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..
proto
Mar 21, 22 11:59 am
(i almost made a thread since it's likely there are more gems [& sorry for the IG link after the social media hate above!])https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca...
just amazing
tduds
Mar 21, 22 12:51 pm
I kinda like this?
bowling_ball
Mar 21, 22 1:26 pm
That account is great
atelier nobody
Mar 21, 22 2:12 pm
I've actually thought about doing something like that in a desert environment myself.
Josh Mings
Mar 21, 22 4:58 pm
Rode 16 miles and went to see a Lego exhibit today. Getting in all the funemployment goodness before April 4th
Chad Miller
Mar 22, 22 10:28 am
Do you start a new position on April 4th? Good job on the ride by the way!
Josh Mings
Mar 23, 22 3:24 pm
I do. Looking forward to getting back to things.
Non-ASD Jequitarchitectur
Mar 24, 22 5:30 pm
Josh that's great, did you get to see any decent LEGO projects? I am starting off at a new position in April as well. Best of luck to both of us!
b3tadine[sutures]
Mar 21, 22 7:20 pm
My GenX brain heard this the other day, and it already sounded so antiquated; Gender Neutral Locker/Bathroom. For a school no less. It's amazing how far we've come in such a short time. I suggested that it would seem that we are moving away from this phrasing, and that schools may be inclined to use facilities like this punitively, and force segregation on students that are transitioning, or don't identify with their assigned gender.
It's really interesting, and in many ways tragic, how architecture is used to harm people, in both intended, and unattended ways.
Non Sequitur
Mar 21, 22 7:40 pm
We had one large client request that both the mens and womens washrooms (8ish fixtures per) only have stalls. Ie, no urinals. Use what ever one you want. Was a neat idea I’ve not seen since.
bowling_ball
Mar 21, 22 11:53 pm
The large university here is one of my bigger clients and their official policy is gender neutral washrooms for all new construction, and wherever possible, even renovations. I've been doing this a lot for restaurants lately too. Individual stalls and communal sinks. Super common here. It might help that the head of plans examination here has a visible disability and is very encouraging of alternate solutions like that. I can't say the same for the rest of his staff, but there's hope.
archanonymous
Mar 22, 22 8:37 am
This is the way. European-style toilet partitions (or individual rooms if they can afford the lighting/ vent/ fire alarms) with a common sink. No urinals. I even got to use one of those round wash-basin style sinks recently in this capacity.
Non Sequitur
Mar 22, 22 8:42 am
I might have written this here before, but many years ago... like 15 or 16years ago... I remember a public washroom in some french city (tourist area Grenoble, perhaps) with 2 distinctive doors. Men's, and Women's (in french, obviously). Both doors led to the same gigantic room with urinals on the left, sinks on the right, and stalls in between.
atelier nobody
Mar 22, 22 5:50 pm
I think the long term solution is that all public toilets, locker rooms, and showers will have to become single-occupant type, or at very least the partitions and doors of the stalls be redesigned to provide complete privacy and all multi-accommodation rooms be designated for all genders.
The current solution I see the most is to have a couple single-accommodation toilets or showers in addition to the usual gendered ones, but in a school setting where even future decent adults are known for being merciless about any "otherness", just being seen going into or coming out of the "special" toilets or showers could draw unwanted attention.
SneakyPete
Mar 22, 22 11:03 pm
It would also be really cool if we could somehow stop equating nudity with sexual activity. But that's just a dream.
atelier nobody
Mar 23, 22 1:49 pm
At the risk of possible TMI, I have some experience in communities where casual nudity isn't a big deal and a few transgender friends. Even in that environment, transgender people can be very self-conscious about their parts not matching their identity - all of my transgender friends keep their bathing suits on even when everyone else is skinny-dipping.
Even if our culture changed to the point that all-gender locker rooms were no big deal, there would still be transgender people who would be uncomfortable (not to mention all of the other people that are just shy for reasons having nothing to do with gender dysmorphia).
SneakyPete
Mar 23, 22 3:51 pm
I did not intend to ignore the real issues of trans people. I apologize.
atelier nobody
Mar 23, 22 7:31 pm
No apology necessary - I'm sorry if I came off as critical of you or your statement. I think you and I are in complete agreement about the normalization of the human body - I just wanted to expand on the thought a little vis-a-vis the topic at hand.
bowling_ball
Mar 23, 22 9:53 pm
atelier nobody, I don't know if this changes anything but the washrooms I'm talking about are single-accommodation as you put it. It's becoming the norm here. In fact I'm sitting down in one right now, writing this comment. The sign on the for says "Whatever, just wash your hands" and who am I to argue? My circle of friends involves plenty of trans and non-binary people. I really couldn't give less of a shit (no pun!) what bathroom anybody uses. The entire issue is so overblown.
bowling_ball
Mar 23, 22 9:54 pm
sign on the for = sign on the door
Everyday Architect
Mar 22, 22 1:41 pm
What do I need to do to get AIA to stop selling my contact information to companies that want to spam me?
Chad Miller
Mar 22, 22 3:15 pm
Not be a member of AIA?
Everyday Architect
Mar 22, 22 4:16 pm
too late
Chad Miller
Mar 22, 22 4:23 pm
Yeah, me too.
You may want to read this, looks like they don't sell your contact info . . . kind of?
I'd like to believe that, but I've been on the receiving end of spam trying to sell me the AIA contact list a few times now (I'll try to remember to post a screenshot next time I see it in my junk folder). So whether they are selling it to a third-party, or the third-party is getting it some other way ... they aren't doing a very good job of keeping my contact information private.
Also, they can follow the CAN-SPAM Act in their own communications with us, but I don't think that prevents them from selling information to other parties who may not follow it.
Chad Miller
Mar 24, 22 11:29 am
The link above says they don't sell your contact info to anyone. I'd be curious to learn how third parties gain access to contact info if a company doesn't provide it. I'm sure there is a loophole somewhere. Hence the 'kind of' caveat at the end of my comment. ;)
tduds
Mar 24, 22 11:47 am
I let the domain expire, but for a while I had a domain name for emails that was set up so that any message that went to any address @ that domain would forward to my inbox. When I signed up for things i'd use the name of the company / website as my email address i.e. "archinect@domain(dot)com", or "bestbuy@domain(dot)com". It was an easy way to see where spam was coming from.
SneakyPete
Mar 24, 22 12:24 pm
That's clever.
Everyday Architect
Mar 24, 22 12:40 pm
Not trying to pick a fight or anything Chad, but I didn't see that in the link you shared. I saw that they said they don't sell non-member data for bulk mailing.
"Non-member customer data generally obtained through online or storefront (paper) registration and sales is for internal AIA purposes only and is not shared or sold to vendors for bulk mail solicitations."
I also saw that they don't make the same claim for member data, but do instead offer mailing lists to advantage partners (https://www.aia.org/partners), but they claim this doesn't include email, phone, or demographic data.
"AIA has several advantage partners who have access to membership lists for promotional mailings. Email addresses, telephone numbers, and other demographic data are not made available to our advantage partners."
Again, I'd like to believe them, but it seems it's getting out somehow based on what I'm seeing in my junk folder.
Chad Miller
Mar 24, 22 1:18 pm
That's a good catch EA! I clearly misread that, thanks for pointing it out!
I would like to know how the data is getting out - either through AIA selling it or some other loophole type situation. I agree that the data is getting out somehow.
On a related note I'm not getting that spam. Mostly just AIA stuff. I only get one unsolicited magazine. I have no idea how I've accomplished this. ;)
atelier nobody
Mar 24, 22 1:34 pm
I'm not an AIA member, so I'm not sure, but many organizations I am a member of have a member directory publicly available on their website, so it wouldn't even be too hard create a routine that would just download all the available member information from there.
Chad Miller
Mar 24, 22 1:52 pm
atelier - good point. States have a publicly available websites that lists all of their lessened professionals that include a current working address. It wouldn't be difficult to get that info and sort it based on professional type.
Everyday Architect
Mar 24, 22 5:22 pm
atelier, I thought of that too and it is a good point. I've avoided complaining about AIA specifically until I was sure it wasn't getting out in some other way. The only other organization I'm a member of (CSI) does have me listed in their online member directory, but I've hidden all my contact information precisely so I don't get cold called by manufacturers and product reps. So not even members, or the general public, should be able to get it that way. Here's what my public profile looks like after I redact my name/credentials (yes, it's been this way for years now, and any contact information that would have been listed previously is outdated):
CSI could still be selling my information to 3rd parties, but when I get spam about buying contact lists of AIA members (not registered/licensed architects, not AEC professionals, not CSI members ... but AIA members), that's when I settled on the most likely explanation is the AIA isn't keeping private our contact information.
I'm actually hoping I get something again soon to show you all what I mean. I just cleared out my junk folder which is why I brought it up, but those messages are obviously gone having just cleared it out.
atelier nobody
Mar 29, 22 7:33 pm
Everyday Architect, it wouldn't surprise me at all if AIA were selling your information while claiming not to - they wouldn't be the first or last organization to do so. It's also possible that a rogue employee at AIA is selling the information without their knowledge or, as I pointed out above, there may be some other way for marketers to get at the info. If I were a betting man...I absolutely would not bet among the different possibilities on this one.
Chad Miller
Mar 23, 22 11:20 am
Whew - I'm ready for this week to be done so I can do some mountain biking. Just got my ride tuned up, replaced my chain (it was stretched), and extended my front stem.
Everyday Architect
Mar 23, 22 12:23 pm
I'm tired of riding the trainer at night after the kiddo goes to bed. I've been itching to get out more and more on my road bike. Ordered some tire sealant and other things last week getting ready for the spring weather.
Chad Miller
Mar 23, 22 5:51 pm
I'm starting to train for a ride in August called 'The Palisade Plunge' 20 miles of downhill where you loose over 5,000 ft on some technical terrain. I will be walking a lot of it. Also I'll be wearing a full face helmet with chest, elbow, and knee pads.
archanonymous
Mar 29, 22 3:24 pm
Palisade Plunge looks amazing. I love it as an example of the place-making powers of outdoor sports. It is such an attraction for the area.
Everyday Architect
Mar 24, 22 8:25 pm
The whole AZP and his sock puppets thing went from "mildly amusing" to "OMG" to "ok, this is actually just sad" pretty quickly this week.
Thanks NS. I don't follow acidemia at all. I didn't even know there was trouble in the program.
Non Sequitur
Mar 25, 22 10:31 am
The big green head is skating circles and slam dunking field-goals all over AZP's "cancelation" claims.
tduds
Mar 25, 22 11:22 am
It's a equal parts sad and funny to watch someone so arrogant that they can't even fathom not having a basic grasp of something.
Orhan Ayyüce
Mar 25, 22 11:18 am
I think it was a mistake to name your firm 'GGLO'. "Hi, this is gigolo may I help you?" Oh well, they are hiring, must be working out for them...
citizen
Mar 25, 22 12:53 pm
Looks like another all-nighter at the office.
Everyday Architect
Mar 25, 22 2:49 pm
Easy to pivot when they ABI tanks in a recession
Josh Mings
Mar 25, 22 3:00 pm
AZP having multiple accounts made my day
archanonymous
Mar 29, 22 3:44 pm
So I quit my job, am moving to a warmer climate, and basically just living in a a van down by the river for the next 2+ years chilling the fuck out. I'm trying to pick up some part-time contract work so I don't completely bankrupt myself and I know a few TC regulars have done it successfully. What was your secret? Did you pick a niche and focus there or just be available for whatever jobs might find you?
I have a 12 years of experience now, with 7 built ground-up or significant interiors projects that I was design arch and PA for, so my skills are sharpest in just straight-up architecture, which is a hard thing to do on a contract or part-time basis. It's also not very relaxing. I could probably be successful with my own shop but see above, I'm beyond burnt out. Thus the desire for something part-time and not so all-consuming as my own architecture projects.
,,,,
Mar 29, 22 6:18 pm
Get back to basics. Take a job outside of architecture. Think about what your life priorities are and if anything in architecture can help you achieve them. Stay safe, and keep us posted. My 2¢.
proto
Mar 29, 22 6:48 pm
really depends on the van
and the river
archanonymous
Mar 29, 22 7:08 pm
River TBD, but you know its a 1992 Chevy Astro Van baby, nothing but the best.
atelier nobody
Mar 29, 22 7:37 pm
Drafting work might be easier to pick up than PA work, and less stressful, if you have a powerful enough laptop and your own copy(ies) of whichever CAD/BIM software. On the other hand, z1111 may also have a point - maybe just pour coffee for a bit.
citizen
Mar 30, 22 2:49 am
Good luck, archanonymous. That's a big step that sounds really tempting in many ways.
square.
