I am starting a new thread that is about other threads. You can talk about other discussions taking a place in Archinect and make cross references to a particular link, picture, response and whatever else you deem necessary or entertaining or thought provoking about the other thread. thus the name: Thread Central
here are some examples of comments that comes to mind:
* hey did you read on --------- thread ------- thinks frank gehry is good. hahahaharhar..
or,
*i can't believe he said that. how stupid of him. asshole.on top of it he is got hundreds of posts. gimme a break.
or,
* this is the best thread.. fuck the others..
or,
*****Thread Alert******
read the -----thread yet??? there is a dog fight going on between ----- and-----.it is about gondolas and pollution in Venice..see you there.
or,
* yeaah, i don't read that thread either. its kind a boring.
or,
*i am thinking about starting a discussion about ------------- ---- ---- will you guys in Thread Central post in it and say wow it a great thread?. it was about time 'somebody' (insert my name please) picked up on it.. and discuss it?
like whatever..
JLC-1
Mar 1, 18 10:23 am
Have you seen this yet? guns in schools, hahahahahahahahahaha.......
Dear Archinect, I was just looking at comments on any of these topics in the forum and thought, why can't they put the latest comments at the top of the page instead of having to flip over pages that are years old? that's how my email is setup, I have the most recent at the top. thanks.
tduds
Mar 2, 18 4:10 pm
It'd make reading threads hard. You'd have to read backwards.
JLC-1
Mar 2, 18 4:14 pm
you mean like when they "feature" comments? yes, I don't mind, I just want to see what's been said more recently first.
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 9:14 am
So I declined an invitation to work an unpaid Saturday and now my boss has somehow made me feel guilty about it. What a shit profession!
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 11:33 am
Tried my mightiest to no avail.
wurdan freo
Mar 4, 18 11:58 am
Salary or hourly?
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 1:36 pm
My firm is hourly until you hit a cutoff at around 15 yrs total experience. So I'm hourly.
wurdan freo
Mar 4, 18 3:14 pm
What does 15 yrs experience have to do with salary or hourly? Sounds weird. How much experience do u have? Is this a regular occurence? Has your boss generally been good to you? Hard to comment on specific situation without knowing more about your relationship with your boss but it's generally a good experience to learn
how to say no.
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 7:03 pm
Yeah it's not a set 15 years... Very similar to som model ... At a certain point, you switch from hourly to salary, just much later than som usually does, for example.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 4, 18 9:55 am
Start looking for a new job.
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 11:34 am
I have been. Along with this lingering, pestering hald-idea half-feeling that I should start my own practice.
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 11:36 am
Recently got a side job from the superintendent of my latest project with the firm I work at and I could probably fanagle a teaching job in the autumn while filling in with writing and other stuff. It's still a big step to contemplate.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 4, 18 12:57 pm
Any feeling of "security" you have now is illusionary. Be confident in yourself, in the end that's all you've got.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 4, 18 6:37 pm
Starting my own firm worked for me! (sing to the tune of "hooked on phonics")
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 4, 18 7:22 pm
What is it with architects and grand stairs? I am into good enough stairs. Grand stairs is one of those phrases that make me want to vomit.
archanonymous
Mar 4, 18 8:15 pm
I believe Monumental Stair is the term d'art
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 4, 18 10:01 pm
I hear both terms. Same thing. Except grand is pronounced graaaand.
archanonymous
Mar 5, 18 10:18 am
I like those simply detailed steel and concrete stairs the modernists used. Corbu's fire stair in the Carpenter Center is nicer than most of the "Graaaand Stairs" i've ever seen designed.
geezertect
Mar 7, 18 7:12 pm
Guess you hate the Spanish Steps at the Piazza di Spagna then.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 9, 18 8:48 am
No I don't hate the Piazza di Spagna.
Mr_Wiggin
Mar 6, 18 2:20 pm
Is it off-base for me to hope that those that I graduated with would extend a helping-hand for getting employment in their firm? I'm not looking, but someone I know is, and they've received zero help from anyone in their graduating class, or alumni in general . Pretty lame considering I got one of them their first job before they moved on to bigger and better things...
JLC-1
Mar 6, 18 2:31 pm
Depends on how much do you know of their capabilities after graduation and some years of work; I've had some people asking for a helping hand and I couldn't really recommend them based on my experience working with them. It reflects on you if the "friend" is not as capable as you hope or remember.
Non Sequitur
Mar 6, 18 2:33 pm
I've always extended solid opportunities to my fellow classmates when one is looking for new employment.
Mr_Wiggin
Mar 6, 18 3:02 pm
There's always a risk in helping to the point of getting someone an actual job, I still put my neck out there and did it. I knew then that landing that first job was more about who you knew than much else, so I helped out a classmate. But in this case the total lack of any assistance at all levels, friends, classmates, professors, etc. at a point in the market at which I hear it's tough to find anyone, is appalling.
JLC-1
Mar 6, 18 3:12 pm
call them on it.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 8, 18 10:26 pm
I got a friend a job once. It didn't go well cause then she tried to be my boss and I didn't take to it very well and left.
Non Sequitur
Mar 8, 18 10:58 pm
Miny Non-Sequitur took his first steps today.
randomised
Mar 9, 18 3:14 am
Good luck running after him from now on :)
randomised
Mar 9, 18 3:16 am
My kid just started crawling and already hit warp speed, he's suddenly everywhere at the same time.
Non Sequitur
Mar 9, 18 7:47 am
Yes, relativity does not affect them.
wurdan freo
Mar 9, 18 4:17 pm
Get him a soccer ball to kick around... then you can yell at him."I told you not to play with that in the house!" :D
Non Sequitur
Mar 9, 18 4:19 pm
but I encourage the kicking and throwing of balls in the house.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 9, 18 5:48 pm
My first kid was hiking in the mountains on her own two feet at 10.5 months. Second one is a lazy one. Not even interested in crawling at 9 months. Must sit on my lap all day long, mama's boy.
Non Sequitur
Mar 12, 18 10:33 am
Tint, mine just started taking steps unassisted at 21month...
archietechie
Mar 12, 18 2:46 pm
Grats on the kiddo, let's hope mini NS doesn't learn to spell the canadian way.
Just noticed there are multiple doppelgangers of placebeyondthespline - platzzwischendenrucken & splinesbetweentheplace. Why?
Non Sequitur
Mar 12, 18 11:23 am
I blame Trump
Miles Jaffe
Mar 12, 18 2:23 pm
It was the Russians.
archietechie
Mar 12, 18 2:37 pm
NS - You blame everything on Trump tho, even the death of the neighbour's cat lel
Non Sequitur
Mar 12, 18 2:45 pm
I hate cats, cats are dumb and evil. I don't care if trump killed the cat or not.
archietechie
Mar 12, 18 2:53 pm
That's 1 thing you didn't blame others for! Yay!
placebeyondthesplines_
Mar 12, 18 2:56 pm
when a post gets removed because the maker of some shitty portfolio gets their feewings hurt, the account gets removed from the whole thread. the pbts accounts with underscores are all me, but that dipshit platzz is most definitely not.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 14, 18 9:59 pm
Solar flares today got everyone's ions off balance.
Non Sequitur
Mar 14, 18 11:00 pm
except that it's not a unique event...
Miles Jaffe
Mar 14, 18 11:13 pm
My ions have been waaaaay out of balance this week.
ARCHINECT: Is there any way to stop comment updates other than blocking the email?
