Definitions of Architecture

Architecture = Form + Function – Financing


Architecture = Form + Function – Boring

Architecture = Concrete – formwork + inappropriate touching

Starchitecture = Ambition + Misguided Passion + Interns / Time – ½ Deadline + lawsuit

Arrogance = Architect + wine

Architecture = Idea +/– Talent

Drafting = Design + Detailing + creepy intern with community college degree

Architecture = Profit – Fees – Liability + credit card application

Architecture = Career – Relevance

Architecture = Image + Reality – Recognition + 1/5 laughter

Architecture = Place + Time + 5” diameter trees

Architecture = Landscape + Concrete + Parking

Architecture = Architectural Record + Intern + Redlines – Interesting

Program < Architecture

Architecture = Angst + Time – Fee = Angst/Time

Client’s Deadline = Reality / 5

Architecture = Geometry + Obfuscation

Architects schedule = complete guess + vague definition of “work days” and “calendar days”

Architecture = Art – irony (and awkward public nudity)

Your salary < you deserve

Architects hourly rate x time = 12 x fee in original contract

Architecture = math – satisfying resolution

Talent = .99 x perspiration + .01 x dark clothing

Talent = experience – ability to ignore experience

Time = Client’s money

Architect = Engineer + Art – Engineer + fear

Architect = Artist + liability

Architecture = Flash of Brilliance + Door Schedules

Architecture = HVAC + operable windows

Beauty = popular + expensive

Architectural Intern = Hobo + turtleneck – mangy dog + 5/8 IDP

Original Contract fee + Owner driven design changes = Original Contract fee

Architecture = Floor + Walls + Roof + Windows – Boring

Architecture = Concept design – Building Code

Tread + 2 x Riser = +/- 27 < tripping

Architecture = Structure + Optimism

Board-formed concrete + empty room + dramatic lighting = Obviously

Resume + Portfolio + Postage < Application + Starbucks + wool cap

Architecture + public scrutiny = awkward public plaza

Facebook + Architecture = Hello?… Hello?

Architect = Student loan + messenger bag

Architecture / Business = {error: cannot divide by zero}

5th year Thesis = Awesomeness + loneliness / taco bell

Architecture = Creativity / Gravity

Developer fee = 18 x Architectural liability insurance deductible < fair

Atelier = pompous windbag + unpaid interns

Architect + Unemployment = Architect

Architecture = Modernism – ½ Clients dislike of modernism

Social Media + unemployment = Blogging about Architecture

wait…what?

repost from Coffee with an Architect by Jody Brown