Mar 30, 22 9:28 am
i more than understand and applaud you - eager to see how this turns out.
Josh Mings
Mar 30, 22 10:28 am
Best of luck to you Anon. Keep us posted where you end up. If you go out West, please be ok with me setting up my tent outside your van.
archanonymous
Mar 30, 22 10:42 am
Haha, of course.
proto
Mar 30, 22 12:55 pm
be sure to attach as many clean & unused overlanding accessories to the outside of your van as possible; it's how you will be recognized as a remote van lifer, esp traction boards & rotopax containers...absolutely essential
#vanlifebro
archanonymous
Mar 31, 22 1:23 pm
@proto, I'm definitely doing that, but with electronics and office items. Old mechanical keyboards strapped to the back door instead of traction boards, coils of cat5 cable instead of tow ropes, mount up some chonky flat-panel monitors on the back, and some drafting lights where the rally lights would normally go.
Non Sequitur
Mar 31, 22 2:21 pm
^drafting table with mayline as roof
rack.
axonapoplectic
Mar 31, 22 3:57 pm
I had no idea about the Sci Arc debacle until it started popping up as memes on Twitter.
citizen
Mar 31, 22 4:57 pm
I hate to miss a good debacle.
Everyday Architect
Mar 31, 22 6:49 pm
between this debacle and AZP's multiple sock puppets it's been an interesting two weeks in architectural academia
Chad Miller
Apr 1, 22 12:17 pm
That's one of the reasons I haven't had anything to do with architectural academia after I graduated. Other than mentoring high schoolers who are interested in architecture.
vado retro
Apr 1, 22 11:08 am
speaking of debacles, I am still alive.
b3tadine[sutures]
Apr 1, 22 11:35 am
I know you are, because I can feel your warmth!
Orhan Ayyüce
Apr 1, 22 2:17 pm
he is more like alive+
citizen
Apr 1, 22 2:59 pm
How's things in the witness protection program, "Dave"?
Josh Mings
Apr 2, 22 1:59 pm
Some of you may have seen this already, but I was interviewed about my taking a leave from the profession a bit. Luckily I found a great new opportunity that aligns with my values on how the profession should be, and I’m truly back in the affordable housing realm. The Burnout Problem in Architecture
Everyday Architect
Apr 4, 22 12:51 pm
It's 4/4, and if I'm reading your recent posts correctly that means you start a new gig today. Congrats. Hope it works out well for you. You obviously don't have to share where it's at, but I'm curious to know if you do decide to share.
Josh Mings
Apr 4, 22 10:02 pm
Yes, I did start today. Canopy Architects + Designers here in Chicago. Affordable housing and community based design. Right in my wheelhouse and similar thoughts on work/life balance
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The company I work for, is hemorrhaging staff, myself shortly. OOOF.
Non Sequitur
Apr 5, 22 7:23 am
What’s the % leaving? I’m getting the feeling this will be happening here too with our already stretched staff pool.
Non Sequitur
Apr 5, 22 5:16 pm
Got this weird recruiter email to my work account about 2 weeks ago:
We’re looking for someone special. Allow me to explain…
Architecture is an intrinsically aspirational discipline. So long as it satisfies the prerequisites of health, safety, and human welfare, the sky is quite literally the limit on creativity.
Embodying bold clear vision, our client is literally transforming the way people work and live. They are creating mindfully innovative structures which radiate with possibility and inspire a new way of thinking about space and design.
Would you be interested in learning about this architecture firm and its disruptive business model?
If you send me your Gmail or other private email address, I will send you the complete overview.
The wanker just cold-called me on my office extension and layered on the sleezeball used car salesman quick talk. Dude... there is a reason why no-one is returning your emails.
Chad Miller
Apr 5, 22 6:01 pm
Had a recruiter call me a couple of weeks back. I told this person I wasn't interested. They then tried the "so you aren't interested in finding a better firm and furthering your career . . ." line. I responded by saying I'm a junior partner with ownership in the firm. There response was "oh" ::click::
citizen
Apr 6, 22 12:37 pm
I need a shower after reading that message, Non.
And recruiters' constant phone calls and emails at work is the most "disruptive business model" there is. Boom!
Non Sequitur
Apr 6, 22 2:20 pm
Innovative disruptive and ground-breaking office yet they rely on antiquated recruiters to drum up staff? Like... if the firm in questions is so fucking awesome, should there not literally be a line-up of people dropping off CVs? The same text is pasted over the agency's website in several other adds but the office I'm suspecting is the source of this one also has a add out for "rainmaker" position.
Chad Miller
Apr 6, 22 2:56 pm
I gots to know what firm this iz!
,,,,
Apr 6, 22 2:59 pm
NS, I was thinking the same thing and then I realized those are probably relative terms.
Everyday Architect
Apr 6, 22 3:07 pm
I swear I got a similar message not that long ago ... "bold vision," "disruptive firm," "private email address," etc. I wonder if there was a thread where we all posted the messages we get from recruiters if we'd be able to quickly see some patterns? I'm assuming yes.
In other news this week, a firm is open to bringing me on 100% remote.
"I hope you have been well! [Company Name] is looking for a [Position Title] to join their team. They are open to bringing on someone to work 100% remote. Please let me know if this is something that you'd be interested in and I'd be happy to share more information!"
,,,,
Apr 6, 22 3:21 pm
I am willing to bet those are the search terms rank high on the Google algorithm.
proto
Apr 6, 22 11:38 am
re: Everyday Architect's last post in the "All my comments are all deleted" thread [now apparently locked]
I have noticed occasionally necro-threads bumped, but then can't find the post that bumped them...
Chad Miller
Apr 6, 22 12:52 pm
That's because the necro thread bumper was a spammer and the Big Green Head (all hail its ban hammer) nuked 'em.
proto
Apr 6, 22 12:56 pm
& that apparently doesn't retire the thread back to wherever it came from in the history? [date of last post]
Everyday Architect
Apr 6, 22 1:17 pm
I think it takes a bit of time to work through the website to update and relegate the thread back to where it came from. I don't know what that timeline is, but I think it eventually catches up
proto
Apr 6, 22 2:05 pm
gotcha, thx
SneakyPete
Apr 7, 22 6:10 pm
Hey big green head, can we get some edit post functionality for the mobile interface? Annoying to have to switch to desktop mode to edit a spelling error.
b3tadine[sutures]
Apr 7, 22 6:53 pm
You can edit posts from mobile though.
I did it to add the photo.
Chad Miller
Apr 7, 22 6:59 pm
. . . .
SneakyPete
Apr 7, 22 7:10 pm
I didn't say I couldn't do it, the edit post link is missing for me in the mobile version of the forum. I need to request the desktop version to see it.
SneakyPete
Apr 7, 22 7:11 pm
Also would be nice to be able to insert a photo into a reply.
SneakyPete
Apr 7, 22 7:12 pm
By the way b3ta I find that photo offensive.
Non Sequitur
Apr 7, 22 7:20 pm
I also can’t edit from my phone.
b3tadine[sutures]
Apr 7, 22 11:02 pm
They turned it off for Canada, standards, gotta have em.
SneakyPete
Apr 7, 22 7:11 pm
because I can't add photos to replies on mobile.
b3tadine[sutures]
Apr 7, 22 11:02 pm
Are you using the Archinect app?
proto
Apr 8, 22 11:54 am
i didn't know there was an app
Everyday Architect
Apr 8, 22 12:43 pm
The mobile web interface is better than the app if I recall. Hasn’t the BGH basically said use mobile web rather than the app anyway?
Everyday Architect
Apr 8, 22 12:44 pm
Also, I don’t have ability to edit on mobile web interface. Is this a Safari vs. Chrome vs. whatever thing?
SneakyPete
Apr 8, 22 1:05 pm
I use a browser native to my phone, so it's not just whatever you're using.
axonapoplectic
Apr 12, 22 10:55 am
my job went from being part of a team helping to brainstorm ideas and present designs to clients to me spending 90% of my time demonstrating to a stubborn boomer how their ridiculous ideas don’t work.
Before the pandemic I could walk over to someone and say “hey, this doesn’t work, how about we do this?” And they would he like “ah - ok.” Now it’s a day or two of me drawing up diagrams and doing a whole zoom presentation to someone who refuses to come into the office and seemingly cannot understand the primary reason something doesn’t work no matter how much I explain it to them.
My motivation is completely gone.
Chad Miller
Apr 12, 22 11:39 am
Bummer. Can you fire them?
Non Sequitur
Apr 12, 22 11:51 am
Same story here too. The disconnect between involved parties is a big hurdle for us and eventhough we're all (mostly) full time back in the office... C19 WFH habits remain.
Chad Miller
Apr 12, 22 12:20 pm
I find that really odd - if they could understand how something didn't work before C19 why can't they understand now?
square.
Apr 12, 22 12:34 pm
sounds like a personnel problem - we're doing just fine with wfh
axonapoplectic
Apr 12, 22 9:09 pm
This person was totally fine to work with before the pandemic. Since they’ve been WFH it’s been increasingly challenging. I feel like they’ve lost touch with reality.
tduds
Apr 12, 22 2:59 pm
jla lately.
tduds
Apr 12, 22 3:00 pm
thanks admins for deleting that ridiculous thread.
proto
Apr 12, 22 3:29 pm
what did i miss?
Non Sequitur
Apr 12, 22 3:30 pm
ah.
Chad Miller
Apr 12, 22 5:00 pm
You didn't miss much proto. X-jla tried to say that ' dem cites' want to be like the current Chinese government. X-jla also said that this was his opinion so no one could ask for sources that supported his claims. What a tool.
Everyday Architect
Apr 12, 22 7:38 pm
Proud of myself I still have him on "ignore." Usually I haven't lasted this long but it has helped a bit with the forum. I plan on sticking with it for now.
proto
Apr 13, 22 11:57 am
i put him on ignore now...just mental the level of grievance-pushing...i'm done with rewarding it
tduds
Apr 14, 22 12:39 am
FWIW I flagged the thread, and it seems that got a response. A lesson perhaps for future threads...
Everyday Architect
Apr 14, 22 12:00 pm
I've noticed flagging gets responses most of the time. I think the moderators have a lot to do and don't necessarily see everything we might. Flagging something gets their attention and they can review and take action. There have been times I've flagged a whole series of comments that seems to be heading in a different direction than the thread, and they've come in and cleaned it up. Actions seem to range from nuking the comments and locking out the user, to simply hiding the comments but allowing the discussion to continue for those who want to click through to unhide the comments.
Chad Miller
Apr 14, 22 12:43 pm
I just piss off of x-jla by using simple logic to poke holes in his opinions. I clearly live in that fools head rent free. The funny thing is that until I see a bullshit opinion post of his I forget he even exists.
Non Sequitur
Apr 12, 22 4:34 pm
Every time you open the paper now, there seems to be another celebrity getting arrest for masturbation. First, it was Peewee Herman and then George Michael. If masturbation's a crime, I should be on death row.
Gilbert Gottfried
b3tadine[sutures]
Apr 12, 22 6:26 pm
The man was an iconoclast. His Aristocrat routine, legendary.
,,,,
Apr 12, 22 6:58 pm
Mouse on acid was hilarious.
,,,,
Apr 12, 22 7:01 pm
*Mickey Mouse on acid was hilarious.*
proto
Apr 12, 22 9:55 pm
RIP, i guess (but i never found him funny)
citizen
Apr 13, 22 1:14 am
I didn't originally think he was funny. ("Why does he yell everything?") It was similar with Norm Macdonald for me at first. At some point, something clicked, and I found them both really hilarious (Norm much more so). RIP,GG
Chad Miller
Apr 13, 22 1:29 pm
An interesting fact: Gilbert's voice was only a stage act. His real voice was soothing and rather genteel.
Chad Miller
Apr 18, 22 10:51 am
Well it's Monday and I'm already ::blah::
Non Sequitur
Apr 18, 22 5:13 pm
Could be worse, you could be crowdsourcing very expensive adult decisions in online forums. We’re on day 4 of a house-wide gastro bug.