Set to 'daily summary' which for some reason is anytime a comment is made. an OFF option would be appreciated.
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 18, 18 12:47 am
Balkins has crossed another line and went to the google doc to cause the kind of havoc that can be more harmful than anything he can do here.
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 18, 18 12:57 am
Let me know if you want to be done here too.
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 18, 18 12:59 am
"As this is a discussion, I suggest maybe the title be relabeled "Shitty Architecture People" (SAP). There may be a case out there where it is a women that is committing wrong. It keeps the list legitimate. We don't need a SAM and SAW list. One list is good enough. Other than that, I think the goal is fine. Sexual harassment, discrimination and like issues is wrong whether the perpetrator is man or women. (Only comment I need to say here.) The label just seems to give the implied impression that it is about targeting only men. The same tool should be applied regardless of gender. We may also learn more about those issues of woman being "Shitty" (whether it be sexual discrimination, sexual harassment or otherwise.) - over and out. RB-A"
Where in the above did you suggest that again?
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 18, 18 12:53 am
"Thanks for keeping professional about it and catching those entry attempt. Despite how we may debate, disagree, argue, what not, I appreciate the overall professionalism.
Personally, I feel the title should be "Shitty People in Architecture" so as to be a list that looks into issues. I might not know specific issues of cases going on in individual firms and such, I've hear of cases (not necessarily in Architecture) of women who commit sexual harassment. I think being forward thinking even if the currently list may have just men at this time, by saying "People", we aren't making implied claim that it is just men to be listed. The idea of the list is fair enough. I had a chance to look at the list, finally. I appreciate to disclaimer that is their. A little more work on the title and I think we be good.
If more information is brought forward about women that are 'shitty' (in like context) with appropriate supporting information, it would be fair. I wouldn't think a men and women list would be necessary. One single list and a column for gender (M/F and whatever else for Transgender) would be sufficient. The goal is to encourage the end of sexual harassment & discrimination. That's part of the mission, right? If so, we should be fair for all people and "shame" them for doing such wrong.... regardless of gender. I apologize for being a pain in the ass about it on the forum. It's tat for tat.
I know the phrase is a little different but it might be wrong to say in context of the subject matter. For all I know, you might be a woman and this PM goes to private mail not as a general public forum post. Sometimes I try to be sensitive but other times, a different issue. I'm not always a prick even though I'll always be a Dick.... (you know.... Dick is a nickname for Richard)."
Donna Sink
Mar 18, 18 11:31 am
Isn't Richard banned yet? Or has he been banned then changed his name and come back?
Non Sequitur
Mar 18, 18 12:07 pm
What happened here in the last 24hrs?
Flatfish
Mar 18, 18 12:11 pm
Yes he was previously banned, changed his name, and came back. When he was banned before, the last straw was when he copy-pasted a pages-long homophobic rant from Reddit. Every now and then when some years-old thread gets resurrected, it has bizarre posts in it from someone with no name. That's because when he was banned previously his name was removed, but only some of his content was removed.
Donna Sink
Mar 18, 18 1:10 pm
Richard just emailed me privately telling me I'm a devil. I'm going to ask that he be banned. He offers nothing of value here.
Non Sequitur
Mar 18, 18 1:26 pm
For Sean connery’s sake... can that hermit dog himself an even deeper hole? Wait... he most certainly can. Damn.
Non Sequitur
Mar 18, 18 1:26 pm
*dig
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 18, 18 1:53 pm
I say post the email. I did.
Gloominati
Mar 18, 18 1:38 pm
That's the reason I set my account so I can't get private messages. He sent some creepy (implied threats) emails to me years ago.
randomised
Mar 18, 18 4:31 pm
Don't think it's right to ban a special needs archinecter though.
Donna Sink
Mar 18, 18 6:41 pm
Is anyone else not able to view the last page of TC on their computer? On the phone it's fine.
Archinect
Mar 19, 18 1:07 pm
This is currently only affecting forum moderators. Fix will be coming soon.
Josh Mings
Mar 19, 18 3:56 pm
Wait - Archinect has moderators? Count me as surprised. No one has ever mentioned it.
randomised
Mar 19, 18 11:59 am
Am curious why b3ta's Libernect thread was nuked...
Non Sequitur
Mar 19, 18 12:03 pm
same... seemed like a good and safe place to trap dumb ideas. Now without the quarantine, they will spread out to other discussions.
Archinect
Mar 19, 18 1:04 pm
b3ta requested that it be nuked
randomised
Mar 19, 18 1:15 pm
He indeed isn't one for free speech QED.
tduds
Mar 19, 18 3:59 pm
Hating Bjarke is the new loving Bjarke.
curtkram
Mar 19, 18 8:18 pm
he's got a 17 in the "do you recognize this behavior" column. please don't tell me that's why you started liking him....
curtkram
Mar 19, 18 10:31 pm
There is a spreadsheet out there
Bench
Mar 19, 18 3:50 pm
Whoa. Left for a week and the forum exploded. Way too much to keep track of, what happened (crib notes version)? Something about RB? Is he gone again?
Miles Jaffe
Mar 19, 18 4:04 pm
RB suffered a cranial-rectal inversion, threatened Donna via email, then tried to deny it with a new thread which was nuked, along with his account (I hope). All of which was inspired(?) by the shitty men thread and Dick Meier.
SneakyPete
Mar 19, 18 4:14 pm
In all seriousness, has anyone made any inquiries into whether he needs help? I wouldn't want to be in a situation where warnings were ignored because someone seemed harmless.
SneakyPete
Mar 19, 18 4:30 pm
That's my point. If he's crossed the line to actual threats, then the local authorities should be made aware. The authorities can decide what to do with the information, but when people who are not anonymous are being threatened, actions should be taken to protect them. Just my $0.02.
Non Sequitur
Mar 19, 18 4:42 pm
Not Balkins related, but heading home last night, we stopped at a rest area on the highway and witnessed the start of a domestic dispute that turned violent when the women attempted to run over a man with her car. They promptly left, together, but not without us and some staff attempting an intervention. 30mins later we saw the vehicle pulled to the side with 4 police cruisers. We are certain that that night would have ended differently and badly had we not alerted the authorities. True story.
Non Sequitur
Mar 19, 18 4:49 pm
^Yes, there were complaints made although I do not remember the results. The flames form the dumpster were too much to bare.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 19, 18 5:32 pm
Non - you Canucks are some crazy dangerous people. No wonder the US is armed to the teeth.
randomised
Mar 20, 18 5:04 am
Isn't it obvious Rick has some mental issues? He surely has a reduced mental/social capacity, I think all the mocking, teasing and bullying isn't really helping his condition/situation either. Think he needs professional help before things get really out of hand and he might either harm himself or lash out. Aren't there some procedures in the US to notify authorities?
Gloominati
Mar 20, 18 8:24 am
When he sent threats to me, they were not threats of violence - they were threats of harassment by contacting my state board and my employer with baseless accusations. I'm not sure that rises to the level of reportable. I just changed my name here and turned off the ability to message me. By his own accounts he was sent to somebody at his university to evaluate him after he deliberately intimidated an administrator. He also admitted to hosting on his website some acquaintance's photos, which may or may not have involved stalking on that other person's part - that seemed to be a matter of debate on another forum. The latter incident seemed more like RB was being manipulated - i.e. more the naive, unwitting accomplice than a first-hand stalker. Some things he's said about his parents also make me wonder if he's living in some sort of Turpin-family scenario. So who does one call about that? The police? Social services?
randomised
Mar 20, 18 8:33 am
Sounds more like something for social services / mental health professionals.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 20, 18 9:23 am
In the US those services are basically non-existent until after the fact.
randomised
Mar 20, 18 9:31 am
That explains a lot.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 20, 18 10:11 am
I've conversed with RB in email too. He never threatened me. I told him I would help him find any kind of help he needed and I would help him figure out what kind of help that could be too. Never heard back.
