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... The title of this blog has to do with a Will Bruder quote I heard while attending the University of Arizona College of Architecture, Planning and Landscape Architecture (CAPLA) during the Fall of 1999 - "Learn to master the trash can and you might become something" - It really resonated with me and has stuck with me to this day. I suppose for me the concept hit hard that although you can discard an idea, concept, sketch, design, whatever for a certain project you may be able to revisit it at a later date under different circumstances - In other words designs never die, they evolve, they hibernate, they circle-back but they never die...Or maybe he was just telling us to quit our ideas of becoming Architects and to go live in a public park somewhere; which, given the current state of the industry probably would not have been such a bad idea...

That is what this Blog will be for me - With over a decade in the industry I have come to realize that what I thought I would be doing on a daily basis and what I actually do are pretty darn different - BUT - I still have ideas, I still have hopes and I still have my creativity; So, I figured this would be a good outlet...I will share my thoughts on work and the industry as well as whatever moments of creativity I can muster - And, yes, at the direction of my Wife I will keep the swearing to an absolute minimum.

Cheers...B.

Tuesday, May 21, 2013

HOW MUCH DOES THAT COST?

... Oh chances are you've heard it - You could be making small talk at your Child's Little League Game, or you could be at the Neighborhood Holiday Party having just been introduced to "A friend of a friend" who has had one two many Eggnogs.

Yup, you have heard it...The conversation goes something like:

"Hello [insert name] my name is [insert name]."

"Oh, hello [insert name] - Nice to meet you."

"Nice to meet you too. Say, what do you do for a living?"

"Me? - Oh, I'm an Architect."

"An Architect...Really? - How much does that cost?"

Um...How much does that cost? - Like what we do, what we are, is a bought and sold commodity...Like you can walk down to the AM/PM and pickup Architecture on aisle nine next to the control-top pantyhose - Odd, right? - Like Architecture is a can of soup; is this what the industry become?

Do I really want to know the answer?


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