Chad Miller
Apr 18, 22 5:45 pm
Gastro bug - that sucks.
Then again, I've been a type 1 diabetic for 34 years . . . I'd rather be diabetic than have the flu. :s
atelier nobody
Apr 19, 22 3:16 pm
Just got the e-mail with the next dates for a training and certification that A) doesn't come around that often and B) I really need. It's on the same days that I will be doing a facility condition assessment on a remote island in Alaska.
Pardon me while I just scream for a little bit now...
Chad Miller
Apr 19, 22 6:49 pm
For those of you who use COMcheck to show performance based compliance with the IECC . . .
You may have noticed that their is no 2021 IECC option to choose for the code to follow. The work around is to use the ASHRAE 90.1-2019 for your energy code. The ASHRAE standard is what the 2021 IECC uses for their metrics to determine compliance.
I'm embarrassed it took me this long to figure this out.
Josh Mings
Apr 21, 22 11:18 am
Popping in to say holy crap working again after two months away is exhausting. But itge work is totally feeding into my passions and I wake up every day ready to go. I made the right choice.
Non Sequitur
Apr 21, 22 12:00 pm
Good stuff.
Non Sequitur
Apr 21, 22 12:02 pm
btw, this wanker here runs a firm in your backyard (CHI) and is looking for advise to trap staff. Weirdest question I've seen pop in here in quite some time.
NS - I think that's a troll post by someone trying slander the architect. That or the OP is the dumbest architect in the history of the world. I'm 50/50 on the whole thing.
axonapoplectic
Apr 21, 22 4:13 pm
Did you switch jobs or just take 2 months off?
Josh Mings
Apr 21, 22 4:54 pm
Both, and I have no clue what itge work is. I blame my phone.
Chad Miller
Apr 21, 22 6:20 pm
Damn it, I really wanted to know what ITGE was. ;)
proto
Apr 22, 22 7:07 pm
It could be a thing? Or at least an archinect meme? Next which-school-for-me thread, someone should ask if OP has got their ITGE forms in order. If not, they need to contact NCARB or, failing that, DM rcz1001 for further documentation reqts.
gibbost
Apr 29, 22 2:23 pm
Josh, just read the article in this month's Architect magazine where they featured your story. Glad you are bringing attention to the work-life balance that is missing in the profession--and how you bravely found a new path to preserve it for yourself.
axonapoplectic
Apr 21, 22 4:39 pm
I hope that post about violating the 13th amendment is a troll. But knowing some smaller firm owners I fear that is might not be.
Everyday Architect
Apr 21, 22 8:37 pm
I'm 50/50 on it being a troll or being cultural misunderstanding. I posted over there but apparently its a real thing in India.
Chad Miller
Apr 22, 22 1:16 pm
The username dose correlate to a real person - an Indian man running a firm in the Chicago area. The IP address of the OP says they're in California. I'm highly suspect of that the OP in that thread is trolling.
Everyday Architect
Apr 25, 22 11:59 am
Cannot imagine a thread I'd rather read less than the one where it appears Rick and jla are arguing with each other. Good luck with that one folks.
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 12:06 pm
Why have bans if they don't get used on the most disruptive and least beneficial posters?
Chad Miller
Apr 25, 22 12:18 pm
What I don't understand is why the Big Green Head bans people but then lets them back under a different username. I would seriously like a response from Archinect why they allow this. At this point It appears that Archinect wants the drama to increase website traffic.
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 12:36 pm
There are many moderators here. Sometimes the same moderator will block, delete, then revive comments or users for various reasons. The "big green head" has only deleted spam accounts and comments in the last couple weeks, depriving you of various forms of essay writing assistance, voodoo spells, and forex advice.
Chad Miller
Apr 25, 22 1:20 pm
That's not really an answer Architect.
It' seems as if you're saying 'it's not us, it's the mods'. I thought you set the standards for the mods? Also aren't your mods volunteer?
I do appreciate nuking the spammers though.
Josh Mings
Apr 25, 22 1:25 pm
Can you send me the voodoo spells?
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 1:27 pm
Yes, all moderators are volunteers that have been invited, or accepted, to be moderators due to experience and activity in the forum. Each moderator is trusted to moderate as they seem fit, following our terms of service guidelines. If you're looking for specific reasons why a particular comment, or set of comments, have been moderated, it's unlikely we can give you that answer if we're unfamiliar with who moderated the comments and/or why. If you feel like any moderator has abused their control, feel free to send us details so we can review.
"At this point It appears that Archinect wants the drama to increase website traffic" - this is not at all true.
Chad Miller
Apr 25, 22 2:29 pm
Archinect -
I don't feel any mod has abused their control of the forums.
My question was - why are users who were banned allowed to come back under a different username? These banned users have come back several times and it's obvious they are the same person. Hell - they even admit to it. If you deemed their previous behavior on the site to be worth banning why let them back on - often on the same day?
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 2:37 pm
"why are users who were banned allowed to come back under a different username?" - examples?
Chad Miller
Apr 25, 22 3:13 pm
x-jla, tumbleweed, jawkeenmusic and rcz1001 are a few that come to mind. I'm sure other users could provide you with a longer list.
Everyday Architect
Apr 25, 22 3:18 pm
I'm not aware that any of those Chad mentioned except for rcz1001 have been banned from the platform and allowed back on under a different name. Still, the question remains for at least rcz1001.
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 3:22 pm
I would like to know why JLA hasn't been banned considering the disruptive and non-relevance of most of the shit they post. Other folks have been banned for less antagonism.
,,,,
Apr 25, 22 3:36 pm
Concerning x-jla, there was one of the many threads where his comments were deleted and he appeared to be banned and came back under a couple of different names on that same thread. As I remember, several of us called him on it and then the whole thread was deleted.
Non Sequitur
Apr 25, 22 3:49 pm
don't we all have at least one silly hobby? for some it's pretending an architect's online forum is a great place to drop their ill-informed brain thuds. Others collect stamps. I'm on the fence deciding which one of these 2 is the worst.
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 4:26 pm
x-jla, tumbleweed, jawkeenmusic... have never been banned. They've been blocked on a lot of threads. Maybe you're confusing a thread block from a universal ban?
If someone is banned, then they communicate to us that they understand the cause of the ban and would like to try to participate again under a new username, we'll give them another chance.
Regarding the question of specific users not getting banned, we're open to feedback. Seems like Thread Central is a good place to solicit thoughts.
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 5:17 pm
I've given mine. When the overwhelming majority of a users posts have nothing to do with architecture and cause frustration and negativity instead of satisfaction and positivity, that's when I would prefer they get banned. Off topic discourse can be fun, stimulating, and important. With JLA, it never is.
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 5:25 pm
Maybe we should create a Supreme Court of Archinect, where troublesome members are put forth in front of a jury consisting of all members with more than a certain number of comments, to judge whether a member should be allowed to stay or be banned? The entire process could be automated, when a member receives a critical number of flags, the member is then restricted to the courtroom, where they can argue their case for the jury to decided with online vote.
Non Sequitur
Apr 25, 22 5:32 pm
Good call. Let me be the first to submit a design entry for the new Architect courthouse.
proto
Apr 25, 22 5:56 pm
...
,,,,
Apr 25, 22 6:01 pm
My suggestion: It seems to me that one could limit the number of comments in a row and the length of a comment. A wall of text and/or 3 or more comments in a row preclude any
intelligent conversation. In addition their could be an off topic button.
Non Sequitur
Apr 25, 22 6:08 pm
Nice one Proto but I don’t think Paul has the budget for that much paint.
,,,,
Apr 25, 22 6:13 pm
*there*
Chad Miller
Apr 25, 22 6:18 pm
Archinect wrote:
::sic:: "x-jla, tumbleweed, jawkeenmusic... have never been banned". ::sic::
x-jla was JLA. JLA was banned.
tumbleweed in the few years I've been here he / she has had dozens of throw away accounts that have been banned - I can't recall them.
I was incorrect about jawkeenmusic - I apologize.
I like the idea that Archinect and Sneaky had. I don't like the locations of the courthouse that proto and NS made . . .
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 6:41 pm
I don't think it needs to be codified. I think Architect needs to decide what sort of forum they want. If you want a forum that has a friendly discourse, with interesting commentary, then bans need to be a tool used to fashion that. If you want to leave it the way it is, then do so. I have no interest in being part of a third party oversight in order to be able to claim there's a process to banning. It's a forum. You own it. You don't need us to be a kangaroo court. I dont poll my house guests when one of them goes on a racist tear. I kick the motherfucker out and do not welcome that individual back.
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 6:42 pm
There's one account with the username JLA; they aren't banned and don't seem to be related to x-jla. tumbleweed - no idea, we're unaware of any other usernames they have/had. It's very likely that users have been banned and created new accounts under the radar.
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 6:45 pm
Jla-x or jla_x
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 6:45 pm
They've been banned. That you don't have a record of it is a bit concerning.
Archinect
Apr 25, 22 6:54 pm
There's a difference between having a record of it, and not feeling it necessary to spend the time looking for the records and documenting it all here ;) As also mentioned in the comment that is causing you concern
, "It's very likely that users have been banned and created new accounts under the radar."
SneakyPete
Apr 25, 22 7:10 pm
IP bans and the guts of people you trust to make them are what's required for a pleasant forum. Otherwise you will have a forum that's pleasant for exactly nobody.
Chad Miller
Apr 26, 22 12:42 pm
Overall I think the message we're getting from Archinect is that it's not worth their time to monitor such things. That's fair - the forum is a very small part of the site and it probably doesn't make Archinect much money.
Moderating any forum is a tough job and can take a lot of time.
SneakyPete
Apr 26, 22 1:19 pm
It's their house. If they don't mind cleaning up after the guests shits everywhere that's their prerogative.
Chad Miller
Apr 26, 22 1:23 pm
That's correct. The thing is they really aren't cleaning up though. They're just telling us to ignore it. Nothing wrong with that. It's a tough job to moderate this forum. My only concern is that reputable users will get tired of this an leave. I waste enough time here yet manage to learn quite a bit from the majority of the users. The few loud trolls / racist a-holes make me question if I want to be associated with this site though.
Archinect
Apr 26, 22 1:29 pm
Not at all. The forum is due for some big changes. We've made many visibly small but substantial changes over the (20+!) years we've been hosting the forum to keep up with the quickly evolving internet culture, and we're committed to continuing to improve the experience. When the forum launched in 1999, not very many people were online, social media didn't exist, blogs were barely a thing. Archinect was the ONLY place architects and designers from around the world could come together to communicate publicly. Since then social media has entered the picture, the internet population has dramatically increased, and the overall tone has gone from mostly productive and supportive to very often harsh and negative.
If we didn't devote energy to the forum, and monitor the forum, it would completely fall apart. Providing a public forum is not easy; you're very much right, but the issue seems to be more about a general feeling that we're not moderating it enough. Conversely, we get a lot of harsh feedback from many people that think we moderate too strictly. Many users here don't see a lot of the content that gets deleted, and the users that get banned. Most don't realize that when we ban a long-time user we get flooded with hate mail from that user and every other person that sympathizes with that user, or cries
about free speech rights. We agree we need to move the needle to nurture a community that we're proud of hosting. Some people will love these changes, others will hate them.
SneakyPete
Apr 26, 22 1:42 pm
I'm not trying to backseat drive. Do what you feel is right. I appreciate the interaction.
proto
Apr 26, 22 1:46 pm
Thanks archinect/paul for taking the time to connect in here and respond to commments/questions
i'm in another forum that takes pride in lack of moderation, but even that one has to ban users occasionally for sucking up the oxygen in the room.
thanks to the mods here for volunteering for an admittedly thankless job
Chad Miller
Apr 26, 22 1:59 pm
I really appreciate Archinet taking the time to have a conversation with us about the forum.
Just to be clear - I'm not saying you need to moderate more.
What I'm saying is that when you ban someone you need to try and keep them banned. I know you say that people come in under different usernames but unless they're using a VPN or a spoof program to alter their IP this shouldn't be an issue.
Everyday Architect
Apr 26, 22 2:42 pm
I think part of the misunderstanding with users coming back after being "banned" under different names is that the site currently allows you to change your user name in your user settings. I think many times people go quiet, come back and change their name.