Flatfish
Apr 22, 18 10:55 pm
RB has now explicitly stated that it is his intent to be "a pain in the ass SUPER-Troll". Isn't that enough to give him the boot?
tduds
Mar 19, 18 4:07 pm
Wow that SAM thread blew up.
I'm keeping an eye on the spreadsheet... but I can't follow all the bullshit in that thread anymore.
mantaray
Mar 19, 18 9:58 pm
I'm SO confused by the Petes. I THOUGHT one of you was formerly known as Chris, but now I'm just totally lost... everyone keeps changing names on here. Makes me feel very disoriented and disconnected.
Bench
Mar 20, 18 9:38 am
The multiple-pseudo-petes was getting way too confusing. So Sneaky is/always was a different one ?
SneakyPete
Mar 20, 18 10:04 am
I've never had any other nicknames on here, and I don't have any sock puppets.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 20, 18 6:00 pm
PP should have stayed Olaf.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 21, 18 5:21 pm
You killed him.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 21, 18 7:07 pm
The helpful, smart, funny, creative, positive, and kind one can stay. Get rid of the rest of them.
SneakyPete
Mar 21, 18 7:24 pm
Yeah, the pot stirring is a bit off putting, especially when the alternative is so much better.
SneakyPete
Mar 21, 18 7:32 pm
I like Chris.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 21, 18 8:01 pm
Once you go positive you will wonder why you were ever negative. Life is too short. Thought experiments and pot stirring can be positive and kind. Positivity is like learning to fly when everyone else is crawling. I was really excited when you declared positivity, but I'm not seeing it.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 21, 18 10:34 pm
If you can be non-sensical, you can be positive.
randomised
Mar 20, 18 12:01 pm
And the 'To clarify stuff etc.'-thread is gone too, guess that was it for Astoria, for real this time...
Non Sequitur
Mar 20, 18 12:12 pm
and several hours past my prediction. I owe someone a Guinness then.
SneakyPete
Mar 20, 18 12:15 pm
I missed most of it, but I don't think I miss it.
randomised
Mar 20, 18 12:20 pm
Maybe it simply moved to my email, I'll check my inbox, seems to be a thing these days.
SneakyPete
Mar 20, 18 12:24 pm
I'm not a fan of deleting evidence of bad behavior, nor of the names of banned members disappearing from the posts they have made. It removes consequences of ones actions on the internet. While I post anonymously, what I say here should not become unattributed to me if I get myself banned.
randomised
Mar 20, 18 12:43 pm
Agreed, wasn't the internet supposed to be forever?
Miles Jaffe
Mar 20, 18 1:51 pm
Time will tell. I called for his removal along with his Donna thread, but only the thread got axed. Maybe this time is different?
randomised
Mar 21, 18 3:47 am
Nope, he's back at it, in the "Libertarianism" thread.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 21, 18 9:30 am
I left Archinect for a year when he commandeered the forums. Must have been off his meds. Between him and jla-x maybe it's time to go again.
Bloopox
Mar 21, 18 10:47 am
Just putting him on ignore has kept my blood pressure down. He can't commandeer the forum if most of us don't see him or engage.
citizen
Mar 21, 18 12:01 pm
^ Grown-up solution +++
Donna Sink
Mar 22, 18 9:32 am
I must have missed out on something, my name came up? I don't know what's going on but in any case I'm all for a total ban on Richard Balkins. He doesn't offer anything constructive, and what worries me is: I know I can ignore him, but new visitors to the forum won't know that this person who carries on (and on and on and on) about things somewhat related to architecture is usually saying things that are wrong.
Non Sequitur
Mar 22, 18 9:59 am
Donna, Ricardo Balkachino Jr posted some apology threads directed at you. They were along the lines of "sorry, but not sorry, because of poor logic".
Miles Jaffe
Mar 22, 18 10:40 am
You also missed a direct back and forth with b3ta, and at least two threads that have been nuked. Like a dumpster fire, but much less entertaining.
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 23, 18 6:29 am
very much less entertaining. although, i will say my photos from Universal's Halloween spectacular did come in handy.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 20, 18 3:04 pm
Just had a contractor come fix something at my house. People who ask what it is like being an architect, just think about how unfun it is to have to get quotes, negotiate work on your house, evaluate it, and write a check for it. And have construction noise.
Non Sequitur
Mar 21, 18 10:55 am
I fired the first contractor I hired to do work on our house on the first day. Expensive solution with no alternative or even basic explanation of what that cost gets me? Sorry, but no thanks.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 21, 18 10:59 am
I got this guy down half price yesterday but I still way overpaid for what he did. Scam artists. But at least he taught me some stuff, so I'll take the lesson for the extra money. He said "lube" about 40 times. Dude.
Mr_Wiggin
Mar 21, 18 11:36 am
Do architects ever speak at the ground-breaking or ribbon-cutting of a project? Do we ever get credit? I haven't been doing this all that long, but I've yet to see us get any credit or recognition on the projects we've designed so far... There's got to be a reason, once I get to the point I'm running projects, I don't want to go to these things and not be recognized, any advice? Just got done on a project, and the project management consultant (scam artist) gets to speak at the ground breaking, she didn't even work on the project!
Bloopox
Mar 21, 18 11:51 am
In my experience I or my firm has generally been mentioned/credited at the ribbon cutting or project-warming or whatever. I haven't experienced many of these where there was much if any speaking by anyone other than the owner, OPM, building committee, or major donors/funders. If it were part of the program for someone else on the team to speak, I'd expect that to be the CM if it's a CM project, or the architect and/or GC on a GC project. Personally I'd rather have my firm just recognized, and am happy most of these things aren't speaking engagements. The only time I've really felt slighted was on a mid-sized commercial project where we were completely left off the toast list at the opening party. The OPM later apologized personally - he said that it wasn't typical in their company to hire an architect, and some of the upper management wasn't aware that he had done so on that project. We didn't know until then that we were a secret! He later asked that we not use the project in our online portfolio - we did take the name off but their corporate branding is pretty obvious in the photos, and I'm not taking it down.
randomised
Mar 22, 18 3:53 am
Those are normally celebratory occasions where also the architects are mentioned, thanked or even say a few words...very unusual to be snubbed in my experience.
Mr_Wiggin
Mar 23, 18 5:02 pm
Every time for us, random...
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 26, 18 6:37 am
Today, was lisenng to someone who was telling me about how they designed their own house, on and on. Pressing for details, because, frankly, I was impressed that they did it themselves and wanted to hear about their experience, they eventually said they just picked options from what the designer gave them from some choices. And it was really really hard and overwhelming to pick from those options they said! Lol. But they were the designer! Pure innocent delusion.
