old boss used to say this when he was leaving in a hurry.
"my building is a metaphor for..." some abstract concept such as "time" or "anger" or something. or any use of the word "metaphor" when describing a building.
evilplatypus
Apr 19, 05 10:17 pm
just give me the cliff notes.
Geo
Apr 19, 05 10:52 pm
..along the lines of "intervention" I have equal lothing for "notion"
Ex: "I think the NOTION of (insert relevant criticism) in your work needs some more thought...always had this word thrown at me by prof's while in school as some kind of passive/aggressive way of saying "I'm not really into your ideas so why not look at what I'm doing and copy that' it got really old after about two weeks.
Geo
Apr 19, 05 10:55 pm
oops...that's loathing, not lothing..sorry for the typo guys
jones
Apr 21, 05 1:13 am
"don't spend any time on it,"
cvoogt
Apr 21, 05 9:14 am
"this <element> dies into <other element>"
We need to VE that .... let's switch to EIFS. Protest by mentioning Loos and honesty, get some laughs, they proceed to spec EIFS anyway.
pazdon
Apr 21, 05 1:46 pm
"The admissions committee regrets to inform you that..."
Jefferson
Apr 21, 05 1:57 pm
"I was just kinda playing with these elements"
pazdon
Apr 21, 05 2:48 pm
"i guess it looks cool but it just seems like a waste of money to me" (my fellow engineering officemates referring to anything other than right angles and standard connections)
ice9
Apr 21, 05 4:18 pm
"architectural" by consultants when used in a purely maginalizing way. "architectural woodwork" or "architectural trim" - meaning "not really a part of the building just something we slap on and we think the architect might like."
and
"nominal" by architects to mean "minimal". it doesn't. so stop it.
word!
Apr 21, 05 4:30 pm
"vis-a-vis"
seems like one of the other wooptie do architecture words that famous architects use. koolhaus, tschumi ...
apple79
Apr 21, 05 11:50 pm
"it's common sense"
everything in life is relative to the individual and his/her's understanding of the world.
Ms Beary
May 26, 05 8:08 am
You do accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, don't you?
How is your walk with Jesus?
(Both of these I have been asked at work)
pterodactyl
May 26, 05 9:58 pm
"that's a nice moment" when referring to something on a model. it's not a moment, it's a tangible thing.
LenaV
May 27, 05 12:02 am
Starting off sentences like:
"In a nutshell..."
"Big picture..."
"I'm thinking out loud here but..."
evangelicalbunny
May 27, 05 2:44 am
Dear Friends,
"piss"
"shit"
"fuck"
"cunt"
"cocksucker"
"motherfucker"
"tits"
"fart"
"dirty twat"
"I fucked your Mom"
mmmmmm...that felt kind pleasant, not very loving, but pleasant
With Love!
eb
cvoogt
May 27, 05 4:09 am
eb, I'm offended by your deeply un-Christian phraseology.
"with love"
cv
cvoogt
May 27, 05 4:15 am
with love
cyn
May 27, 05 10:57 am
"dude" (especially when said by a female)
"maybe that was just supposed to happen"
"i guess that just wasn't meant to be"
"you're top shelf all the way"
"wanna hookup?"
"you have a million dollar a**"
"are you in your twenties?" (said by a desperate old geezer)
cyn
May 27, 05 11:03 am
"you're a conservative drinker"
"and what do you bring to the table?"
"just suck it up"
cyn
May 27, 05 11:07 am
"kewl" or "kool"
especially disgusting
4arch
May 27, 05 12:10 pm
"good morning" "i'm a good christian" "i am a god-fearing person" and a "compsssionate conservative" "i support equal rights for x but..." "there ought to be limits to freedom" "have a good weekend" and "god bless america"
4arch
May 27, 05 12:20 pm
more
"terra-ists"
"war on terra"
"nu-cular"
"miss-isles"
realia
May 27, 05 5:57 pm
Architects (yes, even Architects) who say 'cement' when they are referring to concrete. It makes them sound like such uneducated idiots!
grid
May 27, 05 7:58 pm
"in reality"
"yes?" when said rhetorically at the end of a sentence.
bigness
May 27, 05 10:29 pm
"this project is/can/will be/looks fun"
hey, fuck you, it's not about fun, it's about Architecture you moron...