I don't think jla-x was ever banned from the site (threads? yes; site? no), but they did change their name to x-jla. They made a point of stating this at the time, and posting their self-imposed rules for participation like no posts longer than 2 sentences, but it's likely been lost in their sea of posts nuked since then.
There are a few users that seem to change names quite often. "FRaC" became "Wine CaveMAN" became "interpol" became "we're in this together" became "drums please, Fab?" ... all the same account, just changing their user name. In some ways I find this preferable (if name changes are to be allowed) because changing the name doesn't erase the bans or post history, it just makes it harder to understand if the user name you're responding to today is the same user name you might have been responding to 3 months ago on a different topic without digging into their post history.
midlander
Apr 27, 22 4:45 am
i'll just chime in to support the general efforts of the moderators. certainly there are few or no good examples of platforms that successfully balance giving everyone a voice against people who want to shout nonsense everywhere. the majority of the problem is due to the varying standards each user has on what is obnoxious versus entertaining speech.
Archinect
Apr 27, 22 11:20 am
Bingo! Welcome to the extremely complex and nuanced world of forum hosting. Social media addressed this by letting people curate their own social circles, letting people choose who they communicate with. The result has led to more extreme opinions across the spectrum, and further cultural division.
Wood Guy
May 1, 22 10:20 am
Having briefly moderated the Fine Homebuilding forum in the early 2000s when that was the biggest forum for construction professionals, I have a lot of empathy for what it takes to run a forum--it's thankless and frankly kinda sucks. If you haven't done it yourself, especially these days with so much negativity, I recommend giving it a try before criticizing too harshly. If I don't like what a poster is saying, I either respond, ignore or block them.
Those who obsess over evicting others are just as distracting, perhaps more so, then the offenders, in my opinion. I think the moderators here do a good job of balancing tricky situations. I'd rather err on the side of freedom than censorship, but trust them to do what's right for the site.
Donna Sink
Apr 29, 22 8:30 pm
I’m finally watching Jodorowky’s Dune, which was recommended to me years ago. It’s so good. It’s so hard to make things!
citizen
Apr 30, 22 2:46 pm
Fantastic film! And yes, a poignant illustration of idea v. execution.
We see that battle* all the time here on Archinect (and elsewhere): a fancy rendering and puffy paragraph promising some world-changing project. Then reality comes calling.
* In no way do those proposals rise anywhere near to the heights of Jodorowsky's.
Non Sequitur
Apr 29, 22 8:45 pm
For anyone who's interested... the truck cunts are back.
You're just jealous. I'm not saying it's of this design mind you . . .
b3tadine[sutures]
May 6, 22 12:42 pm
I would be, if I gave a crap about Ferraris.
proto
May 6, 22 12:51 pm
paywalled article -- any access to the text?
b3tadine[sutures]
May 6, 22 2:32 pm
Naw.
Chad Miller
May 9, 22 5:17 pm
So the difficult fire station project in a crusty mountain town has been killed. The city council of the crusty mountain town decided to have the fire department use the 2021 IBC and IECC. They also are requiring the building to be at least a LEED Silver.
Did I mention that we're in CD's and the city code requires 2018 IBC / IECC and LEED Certified? Yeah . . . .
The fire department decided to say 'no thanks' and are going to build the fire station outside the city limits. The project will have to be redesigned and scaled down. I'm concerned that the owner's rep will now just go with a series of metal buildings since there isn't any design review requirements outside the city.
Bummer.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 9, 22 5:27 pm
Wait. The Fire Department, told the City Council, to pound sand?
Chad Miller
May 9, 22 5:51 pm
Pretty much.
Here is a short summary of the situation.
Fire Dept: Hey city, our fire station is falling down. Could we get a new one?
City: Get a bond passed and we’ll talk.
Fire Dept. : Passes Bond
City: We want the fire station in the city limits please
Fire Dept. : Sure, we’ll need a bit more land though
City: No problem! We’ll just annex some for you
Fire Dept. Cool, we’ll get a building designed . . .
::Architects and Engineers work for five months to design a campus that meets the stringent and arbitrary city design standards::
At the annexation hearing . . .
City council member: I want everything to be green and think the 2021 IECC and LEED Silver are the only and best way to do this.
City: What they said – make it so
Fire Dept. Uh, ok we’ll try but at this point in the process it’s not going to be possible to meet everything . . .
:: Architects, engineers, and fire department accomplish 90% of the new code and LEED requirements::
Fire Dept: We did our best and got nearly everything you wanted. If you see our reports the building actually performs better than LEED Silver and the 2021 IECC but we can’t get LEED Silver because of our rural location.
City: F-off! Do it our way or no project
Fire Dept.: Actually, the bond doesn’t say we have to have the building in the city.
City: F-off – you do what we say!
Fire Dept: POUND SAND. We'll build this 1,000' up the road and not have to deal with you.
Chad Miller
May 9, 22 6:05 pm
I forgot to add that the city also asked for employee housing on the campus, thus why more land was needed.
Needless to say that I'm a bit bored and rudderless at the moment.
citizen
May 9, 22 7:38 pm
Great, concise summary, Chad. Painful to write, I'm sure, and so frustrating. One council member with an idea but no knowledge can cause a lot of trouble.
And, yeah, fire officials are a tough bunch to wrangle.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 9, 22 8:11 pm
Sweet Jesus. First, LEED, is shit. Second, something tells me this ain't the end??
Chad Miller
May 10, 22 10:00 am
It is very painful. It's probably not over. This particular city is vindictive enough to try and impose their will in some other way. The fire department is already having their lawyers make sure the city can't make demands when the utilities are extended to the new site.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 10, 22 8:03 pm
Some clients, are just that type of pain in the ass, that you just know no amount of money will make you whole. Others, make you believe that you are in the right business, helping people.
Today, I am dealing with the former.
Wood Guy
May 13, 22 7:32 pm
Sorry to hear that. I get stuck with those regularly. I have only recently realized that probably the biggest change I need to make in my practice is to weed out those types. Basically I'm going to start making clients apply to get on my waiting list. That may sound snobby but I just don't have the patience to deal with assholes anymore.
bowling_ball
May 15, 22 10:35 pm
This weekend was the re-start of renovations at my own home. Quickly remembered that working alone, despite me generally preferring that, takes a million times longer than having even one semi-competent helper. It also reminded me why I made the choice to go to university, so I wouldn't have to break my body doing crap renovations in a hot attic when I'd rather be doing just about anything else.
It's Miller time.
Chad Miller
May 18, 22 11:22 am
It's weird to have a lul in projects. I know that in a week things will be normal again but it still feels weird.
Chad Miller
May 18, 22 2:09 pm
So I've been order-teered into the safety officer at my firm. Now I need to come up with a safety plan.
So far I've come up with:
1. Don't be dumb
2. Don't get hurt.
Everyday Architect
May 18, 22 2:18 pm
Is "order-teered" the same as "voluntold" or is there a difference?
proto
May 18, 22 3:28 pm
Like QC? Or inside the office?
Perhaps institute safety breaks at 4.20 every day?
Chad Miller
May 18, 22 3:29 pm
EA - they are the same thing.
Chad Miller
May 18, 22 3:31 pm
proto - this would literally be for keeping people safe from harm. So far I've come up the following that need polices to follow:
Fire
Personal Injury
Evacuation of office
COVID Infection
Active Shooter
Site Visits
Adverse Weather
Motor vehicle accident
proto
May 18, 22 3:46 pm
{retracted}
Everyday Architect
May 18, 22 4:40 pm
Maybe split "fire" into two; 1) building fire, and 2) wildfire. Wildfire might simply be similar to "evacuation of office" but with some important differences on what to do once outside the building and accounting for staff once clear of any danger.
Look up what corporate safety officers are paid and if you're not already making more, then insist on a raise.
atelier nobody
May 18, 22 6:04 pm
"When TSHTF, GTFO!"
There - Safety Manual written.
b3tadine[sutures]
May 18, 22 6:09 pm
I'm sorry, but who is on Karen Patrol?
Chad Miller
May 18, 22 6:30 pm
That's part of the active shooter response.
Chad Miller
May 18, 22 6:32 pm
atelier nobody - I make about 10% than the average corporate safety officer before profit sharing. ;)
b3tadine[sutures]
May 18, 22 7:41 pm
I'm surry, but I need to speak with your manager!
Chad Miller
May 19, 22 10:11 am
They're out back in the alley next to the dumpster. I'll take you see them . . .
Donna Sink
May 20, 22 4:37 pm
Chad, when I worked at the IMA we did “tabletop emergencies” where the Facilities, Security, and other departments sat around a table and talked through what we would do to protect people, art, and buildings during an emergency scenario. To keep it fun, we did some silly scenarios like “a tiger escapes from the zoo and breaks into the sculpture park to swim in the pond”. Some of them were serious, like active shooter scenarios. I enjoyed doing it, both making jokes AND noting seriously what the priorities were to communicate and act in various situations.
Non Sequitur
May 20, 22 4:59 pm
What if the tiger is the active shooter?
citizen
May 20, 22 7:16 pm
^ AND he's asking if he can update your samples binder. It just gets worse and worse!
SneakyPete
May 21, 22 1:30 am
He's also a head hunter and wants to talk to you about an open Project Manager position at a highly respected firm in your city.
Donna Sink
May 22, 22 6:26 pm
I just finished reading the novel Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. If you are similar to my age, 55, and remember how terrifying AIDS was as a teenager in the 1980s I encourage you to read this novel. Sad and lovely.
Chad Miller
May 23, 22 12:04 pm
I was around eight years old in the 80's. I recall a lot of scared and ignorant people doing and saying abhorrent things when it came to those infected with HIV and AIDS. Truth be told that is what begin my skepticism and eventual disbelief in Christianity and god.
atelier nobody
May 23, 22 1:49 pm
I'm the same age as Donna. What was weird was growing up right at the end of the "sexual revolution", when it seemed like everyone was boinking everyone just one class ahead of us in school, but then when we hit that age all of a sudden sex could kill you. When I was 16, I was a "Peer Educator" for Planned Parenthood so I probably knew as much as any layperson about the disease, and I can tell you that what we knew about it was damn little - a lot of what we were doing as "sex education" amounted to "always use condoms, or just don't have sex, or YOU WILL DIE, DIE, DIE!!!"
Chad Miller
May 23, 22 2:29 pm
What bothered me was the response of some people who said that HIV and AIDS was a punishment for being _______ (insert something you don't like here).
Non Sequitur
May 26, 22 9:08 am
Had another tornado hit our city last saturday. Power infrastructure badly damaged and our neighbourhood (along with many others) is still the dark. I've got a medium sized branched tangled in my powerline but it did not snap, so it kept the tree from hitting the house. What-did-I miss other that your silly 2A rearing it's ugly head in the news again?
Chad Miller
May 26, 22 10:31 am
I punched a guy who was against any type of gun control when he said it was deeply hypocritical using the death of innocents to force your will on others knowing it won't solve anything.
Other than that it's been a slow week for me.
SneakyPete
May 26, 22 11:34 am
Good guy with a fist.
Chad Miller
May 26, 22 11:49 am
It's the only way to stop a dumbass with no empathy for the death of children. I also pissed of the guy a bit more by saying his comment means that he's for a woman's right to choose. He didn't like that and got a bit uppity.
atelier nobody
May 26, 22 2:29 pm
Chad, I hope you punched him REALLY HARD.
Chad Miller
May 26, 22 3:34 pm
Just a normal punch.
Donna Sink
May 26, 22 11:01 pm
Thank you Chad. Every effort helps.
Wilma Buttfit
May 27, 22 9:34 am
I’ve been practicing my punching last couple of days. Not sure who’s gonna get it.
atelier nobody
May 26, 22 2:34 pm
Why would you ask an architecture forum for career advice in any other career?
proto
May 26, 22 6:54 pm
architects be smart n stuff
b3tadine[sutures]
May 26, 22 7:09 pm
Because we've seen what every other profession offers, figured we know what value is, and everyone else sucks.
Chad Miller
May 27, 22 9:31 am
wE iz DA smurTes! DaT Y!
proto
May 27, 22 3:27 pm
cuz
Non Sequitur
May 27, 22 4:27 pm
those don't look like safety shoes.
nabrU
May 27, 22 6:51 pm
Hospital shoes
proto
May 27, 22 6:53 pm
safety cap toe
nabrU
May 27, 22 5:42 pm
Wha gwarn thread central, what do you feel about parklets?