Mr_Wiggin
Mar 26, 18 4:26 pm
I attended a friend's wedding, which they had at their new in-laws home. This home was, for no more appropriate term, bitchin'. Every detail was worked out, nothing came from a kit-of-parts that you usually see from a custom home outfit. So I had to ask, turns out they initially worked with a custom home business, and quickly found that there was nothing custom at all about what they were going to get, so they hired an architecture prof. from a nearby Uni who not only worked the design out with them, but also did the CA. The way they talked about the custom home people gave me a bad taste, it's hard to believe anyone would put up with that process knowing you're not really getting what you want while laying out some pretty good money. ANYWAY, I guess if I wanted recognition I would've chosen another profession, but the point stands.
Mr_Wiggin
Mar 21, 18 11:59 am
I just have to wonder if it's a matter of communication, or these clients just don't like us... Nothing as scandalous as being an unmentionable secret though.
tduds
Mar 21, 18 12:47 pm
Locker room sight lines are going to be the death of me.
randomised
Mar 22, 18 3:50 am
What were you looking at you perv ;)
tduds
Mar 22, 18 1:29 pm
Floorplans.
Sexy sexy floorplans.
randomised
Mar 23, 18 1:00 pm
Ah okay, so section got jealous, careful there, make section feel sexy too!
tduds
Mar 23, 18 4:26 pm
Wall Sextions.
gruen
Mar 22, 18 7:58 pm
Just got this request - clearly a very serious client:
Project Description
Hello. I am Noah Boyd. I am in dire need of help DESIGNING My Family’s New One of a Kind Mansion with a Water Park, Amusement Park, and Airport. The Architecture I am going for this Mansion is a Gothic Chateau Fairytale Castle similar to a mixture of Versailles and gothic castles around the globe. However We need to get started in 2021 so my Deadline will be in 2020, This will give me a lot of time to find the right people for the RIGHT Job. The Mansion will have everything I can Imagine, and will be the largest Mansion EVER Built (Around 3 Acres Large). The Mansion will have everything an ordinary MANSION has.
Donna Sink
Mar 22, 18 8:40 pm
Sounds legit.
Non Sequitur
Mar 22, 18 8:55 pm
I like how both castle and chateau are used in the same description.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 22, 18 10:49 pm
What, no zoo? Pass.
gruen
Mar 22, 18 11:28 pm
that two living room credit card guy is everywhere. he emails me about twice a week.
gruen
Mar 23, 18 1:13 pm
I’m getting all the crazies
gruen
Mar 23, 18 1:13 pm
I’m getting all the crazies
gruen
Mar 23, 18 1:14 pm
Here’s today’s crazy
gruen
Mar 23, 18 1:14 pm
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ken robeert
Mar 22, 18 9:50 pm
Dragon's Milk. 11% abv. That is all.
Josh Mings
Mar 23, 18 10:48 am
I've got some Goose Island selections for celebration/farewell drinks tonight. A few of them are over 10% abv.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 26, 18 6:43 am
Feel like a jet engine in a VW bug. Or is it that I feel like like a bug in a jet engine?
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 26, 18 6:49 am
Counting in my head my female classmates who are still in architecture. I count 5-7 out of about 30. I think the smart ones left.
Non Sequitur
Mar 26, 18 8:59 am
I'll take a free hug. Tintt, if it helps, I know a few of my female classmates who now own or started their own firms... but I'd say a fair share went into academia.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 26, 18 11:07 am
I’ll take hugs but what I really need is for someone to repeatedly beat me in the head with a seasoned 2 by 4.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 26, 18 11:09 am
And thank god for teaching jobs!
curtkram
Mar 26, 18 7:02 pm
i've had plenty of 2x4 beatings. i could switch them out for hugs.
curtkram
Mar 26, 18 8:57 am
in the latest he-said she-said i saw on the news this morning, it turns out a porn star has more credibility than the president of the united states. it's like idiocracy really is happening.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 26, 18 11:05 am
And the bridge with fake structure fell.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 27, 18 7:29 am
Good article and interview. I'm officially old I now know because when I go out to eat I'm like, why does all the waitstaff look like they are homeless and why do they all talk with a whine followed by a giggle?
How's that Ignore User
feature working out for you?
Miles Jaffe
Mar 26, 18 4:16 pm
I know it's there, tracked all over the forum as if from a pig farmer's boots, but at least I don't have to smell it. Still, it brings the whole forum down.
randomised
Mar 26, 18 4:22 pm
Generates a lot of traffic, advertisers must be over the moon!
Non Sequitur
Mar 26, 18 5:14 pm
Oh, why did I go and look at ricky's posts there.... An assault by wall of text.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 27, 18 7:01 am
Ya mean Rick is sponsored by archinect to drive traffic for advertisers?
Non Sequitur
Mar 27, 18 7:25 am
^ive made a similar claim
Non Sequitur
Mar 27, 18 7:26 am
Damn phone. I’ve made a similar claim during his last exile period.
Donna Sink
Mar 27, 18 6:03 am
Take all the anger you feel for the world and put it to productive use in making things better. I’m trying so hard to do that right now but there are only so many hours in a day!
Non Sequitur
Mar 27, 18 7:28 am
I had a client yesterday who was pissed at roof scupper flashing. I handled it within the hour like a boss. Bankin favours for future projects!
SneakyPete
Mar 27, 18 1:33 pm
I read that as "Balkins
favours for future projects!"
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 27, 18 11:06 pm
I read it as Balkin flavors, like something you sprinkle over popcorn.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 27, 18 11:26 pm
Ewwwww
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 28, 18 11:31 am
I finally ignored him too. I tried to hold out but can't anymore.
SneakyPete
Mar 28, 18 11:29 am
We seem to have attracted a shiny new troll.
Miles Jaffe
Mar 28, 18 3:41 pm
Only one?
Non Sequitur
Mar 28, 18 4:00 pm
You must be refering to TrogIodytarum? He/she/it is fun.
SneakyPete
Mar 28, 18 8:36 pm
Fun if you know to take pretty much everything said and do the opposite, otherwise...
Miles Jaffe
Mar 29, 18 11:21 am
Learned a new word today: canuxploitation.
Donna Sink
Mar 29, 18 12:20 pm
Concrete brick rep looking at pic of 4x half-high unit: “Masons love this brick; they’ll lay it all day.”
Me looking at pic of Brad Pitt: “Same”
*This is why I won’t be surprised if I end up on the SMIA list.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 29, 18 10:26 pm
Shitty Moms?
Donna Sink
Mar 30, 18 7:42 am
Shitty Moms In Architecture, yes. I'm on that list, whose Venn diagram forms a perfect circle with the Superhero Moms In Architecture list, by the way!
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 30, 18 10:46 am
Good to know.
Wilma Buttfit
Mar 30, 18 11:38 am
Teaching my kid how to refinish wood floors today. I love working with my hands!
Donna Sink
Mar 29, 18 12:36 pm
This rep just said “double flush” and “shrinkage” and I can’t stop giggling. I’m a 10 year old boy.
shellarchitect
Mar 30, 18 11:04 am
ask how they accommodate upper deckers!
Josh Mings
Mar 29, 18 2:01 pm
Well I'm unemployed now....
Until Monday.
Non Sequitur
Mar 29, 18 2:20 pm
wait... how does that work?
Josh Mings
Mar 29, 18 5:07 pm
Last day at old office was yesterday, first day at new office is Monday. I've been working on a painting all day and it has been lovely.
curtkram
Mar 29, 18 7:22 pm
didn't you just start a new job?