"i don't care/it's the same for me/ i don't mind either way"
in other words people without opinions
and best of all, as said during our celebration week by a student of unit one under prof. Florian Beigel of the Architectural Research Unit:
"in our unit we belive that program is overrated"
uh?!
le bossman
May 29, 05 10:11 am
"this is the stickiest of the icky"
greenmach
May 29, 05 4:43 pm
"what do you want to do with your life"
bossman, this one's for you.
kaybyrd
May 30, 05 9:58 pm
i definately agree with many on this being the worst phrase:
"well, what this space *wants* to be is.... (horrible phrase.)
also:
"will you do me a favor?"
...am i really allowed to say no?
also, my personal favorite by my big boss:
"you don't want to go to graduate school. it's not going to help you any with your career..."
...well, too bad. that is what i want to do so he can SUCK IT.
kaybyrd
May 30, 05 10:04 pm
recently, a coworker of mine was told by her PM:
"shouldn't God be your copilot?"
how much more inappropriate can one get at work unless they are patting you on the ass while talking to you? which, by the way, has also happened....
leander
May 30, 05 10:42 pm
newest, wowest, nowest.
my pm repeats this 40 times a day. god help us all, if this is what happens to us.
atomic
Mar 30, 06 1:17 pm
That dog will hunt.
MArch n' unemployed
Mar 30, 06 1:20 pm
not a phrase, just a word and i cringe to even write it....
panties
jss273nyc
Mar 30, 06 2:25 pm
"I like modern architecture, you know, clean lines" makes me puke!
and...
"I have a call into...." This is by far one of the stupidest expressions. Why not, "I left a message with so and so?"
Bang for your Buck -
Usually used by a client to justify some flimsy, tacky, aplique
Curb Appeal -
Usually used to justify brick in the front, siding on the sides, since the only purpose of architecture is to satisfy the desires of someone driving by in their SUV, who happens to glance at the building in the precise second that their gaze is perfectly orthagonal to the front elevation.
It is what it is -
Used by my PM when I point out he's designed the project into a corner, and the building has no hope of redemption.
Any mention of Mastics, Sealants, and Adhesives -
Usually used by Product reps to explain the ease of installing their new system, with copious amounts of the aforementioned substances.
Any others . . .
massage the entry...
gulp
..as confused as an octopus in a garage
paradigm shift
worst ever - "I want an architect who will just draw what I tell them to."
"new building typology"
BLEHHAARRRRRRGHHH (the sound of induced projectile vomiting upon hearing the above phrase)
"Well we actually have to build this."
....no sh@t!
It's such a stupid excuse for mediocrity, as if to say that because the project getting built, I get to get away with thinking less.
"black cape" architect
argh... working at a corporate firm this term is thrown around way too much to describe more 'design-y' firms. it's loaded with bitterness and envy. hate it.
you know?
"Minimum competancy."
Plus a great many already listed...
former project architect i worked with used "lunch and learn" oooh. his way of getting reps to pay for lunch so he didn't have to. all the ones down here have caught on. god i hate that phrase
"i'm just too creative for architecture"
someone in my design studio a few years ago after a (deservingly) harsh crit.
At the moment we are designing a project requiring alot concrete balconies - if I hear the term "nib" uttered again by my co-workers, I'll end someone.
Also, one person, in charge of writing the specification for the project is fond of shortening it to "spess" or "my spessy", That also drives me nuts, but it could have something to do with the fact that I dont like her.
I've talked about the ubiquity of the phrase "right now", shudder.
But most of all, I was talking to my boss the other day, and he said something like: "there is very good architecture and very bad architecture - what we do is somewhere in the middle because thats what people want". Straight from the horses arse.
and people who put "quasi" in front of a descriptor should also end.
design decisions based on something being "cuter than a bug's ear"
And I have to say that Sparky Browns little footer is also beginning to grate...
"value engineering" um... we're over-budget?
"The client wanted it that way" this pisses me off more than any other statement from an architect. someday i want to work for an office where no one ever ... EVER ... says this.
"i'm off like a prom dress" my old boss used to say this when he was leaving in a hurry.