Usually it's a parking space allocated to "public" spaces but here in Hackney, London its kind of like the equivalent of those private hotel beaches on the Cote d'Azur whereby the council put a sign on public street furniture that says it is public but in practice its extra table covers.
Except, rather than the beach its occupying the pavement.
Some residents are inconvenienced by those occupying space to drink Negroni's. Stroke victims going to get loo roll etc from the corner shop (store in US parlance) etc.
In terms of infrastructure the parklets are kind of crap as on my block fibre internet is being installed and the workpeople have done a really neat job in terms of chasing in (UK term for putting cable paths into channels) but around the parklet its got some terribly wonky infrastructure that'll be a puzzle for future archaeologists.
Cars can move out of the way for actual infrastructure.
I've no qualms with just putting tables on road.
nabrU
May 27, 22 6:11 pm
A couple of photos to illustrate the work:
Nice and clean, good work.
Wonky white people's Negroni cashless gentrification.
archanonymous
May 31, 22 12:50 am
I'm not sure I see the relevance of bringing race into this?
I just heard a rumor that the AIA 2022 Conference keynote speaker is going to be Barack Obama. I wonder what Obama would think of the AIA’s stance on “hardening” schools?
atelier nobody
Jun 1, 22 9:50 pm
I wonder what ever happened with attempting to crowdsource design of the Obama Library through "Arcbazar"???
nabrU
Jun 7, 22 4:35 pm
Why would Obamas opinion or legacy be of any import? He had two terms what did he achieve? He did a good press correspondents dinner a couple of times to be fair. But aside from that?
Wood Guy
Jun 2, 22 3:03 pm
Tonight's BS + Beer Show should be a fun one for anyone interested in alternative, low-carbon foundation systems:
FOUNDATION SYSTEMS Thursday, June 2, 2022
6pm ET • 5pm CT • 4pm MT • 3pm PT
What foundation systems are today's leading practitioners using, and why? From helical piers and concrete-free slabs to ICFs, ICCFs, slab on grade, and permanent wood foundations, we will discuss the which systems are best for different situations.
Josh Salinger sits on the board of Passive House Northwest and works out of a converted 1930s passenger railcar as the CEO of Birdsmouth Design Build. He is based in Portland, OR.
Steve DeMetrick is owner of DeMetrick Housewrights. He has been building houses since he graduated from Georgetown University in 1995. He worked for Habitat for Humanity in inner city Washington, DC as an AmeriCorps volunteer for two years, then moved back to Wakefield in 1998 and has been building and remodeling in his community ever since. He is a Certified Passive House Builder and built the first PHIUS Certified Passive House in the state. He is an active member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and is an occasional contributor to the Journal of Light Construction and Fine Homebuilding magazines. He also served on the Board of Passive House Massachusetts.
Lucas Johnson is a building scientist based in Tucson, AZ. He has spent two decades leading the charge toward building low-carbon, high-performance homes. Lucas holds degrees in physicochemical biology from UCLA and eco-entrepreneurship from UCSB. He is also a certified Passive House professional and a BPI Building Analyst. Lucas is co-owner of Vali Homes, where he enjoys collaborating with architects, engineers, and builders to make projects cost-effective, durable, healthy, green, and enjoyable. Prior to Vali Homes, he served as the Western Regional Manager at 475 High Performance Building Supply.
Non Sequitur
Jun 2, 22 3:31 pm
WG, was really going to try to make this one live but it's election night (provincial) and I won't be back in time. Will stream post.
b3tadine[sutures]
Jun 2, 22 7:56 pm
You guys vote up there? I thought you just drove taps into maples, and decided who won based on which bucket got the most syrup?
Wood Guy
Jun 2, 22 9:01 pm
They’re keeping democracy alive for us Americans.
Donna Sink
Jun 3, 22 9:20 am
I’m really thinking I have face blindness, because I look at the pics of the two guys on the right, in baseball hats, and I’m like: that’s the same guy, right?! I could not tell one of them from the other in a police line up, is what I’m saying. Put ten blonde female newscasters in front of me and it’d be the same thing.
Wood Guy
Jun 3, 22 9:49 am
Haha, they definitely look similar with hats on! Steve, on the left, Travis, one of our co-hosts, and I all have scruffy beards as well. At least Ben, another co-host, has a long beard and Emily is beardless.
citizen
Jun 3, 22 1:20 pm
[Note to self: when ransacking Donna's place, wear generic baseball cap and don't shave. This will be cheaper than the blond wig, makeup and newscaster outfit. Act surprised when she posts about the theft.]
b3tadine[sutures]
Jun 2, 22 8:05 pm
The Venn Diagram of some posting/lurking here is rather fascinating; They are pro fascists in the AIA, pro prisons, but aren't pro fascists in prisons. Kaww, Kaww.
SneakyPete
Jun 3, 22 12:39 pm
I love the way the photographer incorporated people in these shots:
"Detail-loving architects can turn timber from a material into a career"
Oh!
All my life, I wanted to love me a detail.
Never gone too much
beyond 2x4s and stuff.
timber! drywall said,
come in,
I'll give you shelter from the dying forest
(blame vado retro on this one,
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Non Sequitur
Jun 5, 22 10:32 pm
Read to the tune of this... obviously.
atelier nobody
Jul 27, 22 10:01 pm
Sorry I missed this - I LOVES me some detailing. One of my bucket-list items is to learn Japanese joinery and try to translate it into details for CDs...
proto
Jun 6, 22 4:27 pm
@wood guy, are Pretty Good House books getting close to shipping?
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..
(i almost made a thread since it's likely there are more gems [& sorry for the IG link after the social media hate above!])https://www.instagram.com/p/Ca...
just amazing
I kinda like this?
That account is great
I've actually thought about doing something like that in a desert environment myself.
Rode 16 miles and went to see a Lego exhibit today. Getting in all the funemployment goodness before April 4th
Do you start a new position on April 4th? Good job on the ride by the way!
I do. Looking forward to getting back to things.
Josh that's great, did you get to see any decent LEGO projects? I am starting off at a new position in April as well. Best of luck to both of us!
My GenX brain heard this the other day, and it already sounded so antiquated; Gender Neutral Locker/Bathroom. For a school no less. It's amazing how far we've come in such a short time. I suggested that it would seem that we are moving away from this phrasing, and that schools may be inclined to use facilities like this punitively, and force segregation on students that are transitioning, or don't identify with their assigned gender.
It's really interesting, and in many ways tragic, how architecture is used to harm people, in both intended, and unattended ways.
We had one large client request that both the mens and womens washrooms (8ish fixtures per) only have stalls. Ie, no urinals. Use what ever one you want. Was a neat idea I’ve not seen since.
The large university here is one of my bigger clients and their official policy is gender neutral washrooms for all new construction, and wherever possible, even renovations. I've been doing this a lot for restaurants lately too. Individual stalls and communal sinks. Super common here. It might help that the head of plans examination here has a visible disability and is very encouraging of alternate solutions like that. I can't say the same for the rest of his staff, but there's hope.
This is the way. European-style toilet partitions (or individual rooms if they can afford the lighting/ vent/ fire alarms) with a common sink. No urinals. I even got to use one of those round wash-basin style sinks recently in this capacity.
I might have written this here before, but many years ago... like 15 or 16years ago... I remember a public washroom in some french city (tourist area Grenoble, perhaps) with 2 distinctive doors. Men's, and Women's (in french, obviously). Both doors led to the same gigantic room with urinals on the left, sinks on the right, and stalls in between.
I think the long term solution is that all public toilets, locker rooms, and showers will have to become single-occupant type, or at very least the partitions and doors of the stalls be redesigned to provide complete privacy and all multi-accommodation rooms be designated for all genders.
The current solution I see the most is to have a couple single-accommodation toilets or showers in addition to the usual gendered ones, but in a school setting where even future decent adults are known for being merciless about any "otherness", just being seen going into or coming out of the "special" toilets or showers could draw unwanted attention.
It would also be really cool if we could somehow stop equating nudity with sexual activity. But that's just a dream.
At the risk of possible TMI, I have some experience in communities where casual nudity isn't a big deal and a few transgender friends. Even in that environment, transgender people can be very self-conscious about their parts not matching their identity - all of my transgender friends keep their bathing suits on even when everyone else is skinny-dipping.
Even if our culture changed to the point that all-gender locker rooms were no big deal, there would still be transgender people who would be uncomfortable (not to mention all of the other people that are just shy for reasons having nothing to do with gender dysmorphia).
I did not intend to ignore the real issues of trans people. I apologize.
No apology necessary - I'm sorry if I came off as critical of you or your statement. I think you and I are in complete agreement about the normalization of the human body - I just wanted to expand on the thought a little vis-a-vis the topic at hand.
atelier nobody, I don't know if this changes anything but the washrooms I'm talking about are single-accommodation as you put it. It's becoming the norm here. In fact I'm sitting down in one right now, writing this comment. The sign on the for says "Whatever, just wash your hands" and who am I to argue? My circle of friends involves plenty of trans and non-binary people. I really couldn't give less of a shit (no pun!) what bathroom anybody uses. The entire issue is so overblown.
sign on the for = sign on the door
What do I need to do to get AIA to stop selling my contact information to companies that want to spam me?
Not be a member of AIA?
too late
Yeah, me too.
You may want to read this, looks like they don't sell your contact info . . . kind of?
https://www.aia.org/pages/2269...
CAN Spam Act of 2003 that AIA follows . . .
https://www.ftc.gov/business-g...
I'd like to believe that, but I've been on the receiving end of spam trying to sell me the AIA contact list a few times now (I'll try to remember to post a screenshot next time I see it in my junk folder). So whether they are selling it to a third-party, or the third-party is getting it some other way ... they aren't doing a very good job of keeping my contact information private.
Also, they can follow the CAN-SPAM Act in their own communications with us, but I don't think that prevents them from selling information to other parties who may not follow it.
The link above says they don't sell your contact info to anyone. I'd be curious to learn how third parties gain access to contact info if a company doesn't provide it. I'm sure there is a loophole somewhere. Hence the 'kind of' caveat at the end of my comment. ;)
I let the domain expire, but for a while I had a domain name for emails that was set up so that any message that went to any address @ that domain would forward to my inbox. When I signed up for things i'd use the name of the company / website as my email address i.e. "archinect@domain(dot)com", or "bestbuy@domain(dot)com". It was an easy way to see where spam was coming from.
That's clever.
Not trying to pick a fight or anything Chad, but I didn't see that in the link you shared. I saw that they said they don't sell non-member data for bulk mailing.
"Non-member customer data generally obtained through online or storefront (paper) registration and sales is for internal AIA purposes only and is not shared or sold to vendors for bulk mail solicitations."
I also saw that they don't make the same claim for member data, but do instead offer mailing lists to advantage partners (https://www.aia.org/partners), but they claim this doesn't include email, phone, or demographic data.
"AIA has several advantage partners who have access to membership lists for promotional mailings. Email addresses, telephone numbers, and other demographic data are not made available to our advantage partners."
Again, I'd like to believe them, but it seems it's getting out somehow based on what I'm seeing in my junk folder.
That's a good catch EA! I clearly misread that, thanks for pointing it out!
I would like to know how the data is getting out - either through AIA selling it or some other loophole type situation. I agree that the data is getting out somehow.
On a related note I'm not getting that spam. Mostly just AIA stuff. I only get one unsolicited magazine. I have no idea how I've accomplished this. ;)
I'm not an AIA member, so I'm not sure, but many organizations I am a member of have a member directory publicly available on their website, so it wouldn't even be too hard create a routine that would just download all the available member information from there.
atelier - good point. States have a publicly available websites that lists all of their lessened professionals that include a current working address. It wouldn't be difficult to get that info and sort it based on professional type.
atelier, I thought of that too and it is a good point. I've avoided complaining about AIA specifically until I was sure it wasn't getting out in some other way. The only other organization I'm a member of (CSI) does have me listed in their online member directory, but I've hidden all my contact information precisely so I don't get cold called by manufacturers and product reps. So not even members, or the general public, should be able to get it that way. Here's what my public profile looks like after I redact my name/credentials (yes, it's been this way for years now, and any contact information that would have been listed previously is outdated):
CSI could still be selling my information to 3rd parties, but when I get spam about buying contact lists of AIA members (not registered/licensed architects, not AEC professionals, not CSI members ... but AIA members), that's when I settled on the most likely explanation is the AIA isn't keeping private our contact information.