Josh Mings
Mar 29, 18 8:50 pm
Me? No. I was at my last place 5 and a half years
randomised
Mar 30, 18 3:08 am
Don't let it get you down, only three more days to go! Just force yourself to get out of bed in the morning and always do the dishes before you go to bed ;)
Josh Mings
Mar 31, 18 12:05 am
Oh, I'm not down at all. I've been painting the last two days - and it has been very enjoyable. It was more of a tongue-in-cheek post.
4 days without a bump.... certainly we can't all be that busy.
Donna, I trust it was you who nuked that shiny new troll who was channeling me last night?
Miles Jaffe
Apr 4, 18 9:49 am
What did I miss?
Non Sequitur
Apr 4, 18 9:54 am
nothing much. Someone spawned with "Non Seequeetur" tag and answered a bunch of discussions with contrarian, or insulting responses.
Donna Sink
Apr 4, 18 5:20 pm
That wasn't me, but wasn't there some earlier contretemps about a user name similar to place-beyond-the-splines being imitated? I think I blocked that person.
Wilma Buttfit
Apr 5, 18 12:11 am
You mess with yourself enough as it is.
SpontaneousCombustion
Apr 5, 18 7:09 pm
What ever happened to Pritchard Stalkins??
Le Courvoisier
Apr 4, 18 11:52 pm
I’m gonna start posting as Sonna Dink.
Donna Sink
Apr 5, 18 7:55 am
Sonna Dink’s first thread should be titled “Will My Ivy League Arch School Knowledge Help Me Fully Express My Dog’s Anal Glands?”
Non Sequitur
Apr 5, 18 8:09 am
Yes, if Harvard has a veterinary school and you found the time for electives.
geezertect
Apr 5, 18 9:09 am
Be careful what you wish for-you may get it.
archanonymous
Apr 5, 18 4:58 pm
Is it bad form to submit projects you designed while employed at a firm you no longer work at for awards? Would obviously credit the firm appropriately, but seems like it may cause some issues - never heard of anyone doing this.
Donna Sink
Apr 5, 18 5:17 pm
You need to ask them if they are submitting for the award first. If they are, you can't, and if they don't give you permission, you can't, but if they don't want the bother of going through the submittal process they might tell you to go for it as long as they are credited.
Josh Mings
Apr 5, 18 5:18 pm
That seems like a tricky one - it may be ok in some instances (for example a former coworker submitted one of my previous firm's projects that he worked on for the YAF exhibit at the AIA convention), but I could see this pissing people off too. Maybe reach out to your former firm and see? It might get them to want to submit for said award and then you can share the glory when you win.
archanonymous
Apr 5, 18 5:53 pm
Thanks Donna, that's exactly the advice I was looking for.
9090
Apr 5, 18 6:07 pm
Advice on best software and tutorials to use to create a walkthrough animation of a building, thanks
Non Sequitur
Apr 5, 18 11:10 pm
Hire Pixar to do it for you.
randomised
Apr 6, 18 3:25 am
"There's an app for that."
Miles Jaffe
Apr 6, 18 1:15 pm
Blender.
Marc Miller
Apr 6, 18 12:43 pm
Is there a reason why the comments are turned of for the Wash-U article?
Donna Sink
Apr 6, 18 1:09 pm
Maybe because it's sponsored? I don't know, just guessing.
Marc Miller
Apr 6, 18 6:16 pm
is there any way to change that setting, it would be nice to make comments...
Marc Miller
Apr 6, 18 9:16 pm
With powers...
Marc Miller
Apr 7, 18 11:24 am
no powers here.
Archinect
Apr 20, 18 11:42 am
Marc - all of our sponsored articles have comments turned off.
I am starting a new thread that is about other threads. You can talk about other discussions taking a place in Archinect and make cross references to a particular link, picture, response and whatever else you deem necessary or entertaining or thought provoking about the other thread. thus the name: Thread Central
here are some examples of comments that comes to mind:
* hey did you read on --------- thread ------- thinks frank gehry is good. hahahaharhar..
or,
*i can't believe he said that. how stupid of him. asshole.on top of it he is got hundreds of posts. gimme a break.
or,
* this is the best thread.. fuck the others..
or,
*****Thread Alert******
read the -----thread yet??? there is a dog fight going on between ----- and-----.it is about gondolas and pollution in Venice..see you there.
or,
* yeaah, i don't read that thread either. its kind a boring.
or,
*i am thinking about starting a discussion about ------------- ---- ---- will you guys in Thread Central post in it and say wow it a great thread?. it was about time 'somebody' (insert my name please) picked up on it.. and discuss it?
like whatever..
Have you seen this yet? guns in schools, hahahahahahahahahaha.......
https://www.bloomberg.com/news...
Dear Archinect, I was just looking at comments on any of these topics in the forum and thought, why can't they put the latest comments at the top of the page instead of having to flip over pages that are years old? that's how my email is setup, I have the most recent at the top. thanks.
It'd make reading threads hard. You'd have to read backwards.
you mean like when they "feature" comments? yes, I don't mind, I just want to see what's been said more recently first.
So I declined an invitation to work an unpaid Saturday and now my boss has somehow made me feel guilty about it. What a shit profession!
Tried my mightiest to no avail.
Salary or hourly?
My firm is hourly until you hit a cutoff at around 15 yrs total experience. So I'm hourly.
What does 15 yrs experience have to do with salary or hourly? Sounds weird. How much experience do u have? Is this a regular occurence? Has your boss generally been good to you? Hard to comment on specific situation without knowing more about your relationship with your boss but it's generally a good experience to learn
how to say no.
Yeah it's not a set 15 years... Very similar to som model ... At a certain point, you switch from hourly to salary, just much later than som usually does, for example.
Start looking for a new job.
I have been. Along with this lingering, pestering hald-idea half-feeling that I should start my own practice.
Recently got a side job from the superintendent of my latest project with the firm I work at and I could probably fanagle a teaching job in the autumn while filling in with writing and other stuff. It's still a big step to contemplate.
Any feeling of "security" you have now is illusionary. Be confident in yourself, in the end that's all you've got.
Starting my own firm worked for me! (sing to the tune of "hooked on phonics")
What is it with architects and grand stairs? I am into good enough stairs. Grand stairs is one of those phrases that make me want to vomit.
I believe Monumental Stair is the term d'art
I hear both terms. Same thing. Except grand is pronounced graaaand.
I like those simply detailed steel and concrete stairs the modernists used. Corbu's fire stair in the Carpenter Center is nicer than most of the "Graaaand Stairs" i've ever seen designed.
Guess you hate the Spanish Steps at the Piazza di Spagna then.
No I don't hate the Piazza di Spagna.
Is it off-base for me to hope that those that I graduated with would extend a helping-hand for getting employment in their firm? I'm not looking, but someone I know is, and they've received zero help from anyone in their graduating class, or alumni in general . Pretty lame considering I got one of them their first job before they moved on to bigger and better things...
Depends on how much do you know of their capabilities after graduation and some years of work; I've had some people asking for a helping hand and I couldn't really recommend them based on my experience working with them. It reflects on you if the "friend" is not as capable as you hope or remember.
I've always extended solid opportunities to my fellow classmates when one is looking for new employment.
There's always a risk in helping to the point of getting someone an actual job, I still put my neck out there and did it. I knew then that landing that first job was more about who you knew than much else, so I helped out a classmate. But in this case the total lack of any assistance at all levels, friends, classmates, professors, etc. at a point in the market at which I hear it's tough to find anyone, is appalling.
call them on it.