"my building is a metaphor for..." some abstract concept such as "time" or "anger" or something. or any use of the word "metaphor" when describing a building.
just give me the cliff notes.
..along the lines of "intervention" I have equal lothing for "notion"
Ex: "I think the NOTION of (insert relevant criticism) in your work needs some more thought...always had this word thrown at me by prof's while in school as some kind of passive/aggressive way of saying "I'm not really into your ideas so why not look at what I'm doing and copy that' it got really old after about two weeks.
oops...that's loathing, not lothing..sorry for the typo guys
"don't spend any time on it,"
"this <element> dies into <other element>"
We need to VE that .... let's switch to EIFS. Protest by mentioning Loos and honesty, get some laughs, they proceed to spec EIFS anyway.
"The admissions committee regrets to inform you that..."
"I was just kinda playing with these elements"
"i guess it looks cool but it just seems like a waste of money to me" (my fellow engineering officemates referring to anything other than right angles and standard connections)
"architectural" by consultants when used in a purely maginalizing way. "architectural woodwork" or "architectural trim" - meaning "not really a part of the building just something we slap on and we think the architect might like."
and
"nominal" by architects to mean "minimal". it doesn't. so stop it.
"vis-a-vis"
seems like one of the other wooptie do architecture words that famous architects use. koolhaus, tschumi ...
"it's common sense"
everything in life is relative to the individual and his/her's understanding of the world.
You do accept Jesus Christ as your Lord and Saviour, don't you?
How is your walk with Jesus?
(Both of these I have been asked at work)
"that's a nice moment" when referring to something on a model. it's not a moment, it's a tangible thing.
Starting off sentences like:
"In a nutshell..."
"Big picture..."
"I'm thinking out loud here but..."
Dear Friends,
"piss"
"shit"
"fuck"
"cunt"
"cocksucker"
"motherfucker"
"tits"
"fart"
"dirty twat"
"I fucked your Mom"
mmmmmm...that felt kind pleasant, not very loving, but pleasant
With Love!
eb
eb, I'm offended by your deeply un-Christian phraseology.
"with love"
cv
with love
"dude" (especially when said by a female)
"maybe that was just supposed to happen"
"i guess that just wasn't meant to be"
"you're top shelf all the way"
"wanna hookup?"
"you have a million dollar a**"
"are you in your twenties?" (said by a desperate old geezer)
"you're a conservative drinker"
"and what do you bring to the table?"
"just suck it up"
"kewl" or "kool"
especially disgusting
"good morning" "i'm a good christian" "i am a god-fearing person" and a "compsssionate conservative" "i support equal rights for x but..." "there ought to be limits to freedom" "have a good weekend" and "god bless america"
more
"terra-ists"
"war on terra"
"nu-cular"
"miss-isles"
Architects (yes, even Architects) who say 'cement' when they are referring to concrete. It makes them sound like such uneducated idiots!
"in reality"
"yes?" when said rhetorically at the end of a sentence.
"this project is/can/will be/looks fun"
hey, fuck you, it's not about fun, it's about Architecture you moron...
"i don't care/it's the same for me/ i don't mind either way"
in other words people without opinions
and best of all, as said during our celebration week by a student of unit one under prof. Florian Beigel of the Architectural Research Unit:
"in our unit we belive that program is overrated"
uh?!
"this is the stickiest of the icky"
"what do you want to do with your life"
bossman, this one's for you.
i definately agree with many on this being the worst phrase:
"well, what this space *wants* to be is.... (horrible phrase.)
also:
"will you do me a favor?"
...am i really allowed to say no?
also, my personal favorite by my big boss:
"you don't want to go to graduate school. it's not going to help you any with your career..."
...well, too bad. that is what i want to do so he can SUCK IT.
recently, a coworker of mine was told by her PM:
"shouldn't God be your copilot?"
how much more inappropriate can one get at work unless they are patting you on the ass while talking to you? which, by the way, has also happened....
newest, wowest, nowest.
my pm repeats this 40 times a day. god help us all, if this is what happens to us.
That dog will hunt.
not a phrase, just a word and i cringe to even write it....
panties
"I like modern architecture, you know, clean lines" makes me puke!
and...
"I have a call into...." This is by far one of the stupidest expressions. Why not, "I left a message with so and so?"