I'm actually hoping I get something again soon to show you all what I mean. I just cleared out my junk folder which is why I brought it up, but those messages are obviously gone having just cleared it out.
Everyday Architect, it wouldn't surprise me at all if AIA were selling your information while claiming not to - they wouldn't be the first or last organization to do so. It's also possible that a rogue employee at AIA is selling the information without their knowledge or, as I pointed out above, there may be some other way for marketers to get at the info. If I were a betting man...I absolutely would not bet among the different possibilities on this one.
Whew - I'm ready for this week to be done so I can do some mountain biking. Just got my ride tuned up, replaced my chain (it was stretched), and extended my front stem.
I'm tired of riding the trainer at night after the kiddo goes to bed. I've been itching to get out more and more on my road bike. Ordered some tire sealant and other things last week getting ready for the spring weather.
I'm starting to train for a ride in August called 'The Palisade Plunge' 20 miles of downhill where you loose over 5,000 ft on some technical terrain. I will be walking a lot of it. Also I'll be wearing a full face helmet with chest, elbow, and knee pads.
Palisade Plunge looks amazing. I love it as an example of the place-making powers of outdoor sports. It is such an attraction for the area.
The whole AZP and his sock puppets thing went from "mildly amusing" to "OMG" to "ok, this is actually just sad" pretty quickly this week.
???
Chad, see here:
https://archinect.com/news/art...
Thanks NS. I don't follow acidemia at all. I didn't even know there was trouble in the program.
The big green head is skating circles and slam dunking field-goals all over AZP's "cancelation" claims.
It's a equal parts sad and funny to watch someone so arrogant that they can't even fathom not having a basic grasp of something.
I think it was a mistake to name your firm 'GGLO'.
"Hi, this is gigolo may I help you?"
Oh well, they are hiring, must be working out for them...
Looks like another all-nighter at the office.
Easy to pivot when they ABI tanks in a recession
AZP having multiple accounts made my day
So I quit my job, am moving to a warmer climate, and basically just living in a a van down by the river for the next 2+ years chilling the fuck out. I'm trying to pick up some part-time contract work so I don't completely bankrupt myself and I know a few TC regulars have done it successfully. What was your secret? Did you pick a niche and focus there or just be available for whatever jobs might find you?
I have a 12 years of experience now, with 7 built ground-up or significant interiors projects that I was design arch and PA for, so my skills are sharpest in just straight-up architecture, which is a hard thing to do on a contract or part-time basis. It's also not very relaxing. I could probably be successful with my own shop but see above, I'm beyond burnt out. Thus the desire for something part-time and not so all-consuming as my own architecture projects.
Get back to basics. Take a job outside of architecture. Think about what your life priorities are and if anything in architecture can help you achieve them. Stay safe, and keep us posted. My 2¢.
really depends on the van
and the river
River TBD, but you know its a 1992 Chevy Astro Van baby, nothing but the best.
Drafting work might be easier to pick up than PA work, and less stressful, if you have a powerful enough laptop and your own copy(ies) of whichever CAD/BIM software. On the other hand, z1111 may also have a point - maybe just pour coffee for a bit.
Good luck, archanonymous. That's a big step that sounds really tempting in many ways.
i more than understand and applaud you - eager to see how this turns out.
Best of luck to you Anon. Keep us posted where you end up. If you go out West, please be ok with me setting up my tent outside your van.
Haha, of course.
be sure to attach as many clean & unused overlanding accessories to the outside of your van as possible; it's how you will be recognized as a remote van lifer, esp traction boards & rotopax containers...absolutely essential
#vanlifebro
@proto, I'm definitely doing that, but with electronics and office items. Old mechanical keyboards strapped to the back door instead of traction boards, coils of cat5 cable instead of tow ropes, mount up some chonky flat-panel monitors on the back, and some drafting lights where the rally lights would normally go.
^drafting table with mayline as roof rack.
I had no idea about the Sci Arc debacle until it started popping up as memes on Twitter.
I hate to miss a good debacle.
between this debacle and AZP's multiple sock puppets it's been an interesting two weeks in architectural academia
That's one of the reasons I haven't had anything to do with architectural academia after I graduated. Other than mentoring high schoolers who are interested in architecture.
speaking of debacles, I am still alive.
I know you are, because I can feel your warmth!
he is more like alive+
How's things in the witness protection program, "Dave"?
Some of you may have seen this already, but I was interviewed about my taking a leave from the profession a bit. Luckily I found a great new opportunity that aligns with my values on how the profession should be, and I’m truly back in the affordable housing realm.
The Burnout Problem in Architecture
It's 4/4, and if I'm reading your recent posts correctly that means you start a new gig today. Congrats. Hope it works out well for you. You obviously don't have to share where it's at, but I'm curious to know if you do decide to share.
Yes, I did start today. Canopy Architects + Designers here in Chicago. Affordable housing and community based design. Right in my wheelhouse and similar thoughts on work/life balance
This might interest some of you: https://mailchi.mp/86e4f6fdf03...
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The company I work for, is hemorrhaging staff, myself shortly. OOOF.
What’s the % leaving? I’m getting the feeling this will be happening here too with our already stretched staff pool.
Got this weird recruiter email to my work account about 2 weeks ago:
We’re looking for someone special. Allow me to explain…
Architecture is an intrinsically aspirational discipline. So long as it satisfies the prerequisites of health, safety, and human welfare, the sky is quite literally the limit on creativity.
Embodying bold clear vision, our client is literally transforming the way people work and live. They are creating mindfully innovative structures which radiate with possibility and inspire a new way of thinking about space and design.
Would you be interested in learning about this architecture firm and its disruptive business model?
If you send me your Gmail or other private email address, I will send you the complete overview.
The wanker just cold-called me on my office extension and layered on the sleezeball used car salesman quick talk. Dude... there is a reason why no-one is returning your emails.
Had a recruiter call me a couple of weeks back. I told this person I wasn't interested. They then tried the "so you aren't interested in finding a better firm and furthering your career . . ." line. I responded by saying I'm a junior partner with ownership in the firm. There response was "oh" ::click::
I need a shower after reading that message, Non.
And recruiters' constant phone calls and emails at work is the most "disruptive business model" there is. Boom!
Innovative disruptive and ground-breaking office yet they rely on antiquated recruiters to drum up staff? Like... if the firm in questions is so fucking awesome, should there not literally be a line-up of people dropping off CVs? The same text is pasted over the agency's website in several other adds but the office I'm suspecting is the source of this one also has a add out for "rainmaker" position.
I gots to know what firm this iz!
NS, I was thinking the same thing and then I realized those are probably relative terms.
I swear I got a similar message not that long ago ... "bold vision," "disruptive firm," "private email address," etc. I wonder if there was a thread where we all posted the messages we get from recruiters if we'd be able to quickly see some patterns? I'm assuming yes.
In other news this week, a firm is open to bringing me on 100% remote.
"I hope you have been well! [Company Name] is looking for a [Position Title] to join their team. They are open to bringing on someone to work 100% remote. Please let me know if this is something that you'd be interested in and I'd be happy to share more information!"
I am willing to bet those are the search terms rank high on the Google algorithm.
re: Everyday Architect's last post in the "All my comments are all deleted" thread [now apparently locked]
I have noticed occasionally necro-threads bumped, but then can't find the post that bumped them...
That's because the necro thread bumper was a spammer and the Big Green Head (all hail its ban hammer) nuked 'em.
& that apparently doesn't retire the thread back to wherever it came from in the history? [date of last post]
I think it takes a bit of time to work through the website to update and relegate the thread back to where it came from. I don't know what that timeline is, but I think it eventually catches up
gotcha, thx
Hey big green head, can we get some edit post functionality for the mobile interface? Annoying to have to switch to desktop mode to edit a spelling error.
You can edit posts from mobile though.
I did it to add the photo.
. . . .
I didn't say I couldn't do it, the edit post link is missing for me in the mobile version of the forum. I need to request the desktop version to see it.
Also would be nice to be able to insert a photo into a reply.
By the way b3ta I find that photo offensive.
I also can’t edit from my phone.
They turned it off for Canada, standards, gotta have em.
because I can't add photos to replies on mobile.
Are you using the Archinect app?
i didn't know there was an app
The mobile web interface is better than the app if I recall. Hasn’t the BGH basically said use mobile web rather than the app anyway?
Also, I don’t have ability to edit on mobile web interface. Is this a Safari vs. Chrome vs. whatever thing?
I use a browser native to my phone, so it's not just whatever you're using.
my job went from being part of a team helping to brainstorm ideas and present designs to clients to me spending 90% of my time demonstrating to a stubborn boomer how their ridiculous ideas don’t work.
Before the pandemic I could walk over to someone and say “hey, this doesn’t work, how about we do this?” And they would he like “ah - ok.” Now it’s a day or two of me drawing up diagrams and doing a whole zoom presentation to someone who refuses to come into the office and seemingly cannot understand the primary reason something doesn’t work no matter how much I explain it to them.
My motivation is completely gone.
Bummer. Can you fire them?
Same story here too. The disconnect between involved parties is a big hurdle for us and eventhough we're all (mostly) full time back in the office... C19 WFH habits remain.
I find that really odd - if they could understand how something didn't work before C19 why can't they understand now?
sounds like a personnel problem - we're doing just fine with wfh
This person was totally fine to work with before the pandemic. Since they’ve been WFH it’s been increasingly challenging. I feel like they’ve lost touch with reality.
jla lately.
thanks admins for deleting that ridiculous thread.
what did i miss?
ah.
You didn't miss much proto. X-jla tried to say that ' dem cites' want to be like the current Chinese government. X-jla also said that this was his opinion so no one could ask for sources that supported his claims. What a tool.
Proud of myself I still have him on "ignore." Usually I haven't lasted this long but it has helped a bit with the forum. I plan on sticking with it for now.
i put him on ignore now...just mental the level of grievance-pushing...i'm done with rewarding it
FWIW I flagged the thread, and it seems that got a response. A lesson perhaps for future threads...
I've noticed flagging gets responses most of the time. I think the moderators have a lot to do and don't necessarily see everything we might. Flagging something gets their attention and they can review and take action. There have been times I've flagged a whole series of comments that seems to be heading in a different direction than the thread, and they've come in and cleaned it up. Actions seem to range from nuking the comments and locking out the user, to simply hiding the comments but allowing the discussion to continue for those who want to click through to unhide the comments.
I just piss off of x-jla by using simple logic to poke holes in his opinions. I clearly live in that fools head rent free. The funny thing is that until I see a bullshit opinion post of his I forget he even exists.
Every time you open the paper now, there seems to be another celebrity getting arrest for masturbation. First, it was Peewee Herman and then George Michael. If masturbation's a crime, I should be on death row.
Gilbert Gottfried
The man was an iconoclast. His Aristocrat routine, legendary.
Mouse on acid was hilarious.
*Mickey Mouse on acid was hilarious.*
RIP, i guess (but i never found him funny)
I didn't originally think he was funny. ("Why does he yell everything?") It was similar with Norm Macdonald for me at first. At some point, something clicked, and I found them both really hilarious (Norm much more so). RIP,GG
An interesting fact: Gilbert's voice was only a stage act. His real voice was soothing and rather genteel.
Well it's Monday and I'm already ::blah::
Could be worse, you could be crowdsourcing very expensive adult decisions in online forums. We’re on day 4 of a house-wide gastro bug.
Gastro bug - that sucks.
Then again, I've been a type 1 diabetic for 34 years . . . I'd rather be diabetic than have the flu. :s
Just got the e-mail with the next dates for a training and certification that A) doesn't come around that often and B) I really need. It's on the same days that I will be doing a facility condition assessment on a remote island in Alaska.
Pardon me while I just scream for a little bit now...
For those of you who use COMcheck to show performance based compliance with the IECC . . .
You may have noticed that their is no 2021 IECC option to choose for the code to follow. The work around is to use the ASHRAE 90.1-2019 for your energy code. The ASHRAE standard is what the 2021 IECC uses for their metrics to determine compliance.
I'm embarrassed it took me this long to figure this out.
Popping in to say holy crap working again after two months away is exhausting. But itge work is totally feeding into my passions and I wake up every day ready to go. I made the right choice.