I got a friend a job once. It didn't go well cause then she tried to be my boss and I didn't take to it very well and left.
Miny Non-Sequitur took his first steps today.
Good luck running after him from now on :)
My kid just started crawling and already hit warp speed, he's suddenly everywhere at the same time.
Yes, relativity does not affect them.
Get him a soccer ball to kick around... then you can yell at him."I told you not to play with that in the house!" :D
but I encourage the kicking and throwing of balls in the house.
My first kid was hiking in the mountains on her own two feet at 10.5 months. Second one is a lazy one. Not even interested in crawling at 9 months. Must sit on my lap all day long, mama's boy.
Tint, mine just started taking steps unassisted at 21month...
Grats on the kiddo, let's hope mini NS doesn't learn to spell the canadian way.
You mean, the correct way?
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/mini
perfectly executed, techie. also, shame about your dumbfuck kid, NS
I see where you're going Archie. I thought you were referring to my use of Canadian English. Splines, that's uncalled for.
[Edit] Place, don't get too personal.
...and you're fine with some wanker taking cheap shots at another's toddler?
yeah okay. actual sincere apologies to you, NS. it was meant to be a joke, but the intended tone didn't translate.
Fair enough splines. I Appreciate the response.
Berliner!
not enough jelly
Just noticed there are multiple doppelgangers of placebeyondthespline - platzzwischendenrucken & splinesbetweentheplace. Why?
I blame Trump
It was the Russians.
NS - You blame everything on Trump tho, even the death of the neighbour's cat lel
I hate cats, cats are dumb and evil. I don't care if trump killed the cat or not.
That's 1 thing you didn't blame others for! Yay!
when a post gets removed because the maker of some shitty portfolio gets their feewings hurt, the account gets removed from the whole thread. the pbts accounts with underscores are all me, but that dipshit platzz is most definitely not.
Solar flares today got everyone's ions off balance.
except that it's not a unique event...
My ions have been waaaaay out of balance this week.
Never said it was unique.
oops
http://miami.cbslocal.com/2018...
That's a catastrophic failure. Going to be interesting to see what happened.
DAMN...
these guys look happy http://www.mcm-us.com/news/mcm-awarded-fiu-pedestrian-bridge-project#.WqreduzwaUk
http://www.mcm-us.com/about-us/executive-board
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/140sRIqK3D4IIcH33nrn3V7VENncfCQ1gFlu-1fIYltM/edit#gid=0
ARCHINECT: Is there any way to stop comment updates other than blocking the email?
Set to 'daily summary' which for some reason is anytime a comment is made. an OFF option would be appreciated.
Balkins has crossed another line and went to the google doc to cause the kind of havoc that can be more harmful than anything he can do here.
Let me know if you want to be done here too.
"As this is a discussion, I suggest maybe the title be relabeled "Shitty Architecture People" (SAP). There may be a case out there where it is a women that is committing wrong. It keeps the list legitimate. We don't need a SAM and SAW list. One list is good enough. Other than that, I think the goal is fine. Sexual harassment, discrimination and like issues is wrong whether the perpetrator is man or women. (Only comment I need to say here.) The label just seems to give the implied impression that it is about targeting only men. The same tool should be applied regardless of gender. We may also learn more about those issues of woman being "Shitty" (whether it be sexual discrimination, sexual harassment or otherwise.) - over and out. RB-A"
Where in the above did you suggest that again?
"Thanks for keeping professional about it and catching those entry attempt. Despite how we may debate, disagree, argue, what not, I appreciate the overall professionalism.
Personally, I feel the title should be "Shitty People in Architecture" so as to be a list that looks into issues. I might not know specific issues of cases going on in individual firms and such, I've hear of cases (not necessarily in Architecture) of women who commit sexual harassment. I think being forward thinking even if the currently list may have just men at this time, by saying "People", we aren't making implied claim that it is just men to be listed. The idea of the list is fair enough. I had a chance to look at the list, finally. I appreciate to disclaimer that is their. A little more work on the title and I think we be good.
If more information is brought forward about women that are 'shitty' (in like context) with appropriate supporting information, it would be fair. I wouldn't think a men and women list would be necessary. One single list and a column for gender (M/F and whatever else for Transgender) would be sufficient. The goal is to encourage the end of sexual harassment & discrimination. That's part of the mission, right? If so, we should be fair for all people and "shame" them for doing such wrong.... regardless of gender. I apologize for being a pain in the ass about it on the forum. It's tat for tat.
I know the phrase is a little different but it might be wrong to say in context of the subject matter. For all I know, you might be a woman and this PM goes to private mail not as a general public forum post. Sometimes I try to be sensitive but other times, a different issue. I'm not always a prick even though I'll always be a Dick.... (you know.... Dick is a nickname for Richard)."
Isn't Richard banned yet? Or has he been banned then changed his name and come back?
What happened here in the last 24hrs?
Yes he was previously banned, changed his name, and came back. When he was banned before, the last straw was when he copy-pasted a pages-long homophobic rant from Reddit. Every now and then when some years-old thread gets resurrected, it has bizarre posts in it from someone with no name. That's because when he was banned previously his name was removed, but only some of his content was removed.
Richard just emailed me privately telling me I'm a devil. I'm going to ask that he be banned. He offers nothing of value here.
For Sean connery’s sake... can that hermit dog himself an even deeper hole? Wait... he most certainly can. Damn.
*dig
I say post the email. I did.
That's the reason I set my account so I can't get private messages. He sent some creepy (implied threats) emails to me years ago.
Don't think it's right to ban a special needs archinecter though.
Is anyone else not able to view the last page of TC on their computer? On the phone it's fine.
This is currently only affecting forum moderators. Fix will be coming soon.
Wait - Archinect has moderators? Count me as surprised. No one has ever mentioned it.
Am curious why b3ta's Libernect thread was nuked...
same... seemed like a good and safe place to trap dumb ideas. Now without the quarantine, they will spread out to other discussions.
b3ta requested that it be nuked
He indeed isn't one for free speech QED.
Hating Bjarke is the new loving Bjarke.
he's got a 17 in the "do you recognize this behavior" column. please don't tell me that's why you started liking him....
There is a spreadsheet out there
Whoa. Left for a week and the forum exploded. Way too much to keep track of, what happened (crib notes version)? Something about RB? Is he gone again?
RB suffered a cranial-rectal inversion, threatened Donna via email, then tried to deny it with a new thread which was nuked, along with his account (I hope). All of which was inspired(?) by the shitty men thread and Dick Meier.
In all seriousness, has anyone made any inquiries into whether he needs help? I wouldn't want to be in a situation where warnings were ignored because someone seemed harmless.
That's my point. If he's crossed the line to actual threats, then the local authorities should be made aware. The authorities can decide what to do with the information, but when people who are not anonymous are being threatened, actions should be taken to protect them. Just my $0.02.
Not Balkins related, but heading home last night, we stopped at a rest area on the highway and witnessed the start of a domestic dispute that turned violent when the women attempted to run over a man with her car. They promptly left, together, but not without us and some staff attempting an intervention. 30mins later we saw the vehicle pulled to the side with 4 police cruisers. We are certain that that night would have ended differently and badly had we not alerted the authorities. True story.
^Yes, there were complaints made although I do not remember the results. The flames form the dumpster were too much to bare.
Non - you Canucks are some crazy dangerous people. No wonder the US is armed to the teeth.
Isn't it obvious Rick has some mental issues? He surely has a reduced mental/social capacity, I think all the mocking, teasing and bullying isn't really helping his condition/situation either. Think he needs professional help before things get really out of hand and he might either harm himself or lash out. Aren't there some procedures in the US to notify authorities?
When he sent threats to me, they were not threats of violence - they were threats of harassment by contacting my state board and my employer with baseless accusations. I'm not sure that rises to the level of reportable. I just changed my name here and turned off the ability to message me. By his own accounts he was sent to somebody at his university to evaluate him after he deliberately intimidated an administrator. He also admitted to hosting on his website some acquaintance's photos, which may or may not have involved stalking on that other person's part - that seemed to be a matter of debate on another forum. The latter incident seemed more like RB was being manipulated - i.e. more the naive, unwitting accomplice than a first-hand stalker. Some things he's said about his parents also make me wonder if he's living in some sort of Turpin-family scenario. So who does one call about that? The police? Social services?
Sounds more like something for social services / mental health professionals.
In the US those services are basically non-existent until after the fact.
That explains a lot.
I've conversed with RB in email too. He never threatened me. I told him I would help him find any kind of help he needed and I would help him figure out what kind of help that could be too. Never heard back.
RB has now explicitly stated that it is his intent to be "a pain in the ass SUPER-Troll". Isn't that enough to give him the boot?
Wow that SAM thread blew up.
I'm keeping an eye on the spreadsheet... but I can't follow all the bullshit in that thread anymore.
I'm SO confused by the Petes. I THOUGHT one of you was formerly known as Chris, but now I'm just totally lost... everyone keeps changing names on here. Makes me feel very disoriented and disconnected.
The multiple-pseudo-petes was getting way too confusing. So Sneaky is/always was a different one ?
I've never had any other nicknames on here, and I don't have any sock puppets.
PP should have stayed Olaf.
You killed him.
The helpful, smart, funny, creative, positive, and kind one can stay. Get rid of the rest of them.
Yeah, the pot stirring is a bit off putting, especially when the alternative is so much better.
I like Chris.
Once you go positive you will wonder why you were ever negative. Life is too short. Thought experiments and pot stirring can be positive and kind. Positivity is like learning to fly when everyone else is crawling. I was really excited when you declared positivity, but I'm not seeing it.
If you can be non-sensical, you can be positive.
And the 'To clarify stuff etc.'-thread is gone too, guess that was it for Astoria, for real this time...
and several hours past my prediction. I owe someone a Guinness then.
I missed most of it, but I don't think I miss it.
Maybe it simply moved to my email, I'll check my inbox, seems to be a thing these days.
I'm not a fan of deleting evidence of bad behavior, nor of the names of banned members disappearing from the posts they have made. It removes consequences of ones actions on the internet. While I post anonymously, what I say here should not become unattributed to me if I get myself banned.
Agreed, wasn't the internet supposed to be forever?
Time will tell. I called for his removal along with his Donna thread, but only the thread got axed. Maybe this time is different?
Nope, he's back at it, in the "Libertarianism" thread.
I left Archinect for a year when he commandeered the forums. Must have been off his meds. Between him and jla-x maybe it's time to go again.
Just putting him on ignore has kept my blood pressure down. He can't commandeer the forum if most of us don't see him or engage.
^ Grown-up solution +++
I must have missed out on something, my name came up? I don't know what's going on but in any case I'm all for a total ban on Richard Balkins. He doesn't offer anything constructive, and what worries me is: I know I can ignore him, but new visitors to the forum won't know that this person who carries on (and on and on and on) about things somewhat related to architecture is usually saying things that are wrong.
Donna, Ricardo Balkachino Jr posted some apology threads directed at you. They were along the lines of "sorry, but not sorry, because of poor logic".
You also missed a direct back and forth with b3ta, and at least two threads that have been nuked. Like a dumpster fire, but much less entertaining.
very much less entertaining. although, i will say my photos from Universal's Halloween spectacular did come in handy.
Just had a contractor come fix something at my house. People who ask what it is like being an architect, just think about how unfun it is to have to get quotes, negotiate work on your house, evaluate it, and write a check for it. And have construction noise.
I fired the first contractor I hired to do work on our house on the first day. Expensive solution with no alternative or even basic explanation of what that cost gets me? Sorry, but no thanks.
I got this guy down half price yesterday but I still way overpaid for what he did. Scam artists. But at least he taught me some stuff, so I'll take the lesson for the extra money. He said "lube" about 40 times. Dude.
Do architects ever speak at the ground-breaking or ribbon-cutting of a project? Do we ever get credit? I haven't been doing this all that long, but I've yet to see us get any credit or recognition on the projects we've designed so far... There's got to be a reason, once I get to the point I'm running projects, I don't want to go to these things and not be recognized, any advice? Just got done on a project, and the project management consultant (scam artist) gets to speak at the ground breaking, she didn't even work on the project!
In my experience I or my firm has generally been mentioned/credited at the ribbon cutting or project-warming or whatever. I haven't experienced many of these where there was much if any speaking by anyone other than the owner, OPM, building committee, or major donors/funders. If it were part of the program for someone else on the team to speak, I'd expect that to be the CM if it's a CM project, or the architect and/or GC on a GC project. Personally I'd rather have my firm just recognized, and am happy most of these things aren't speaking engagements. The only time I've really felt slighted was on a mid-sized commercial project where we were completely left off the toast list at the opening party. The OPM later apologized personally - he said that it wasn't typical in their company to hire an architect, and some of the upper management wasn't aware that he had done so on that project. We didn't know until then that we were a secret! He later asked that we not use the project in our online portfolio - we did take the name off but their corporate branding is pretty obvious in the photos, and I'm not taking it down.
Those are normally celebratory occasions where also the architects are mentioned, thanked or even say a few words...very unusual to be snubbed in my experience.
Every time for us, random...
Today, was lisenng to someone who was telling me about how they designed their own house, on and on. Pressing for details, because, frankly, I was impressed that they did it themselves and wanted to hear about their experience, they eventually said they just picked options from what the designer gave them from some choices. And it was really really hard and overwhelming to pick from those options they said! Lol. But they were the designer! Pure innocent delusion.
I attended a friend's wedding, which they had at their new in-laws home. This home was, for no more appropriate term, bitchin'. Every detail was worked out, nothing came from a kit-of-parts that you usually see from a custom home outfit. So I had to ask, turns out they initially worked with a custom home business, and quickly found that there was nothing custom at all about what they were going to get, so they hired an architecture prof. from a nearby Uni who not only worked the design out with them, but also did the CA. The way they talked about the custom home people gave me a bad taste, it's hard to believe anyone would put up with that process knowing you're not really getting what you want while laying out some pretty good money. ANYWAY, I guess if I wanted recognition I would've chosen another profession, but the point stands.
I just have to wonder if it's a matter of communication, or these clients just don't like us... Nothing as scandalous as being an unmentionable secret though.
Locker room sight lines are going to be the death of me.
What were you looking at you perv ;)
Floorplans.
Sexy sexy floorplans.
Ah okay, so section got jealous, careful there, make section feel sexy too!
Wall Sextions.