Good stuff.
btw, this wanker here runs a firm in your backyard (CHI) and is looking for advise to trap staff. Weirdest question I've seen pop in here in quite some time.
https://archinect.com/forum/th...
What is ITGE work Josh?
NS - I think that's a troll post by someone trying slander the architect. That or the OP is the dumbest architect in the history of the world. I'm 50/50 on the whole thing.
Did you switch jobs or just take 2 months off?
Both, and I have no clue what itge work is. I blame my phone.
Damn it, I really wanted to know what ITGE was. ;)
It could be a thing? Or at least an archinect meme? Next which-school-for-me thread, someone should ask if OP has got their ITGE forms in order. If not, they need to contact NCARB or, failing that, DM rcz1001 for further documentation reqts.
Josh, just read the article in this month's Architect magazine where they featured your story. Glad you are bringing attention to the work-life balance that is missing in the profession--and how you bravely found a new path to preserve it for yourself.
I hope that post about violating the 13th amendment is a troll. But knowing some smaller firm owners I fear that is might not be.
I'm 50/50 on it being a troll or being cultural misunderstanding. I posted over there but apparently its a real thing in India.
The username dose correlate to a real person - an Indian man running a firm in the Chicago area. The IP address of the OP says they're in California. I'm highly suspect of that the OP in that thread is trolling.
Cannot imagine a thread I'd rather read less than the one where it appears Rick and jla are arguing with each other. Good luck with that one folks.
Why have bans if they don't get used on the most disruptive and least beneficial posters?
What I don't understand is why the Big Green Head bans people but then lets them back under a different username. I would seriously like a response from Archinect why they allow this. At this point It appears that Archinect wants the drama to increase website traffic.
There are many moderators here. Sometimes the same moderator will block, delete, then revive comments or users for various reasons. The "big green head" has only deleted spam accounts and comments in the last couple weeks, depriving you of various forms of essay writing assistance, voodoo spells, and forex advice.
That's not really an answer Architect.
It' seems as if you're saying 'it's not us, it's the mods'. I thought you set the standards for the mods? Also aren't your mods volunteer?
I do appreciate nuking the spammers though.
Can you send me the voodoo spells?
Yes, all moderators are volunteers that have been invited, or accepted, to be moderators due to experience and activity in the forum. Each moderator is trusted to moderate as they seem fit, following our terms of service guidelines. If you're looking for specific reasons why a particular comment, or set of comments, have been moderated, it's unlikely we can give you that answer if we're unfamiliar with who moderated the comments and/or why. If you feel like any moderator has abused their control, feel free to send us details so we can review.
"At this point It appears that Archinect wants the drama to increase website traffic" - this is not at all true.
Archinect - I don't feel any mod has abused their control of the forums.
My question was - why are users who were banned allowed to come back under a different username? These banned users have come back several times and it's obvious they are the same person. Hell - they even admit to it. If you deemed their previous behavior on the site to be worth banning why let them back on - often on the same day?
"why are users who were banned allowed to come back under a different username?" - examples?
x-jla, tumbleweed, jawkeenmusic and rcz1001 are a few that come to mind. I'm sure other users could provide you with a longer list.
I'm not aware that any of those Chad mentioned except for rcz1001 have been banned from the platform and allowed back on under a different name. Still, the question remains for at least rcz1001.
I would like to know why JLA hasn't been banned considering the disruptive and non-relevance of most of the shit they post. Other folks have been banned for less antagonism.
Concerning x-jla, there was one of the many threads where his comments were deleted and he appeared to be banned and came back under a couple of different names on that same thread. As I remember, several of us called him on it and then the whole thread was deleted.
don't we all have at least one silly hobby? for some it's pretending an architect's online forum is a great place to drop their ill-informed brain thuds. Others collect stamps. I'm on the fence deciding which one of these 2 is the worst.
x-jla, tumbleweed, jawkeenmusic... have never been banned. They've been blocked on a lot of threads. Maybe you're confusing a thread block from a universal ban?
If someone is banned, then they communicate to us that they understand the cause of the ban and would like to try to participate again under a new username, we'll give them another chance.
Regarding the question of specific users not getting banned, we're open to feedback. Seems like Thread Central is a good place to solicit thoughts.
I've given mine. When the overwhelming majority of a users posts have nothing to do with architecture and cause frustration and negativity instead of satisfaction and positivity, that's when I would prefer they get banned. Off topic discourse can be fun, stimulating, and important. With JLA, it never is.
Maybe we should create a Supreme Court of Archinect, where troublesome members are put forth in front of a jury consisting of all members with more than a certain number of comments, to judge whether a member should be allowed to stay or be banned? The entire process could be automated, when a member receives a critical number of flags, the member is then restricted to the courtroom, where they can argue their case for the jury to decided with online vote.
Good call. Let me be the first to submit a design entry for the new Architect courthouse.
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My suggestion: It seems to me that one could limit the number of comments in a row and the length of a comment. A wall of text and/or 3 or more comments in a row preclude any
intelligent conversation. In addition their could be an off topic button.
Nice one Proto but I don’t think Paul has the budget for that much paint.
*there*
Archinect wrote:
::sic:: "x-jla, tumbleweed, jawkeenmusic... have never been banned". ::sic::
x-jla was JLA. JLA was banned.
tumbleweed in the few years I've been here he / she has had dozens of throw away accounts that have been banned - I can't recall them.
I was incorrect about jawkeenmusic - I apologize.
I like the idea that Archinect and Sneaky had. I don't like the locations of the courthouse that proto and NS made . . .
I don't think it needs to be codified. I think Architect needs to decide what sort of forum they want. If you want a forum that has a friendly discourse, with interesting commentary, then bans need to be a tool used to fashion that. If you want to leave it the way it is, then do so. I have no interest in being part of a third party oversight in order to be able to claim there's a process to banning. It's a forum. You own it. You don't need us to be a kangaroo court. I dont poll my house guests when one of them goes on a racist tear. I kick the motherfucker out and do not welcome that individual back.
There's one account with the username JLA; they aren't banned and don't seem to be related to x-jla. tumbleweed - no idea, we're unaware of any other usernames they have/had. It's very likely that users have been banned and created new accounts under the radar.
Jla-x or jla_x
They've been banned. That you don't have a record of it is a bit concerning.
There's a difference between having a record of it, and not feeling it necessary to spend the time looking for the records and documenting it all here ;) As also mentioned in the comment that is causing you concern , "It's very likely that users have been banned and created new accounts under the radar."
IP bans and the guts of people you trust to make them are what's required for a pleasant forum. Otherwise you will have a forum that's pleasant for exactly nobody.
Overall I think the message we're getting from Archinect is that it's not worth their time to monitor such things. That's fair - the forum is a very small part of the site and it probably doesn't make Archinect much money.
Moderating any forum is a tough job and can take a lot of time.
It's their house. If they don't mind cleaning up after the guests shits everywhere that's their prerogative.
That's correct. The thing is they really aren't cleaning up though. They're just telling us to ignore it. Nothing wrong with that. It's a tough job to moderate this forum. My only concern is that reputable users will get tired of this an leave. I waste enough time here yet manage to learn quite a bit from the majority of the users. The few loud trolls / racist a-holes make me question if I want to be associated with this site though.
Not at all. The forum is due for some big changes. We've made many visibly small but substantial changes over the (20+!) years we've been hosting the forum to keep up with the quickly evolving internet culture, and we're committed to continuing to improve the experience. When the forum launched in 1999, not very many people were online, social media didn't exist, blogs were barely a thing. Archinect was the ONLY place architects and designers from around the world could come together to communicate publicly. Since then social media has entered the picture, the internet population has dramatically increased, and the overall tone has gone from mostly productive and supportive to very often harsh and negative.
If we didn't devote energy to the forum, and monitor the forum, it would completely fall apart. Providing a public forum is not easy; you're very much right, but the issue seems to be more about a general feeling that we're not moderating it enough. Conversely, we get a lot of harsh feedback from many people that think we moderate too strictly. Many users here don't see a lot of the content that gets deleted, and the users that get banned. Most don't realize that when we ban a long-time user we get flooded with hate mail from that user and every other person that sympathizes with that user, or cries about free speech rights. We agree we need to move the needle to nurture a community that we're proud of hosting. Some people will love these changes, others will hate them.
I'm not trying to backseat drive. Do what you feel is right. I appreciate the interaction.
Thanks archinect/paul for taking the time to connect in here and respond to commments/questions
i'm in another forum that takes pride in lack of moderation, but even that one has to ban users occasionally for sucking up the oxygen in the room.
thanks to the mods here for volunteering for an admittedly thankless job
I really appreciate Archinet taking the time to have a conversation with us about the forum.
Just to be clear - I'm not saying you need to moderate more.
What I'm saying is that when you ban someone you need to try and keep them banned. I know you say that people come in under different usernames but unless they're using a VPN or a spoof program to alter their IP this shouldn't be an issue.
I think part of the misunderstanding with users coming back after being "banned" under different names is that the site currently allows you to change your user name in your user settings. I think many times people go quiet, come back and change their name.
I don't think jla-x was ever banned from the site (threads? yes; site? no), but they did change their name to x-jla. They made a point of stating this at the time, and posting their self-imposed rules for participation like no posts longer than 2 sentences, but it's likely been lost in their sea of posts nuked since then.
There are a few users that seem to change names quite often. "FRaC" became "Wine CaveMAN" became "interpol" became "we're in this together" became "drums please, Fab?" ... all the same account, just changing their user name. In some ways I find this preferable (if name changes are to be allowed) because changing the name doesn't erase the bans or post history, it just makes it harder to understand if the user name you're responding to today is the same user name you might have been responding to 3 months ago on a different topic without digging into their post history.
i'll just chime in to support the general efforts of the moderators. certainly there are few or no good examples of platforms that successfully balance giving everyone a voice against people who want to shout nonsense everywhere. the majority of the problem is due to the varying standards each user has on what is obnoxious versus entertaining speech.
Bingo! Welcome to the extremely complex and nuanced world of forum hosting. Social media addressed this by letting people curate their own social circles, letting people choose who they communicate with. The result has led to more extreme opinions across the spectrum, and further cultural division.
Having briefly moderated the Fine Homebuilding forum in the early 2000s when that was the biggest forum for construction professionals, I have a lot of empathy for what it takes to run a forum--it's thankless and frankly kinda sucks. If you haven't done it yourself, especially these days with so much negativity, I recommend giving it a try before criticizing too harshly. If I don't like what a poster is saying, I either respond, ignore or block them.
Those who obsess over evicting others are just as distracting, perhaps more so, then the offenders, in my opinion. I think the moderators here do a good job of balancing tricky situations. I'd rather err on the side of freedom than censorship, but trust them to do what's right for the site.
I’m finally watching Jodorowky’s Dune, which was recommended to me years ago. It’s so good. It’s so hard to make things!
Fantastic film! And yes, a poignant illustration of idea v. execution.
We see that battle* all the time here on Archinect (and elsewhere): a fancy rendering and puffy paragraph promising some world-changing project. Then reality comes calling.
* In no way do those proposals rise anywhere near to the heights of Jodorowsky's.
For anyone who's interested... the truck cunts are back.
Live feed: https://www.twitch.tv/themayor...
There are so few restrictions left yet they are still there promoting their weird notions of freedom.
I really enjoy spending 3 hours going through my increasingly long list of revit visibility-related settings trying to figure out where the door went.
It's above or below the plan region someone put into the view.
Pete - nope. Good guess, though. It was ultimately an issue with the door family. But only realized it after visibility settings whack-a-mole.
You know the job market is getting ridiculous when recruiters start calling you directly at your job...
That's been happening to me for the last four years. It's gotten worse in the last six months.
I've gotten a few, as well as messages to my work e-mail.
Same here, I even copy/pasted the text here a few weeks back. So cringy. So my April 5th comment above.
ask them what their cut is of your prospective new higher salary; i've always wondered
With salary ranges from circa 2009...or maybe 1989 at this point.
proto - a recruiter typically makes 10 - 15% of your salary.
wow, i would not have guessed that high -- so that's what's left on the table for what you may be worth to a company that you're not seeing...
You're just jealous. I'm not saying it's of this design mind you . . .
I would be, if I gave a crap about Ferraris.
paywalled article -- any access to the text?
Naw.
So the difficult fire station project in a crusty mountain town has been killed. The city council of the crusty mountain town decided to have the fire department use the 2021 IBC and IECC. They also are requiring the building to be at least a LEED Silver.