Just got this request - clearly a very serious client:
Project Description Hello. I am Noah Boyd. I am in dire need of help DESIGNING My Family’s New One of a Kind Mansion with a Water Park, Amusement Park, and Airport. The Architecture I am going for this Mansion is a Gothic Chateau Fairytale Castle similar to a mixture of Versailles and gothic castles around the globe. However We need to get started in 2021 so my Deadline will be in 2020, This will give me a lot of time to find the right people for the RIGHT Job. The Mansion will have everything I can Imagine, and will be the largest Mansion EVER Built (Around 3 Acres Large). The Mansion will have everything an ordinary MANSION has.
Sounds legit.
I like how both castle and chateau are used in the same description.
What, no zoo? Pass.
that two living room credit card guy is everywhere. he emails me about twice a week.
I’m getting all the crazies
I’m getting all the crazies
Here’s today’s crazy
I would like to introduce to you our company Sie. My name is Derek Emery Sie Badio. Sie is a new file format in computers. It allows us to connect to the land with Sierra Nevada, Sierra Madre, and Sierra Vista in the USA. With my name Sie, the Sie Software, and the Sie in the land, we can install architectural plans in the ground which installs building logic in the words of the planet. This is also useful with plans and planet. Sie also has Sierozems for Soil in the software. It has Sienites for rocks. It has Siemens for conductivity. It has Siesta for sleeping. It has Siege. It has Si for Yes.
With our logic for Sie and its translation reversal in text we have EIS, Environmental Impact Statements. We have Environmental Seismic Intensity Scale. We have Institution of Environmental Sciences. We have the Information Sharing Environment.
We have the acronym, Seismic Infrasonic Engineering. We can measure with our body as Badio which is a voice controlled computer and sound and vibration meter. With this we can install the building logic into the land. We are able to 3D print the building with the land as the materials, the desktop computer as the computer, and Sie in Derek Emery Sie Badio as the 01 Hz construction person. All are equipped with 01 Hz technology, with Sierra Vista as Windows Vista, Derek Emery Sie Badio as Badio with Sie, and a computer with Sie software.We haven’t printed a building yet. However, our software needs a project to 3D print, with actual numbers. A picture of the Sie software is attached. It shows that the software is ready in the bottom left corner. We installed the binary for our design and software, and the software displayed “Ready”. We are ready to work on any project. Our phone number is 401-941-6484, if you would like to talk to us.
Regards,
Derek Emery Sie Badio
Sie
Dragon's Milk. 11% abv. That is all.
I've got some Goose Island selections for celebration/farewell drinks tonight. A few of them are over 10% abv.
Feel like a jet engine in a VW bug. Or is it that I feel like like a bug in a jet engine?
Counting in my head my female classmates who are still in architecture. I count 5-7 out of about 30. I think the smart ones left.
I'll take a free hug. Tintt, if it helps, I know a few of my female classmates who now own or started their own firms... but I'd say a fair share went into academia.
I’ll take hugs but what I really need is for someone to repeatedly beat me in the head with a seasoned 2 by 4.
And thank god for teaching jobs!
i've had plenty of 2x4 beatings. i could switch them out for hugs.
in the latest he-said she-said i saw on the news this morning, it turns out a porn star has more credibility than the president of the united states. it's like idiocracy really is happening.
And the bridge with fake structure fell.
Good article and interview. I'm officially old I now know because when I go out to eat I'm like, why does all the waitstaff look like they are homeless and why do they all talk with a whine followed by a giggle?
I've been watching more Rogan videos. They are smoking pot in this one. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VLgTy0eu1oY
Laugh of the day:
How's that Ignore User feature working out for you?
I know it's there, tracked all over the forum as if from a pig farmer's boots, but at least I don't have to smell it. Still, it brings the whole forum down.
Generates a lot of traffic, advertisers must be over the moon!
Oh, why did I go and look at ricky's posts there.... An assault by wall of text.
Ya mean Rick is sponsored by archinect to drive traffic for advertisers?
^ive made a similar claim
Damn phone. I’ve made a similar claim during his last exile period.
Take all the anger you feel for the world and put it to productive use in making things better. I’m trying so hard to do that right now but there are only so many hours in a day!
I had a client yesterday who was pissed at roof scupper flashing. I handled it within the hour like a boss. Bankin favours for future projects!
I read that as "Balkins favours for future projects!"
I read it as Balkin flavors, like something you sprinkle over popcorn.
Ewwwww
I finally ignored him too. I tried to hold out but can't anymore.
We seem to have attracted a shiny new troll.
Only one?
You must be refering to TrogIodytarum? He/she/it is fun.
Fun if you know to take pretty much everything said and do the opposite, otherwise...
Learned a new word today: canuxploitation.
Concrete brick rep looking at pic of 4x half-high unit: “Masons love this brick; they’ll lay it all day.”
Me looking at pic of Brad Pitt: “Same”
*This is why I won’t be surprised if I end up on the SMIA list.
Shitty Moms?
Shitty Moms In Architecture, yes. I'm on that list, whose Venn diagram forms a perfect circle with the Superhero Moms In Architecture list, by the way!
Good to know.
Teaching my kid how to refinish wood floors today. I love working with my hands!
This rep just said “double flush” and “shrinkage” and I can’t stop giggling. I’m a 10 year old boy.
ask how they accommodate upper deckers!
Well I'm unemployed now....
Until Monday.
wait... how does that work?
Last day at old office was yesterday, first day at new office is Monday. I've been working on a painting all day and it has been lovely.
didn't you just start a new job?
Me? No. I was at my last place 5 and a half years
Don't let it get you down, only three more days to go! Just force yourself to get out of bed in the morning and always do the dishes before you go to bed ;)
Oh, I'm not down at all. I've been painting the last two days - and it has been very enjoyable. It was more of a tongue-in-cheek post.
Can we embed instagram posts here?
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bg...
4 days without a bump.... certainly we can't all be that busy.
Donna, I trust it was you who nuked that shiny new troll who was channeling me last night?
What did I miss?
nothing much. Someone spawned with "Non Seequeetur" tag and answered a bunch of discussions with contrarian, or insulting responses.
That wasn't me, but wasn't there some earlier contretemps about a user name similar to place-beyond-the-splines being imitated? I think I blocked that person.
You mess with yourself enough as it is.
What ever happened to Pritchard Stalkins??
I’m gonna start posting as Sonna Dink.
Sonna Dink’s first thread should be titled “Will My Ivy League Arch School Knowledge Help Me Fully Express My Dog’s Anal Glands?”
Yes, if Harvard has a veterinary school and you found the time for electives.
Be careful what you wish for-you may get it.
Is it bad form to submit projects you designed while employed at a firm you no longer work at for awards? Would obviously credit the firm appropriately, but seems like it may cause some issues - never heard of anyone doing this.
You need to ask them if they are submitting for the award first. If they are, you can't, and if they don't give you permission, you can't, but if they don't want the bother of going through the submittal process they might tell you to go for it as long as they are credited.
That seems like a tricky one - it may be ok in some instances (for example a former coworker submitted one of my previous firm's projects that he worked on for the YAF exhibit at the AIA convention), but I could see this pissing people off too. Maybe reach out to your former firm and see? It might get them to want to submit for said award and then you can share the glory when you win.
Thanks Donna, that's exactly the advice I was looking for.
Advice on best software and tutorials to use to create a walkthrough animation of a building, thanks
Hire Pixar to do it for you.
"There's an app for that."
Blender.
Is there a reason why the comments are turned of for the Wash-U article?
Maybe because it's sponsored? I don't know, just guessing.
is there any way to change that setting, it would be nice to make comments...
With powers...
no powers here.
Marc - all of our sponsored articles have comments turned off.