Did I mention that we're in CD's and the city code requires 2018 IBC / IECC and LEED Certified? Yeah . . . .
The fire department decided to say 'no thanks' and are going to build the fire station outside the city limits. The project will have to be redesigned and scaled down. I'm concerned that the owner's rep will now just go with a series of metal buildings since there isn't any design review requirements outside the city.
Bummer.
Wait. The Fire Department, told the City Council, to pound sand?
Pretty much.
Here is a short summary of the situation.
Fire Dept: Hey city, our fire station is falling down. Could we get a new one?
City: Get a bond passed and we’ll talk.
Fire Dept. : Passes Bond
City: We want the fire station in the city limits please
Fire Dept. : Sure, we’ll need a bit more land though
City: No problem! We’ll just annex some for you
Fire Dept. Cool, we’ll get a building designed . . .
::Architects and Engineers work for five months to design a campus that meets the stringent and arbitrary city design standards::
At the annexation hearing . . .
City council member: I want everything to be green and think the 2021 IECC and LEED Silver are the only and best way to do this.
City: What they said – make it so
Fire Dept. Uh, ok we’ll try but at this point in the process it’s not going to be possible to meet everything . . .
:: Architects, engineers, and fire department accomplish 90% of the new code and LEED requirements::
Fire Dept: We did our best and got nearly everything you wanted. If you see our reports the building actually performs better than LEED Silver and the 2021 IECC but we can’t get LEED Silver because of our rural location.
City: F-off! Do it our way or no project
Fire Dept.: Actually, the bond doesn’t say we have to have the building in the city.
City: F-off – you do what we say!
Fire Dept: POUND SAND. We'll build this 1,000' up the road and not have to deal with you.
I forgot to add that the city also asked for employee housing on the campus, thus why more land was needed.
Needless to say that I'm a bit bored and rudderless at the moment.
Great, concise summary, Chad. Painful to write, I'm sure, and so frustrating. One council member with an idea but no knowledge can cause a lot of trouble.
And, yeah, fire officials are a tough bunch to wrangle.
Sweet Jesus. First, LEED, is shit. Second, something tells me this ain't the end??
It is very painful. It's probably not over. This particular city is vindictive enough to try and impose their will in some other way. The fire department is already having their lawyers make sure the city can't make demands when the utilities are extended to the new site.
Some clients, are just that type of pain in the ass, that you just know no amount of money will make you whole. Others, make you believe that you are in the right business, helping people.
Today, I am dealing with the former.
Sorry to hear that. I get stuck with those regularly. I have only recently realized that probably the biggest change I need to make in my practice is to weed out those types. Basically I'm going to start making clients apply to get on my waiting list. That may sound snobby but I just don't have the patience to deal with assholes anymore.
This weekend was the re-start of renovations at my own home. Quickly remembered that working alone, despite me generally preferring that, takes a million times longer than having even one semi-competent helper. It also reminded me why I made the choice to go to university, so I wouldn't have to break my body doing crap renovations in a hot attic when I'd rather be doing just about anything else.
It's Miller time.
It's weird to have a lul in projects. I know that in a week things will be normal again but it still feels weird.
So I've been order-teered into the safety officer at my firm. Now I need to come up with a safety plan.
So far I've come up with:
1. Don't be dumb
2. Don't get hurt.
Is "order-teered" the same as "voluntold" or is there a difference?
Like QC? Or inside the office?
Perhaps institute safety breaks at 4.20 every day?
EA - they are the same thing.
proto - this would literally be for keeping people safe from harm. So far I've come up the following that need polices to follow:
Fire
Personal Injury
Evacuation of office
COVID Infection
Active Shooter
Site Visits
Adverse Weather
Motor vehicle accident
{retracted}
Maybe split "fire" into two; 1) building fire, and 2) wildfire. Wildfire might simply be similar to "evacuation of office" but with some important differences on what to do once outside the building and accounting for staff once clear of any danger.
Additionally, you might add "earthquake" to the list. You could get some resources and ideas from The Great Colorado ShakeOut: https://www.shakeout.org/colorado/index.html
Very good points EA! Thanks!
Look up what corporate safety officers are paid and if you're not already making more, then insist on a raise.
"When TSHTF, GTFO!"
There - Safety Manual written.
I'm sorry, but who is on Karen Patrol?
That's part of the active shooter response.
atelier nobody - I make about 10% than the average corporate safety officer before profit sharing. ;)
I'm surry, but I need to speak with your manager!
They're out back in the alley next to the dumpster. I'll take you see them . . .
Chad, when I worked at the IMA we did “tabletop emergencies” where the Facilities, Security, and other departments sat around a table and talked through what we would do to protect people, art, and buildings during an emergency scenario. To keep it fun, we did some silly scenarios like “a tiger escapes from the zoo and breaks into the sculpture park to swim in the pond”. Some of them were serious, like active shooter scenarios. I enjoyed doing it, both making jokes AND noting seriously what the priorities were to communicate and act in various situations.
What if the tiger is the active shooter?
^ AND he's asking if he can update your samples binder. It just gets worse and worse!
He's also a head hunter and wants to talk to you about an open Project Manager position at a highly respected firm in your city.
I just finished reading the novel Tell the Wolves I’m Home by Carol Rifka Brunt. If you are similar to my age, 55, and remember how terrifying AIDS was as a teenager in the 1980s I encourage you to read this novel. Sad and lovely.
I was around eight years old in the 80's. I recall a lot of scared and ignorant people doing and saying abhorrent things when it came to those infected with HIV and AIDS. Truth be told that is what begin my skepticism and eventual disbelief in Christianity and god.
I'm the same age as Donna. What was weird was growing up right at the end of the "sexual revolution", when it seemed like everyone was boinking everyone just one class ahead of us in school, but then when we hit that age all of a sudden sex could kill you. When I was 16, I was a "Peer Educator" for Planned Parenthood so I probably knew as much as any layperson about the disease, and I can tell you that what we knew about it was damn little - a lot of what we were doing as "sex education" amounted to "always use condoms, or just don't have sex, or YOU WILL DIE, DIE, DIE!!!"
What bothered me was the response of some people who said that HIV and AIDS was a punishment for being _______ (insert something you don't like here).
Had another tornado hit our city last saturday. Power infrastructure badly damaged and our neighbourhood (along with many others) is still the dark. I've got a medium sized branched tangled in my powerline but it did not snap, so it kept the tree from hitting the house. What-did-I miss other that your silly 2A rearing it's ugly head in the news again?
I punched a guy who was against any type of gun control when he said it was deeply hypocritical using the death of innocents to force your will on others knowing it won't solve anything.
Other than that it's been a slow week for me.
Good guy with a fist.
It's the only way to stop a dumbass with no empathy for the death of children. I also pissed of the guy a bit more by saying his comment means that he's for a woman's right to choose. He didn't like that and got a bit uppity.
Chad, I hope you punched him REALLY HARD.
Just a normal punch.
Thank you Chad. Every effort helps.
I’ve been practicing my punching last couple of days. Not sure who’s gonna get it.
Why would you ask an architecture forum for career advice in any other career?
architects be smart n stuff
Because we've seen what every other profession offers, figured we know what value is, and everyone else sucks.
wE iz DA smurTes! DaT Y!
cuz
those don't look like safety shoes.
Hospital shoes
safety cap toe
Wha gwarn thread central, what do you feel about parklets?
Usually it's a parking space allocated to "public" spaces but here in Hackney, London its kind of like the equivalent of those private hotel beaches on the Cote d'Azur whereby the council put a sign on public street furniture that says it is public but in practice its extra table covers.
Except, rather than the beach its occupying the pavement.
Some residents are inconvenienced by those occupying space to drink Negroni's. Stroke victims going to get loo roll etc from the corner shop (store in US parlance) etc.
In terms of infrastructure the parklets are kind of crap as on my block fibre internet is being installed and the workpeople have done a really neat job in terms of chasing in (UK term for putting cable paths into channels) but around the parklet its got some terribly wonky infrastructure that'll be a puzzle for future archaeologists.
Cars can move out of the way for actual infrastructure.
I've no qualms with just putting tables on road.
A couple of photos to illustrate the work:
Nice and clean, good work.
Wonky white people's Negroni cashless gentrification.
I'm not sure I see the relevance of bringing race into this?
https://hackney.gov.uk/knowing-our-communities
I just heard a rumor that the AIA 2022 Conference keynote speaker is going to be Barack Obama. I wonder what Obama would think of the AIA’s stance on “hardening” schools?
I wonder what ever happened with attempting to crowdsource design of the Obama Library through "Arcbazar"???
Why would Obamas opinion or legacy be of any import? He had two terms what did he achieve? He did a good press correspondents dinner a couple of times to be fair. But aside from that?
Tonight's BS + Beer Show should be a fun one for anyone interested in alternative, low-carbon foundation systems:
FOUNDATION SYSTEMS
Thursday, June 2, 2022
6pm ET • 5pm CT • 4pm MT • 3pm PT
What foundation systems are today's leading practitioners using, and why? From helical piers and concrete-free slabs to ICFs, ICCFs, slab on grade, and permanent wood foundations, we will discuss the which systems are best for different situations.
Please register in advance for The BS + Beer Show here: https://zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_KnxdjKNiTdq0ngN6rKgMbw
Our Guests this week:
Josh Salinger sits on the board of Passive House Northwest and works out of a converted 1930s passenger railcar as the CEO of Birdsmouth Design Build. He is based in Portland, OR.
Steve DeMetrick is owner of DeMetrick Housewrights. He has been building houses since he graduated from Georgetown University in 1995. He worked for Habitat for Humanity in inner city Washington, DC as an AmeriCorps volunteer for two years, then moved back to Wakefield in 1998 and has been building and remodeling in his community ever since. He is a Certified Passive House Builder and built the first PHIUS Certified Passive House in the state. He is an active member of the Northeast Sustainable Energy Association and is an occasional contributor to the Journal of Light Construction and Fine Homebuilding magazines. He also served on the Board of Passive House Massachusetts.
Lucas Johnson is a building scientist based in Tucson, AZ. He has spent two decades leading the charge toward building low-carbon, high-performance homes. Lucas holds degrees in physicochemical biology from UCLA and eco-entrepreneurship from UCSB. He is also a certified Passive House professional and a BPI Building Analyst. Lucas is co-owner of Vali Homes, where he enjoys collaborating with architects, engineers, and builders to make projects cost-effective, durable, healthy, green, and enjoyable. Prior to Vali Homes, he served as the Western Regional Manager at 475 High Performance Building Supply.
WG, was really going to try to make this one live but it's election night (provincial) and I won't be back in time. Will stream post.
You guys vote up there? I thought you just drove taps into maples, and decided who won based on which bucket got the most syrup?
They’re keeping democracy alive for us Americans.
I’m really thinking I have face blindness, because I look at the pics of the two guys on the right, in baseball hats, and I’m like: that’s the same guy, right?! I could not tell one of them from the other in a police line up, is what I’m saying. Put ten blonde female newscasters in front of me and it’d be the same thing.
Haha, they definitely look similar with hats on! Steve, on the left, Travis, one of our co-hosts, and I all have scruffy beards as well. At least Ben, another co-host, has a long beard and Emily is beardless.
[Note to self: when ransacking Donna's place, wear generic baseball cap and don't shave. This will be cheaper than the blond wig, makeup and newscaster outfit. Act surprised when she posts about the theft.]
The Venn Diagram of some posting/lurking here is rather fascinating; They are pro fascists in the AIA, pro prisons, but aren't pro fascists in prisons. Kaww, Kaww.
I love the way the photographer incorporated people in these shots:
https://archinect.com/firms/project/150280494/art-maisonette-in-letn/150311896
Inventive and funny!
"Detail-loving architects can turn timber from a material into a career"
Oh! All my life, I wanted to love me a detail.
Never gone too much beyond 2x4s and stuff.
timber! drywall said, come in,
I'll give you shelter from the dying forest
(blame vado retro on this one, Post History (106 total) Comment History (14733 total)
Read to the tune of this... obviously.
Sorry I missed this - I LOVES me some detailing. One of my bucket-list items is to learn Japanese joinery and try to translate it into details for CDs...
@wood guy, are Pretty Good House books getting close to shipping?
Yes, they are supposed to ship on or about 6/28. https://www.tauntonstore.com/pretty-good-house