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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.

Monday, May 27, 2013

WE'RE NUMBER ONE; WE'RE NUMBER ONE!

... WAIT, I THINK THIS IS A BAD THING.

WOW - Read this when you have a moment:

http://education.yahoo.net/articles/beware_these_five_majors.htm?kid=1O0V3

So, ask ask the loyal Blogosphere - Do any of you remember when being an Architect meant something? - No, I mean something good (...I see what you did there, just stop it) - I mean, remember...Close your eyes, and really try to remember - Remember when people thought it was cool to be an Architect; when Hollywood glorified the profession - When you were introduced to new people and they were really impressed by your business card and affinity for black turtlenecks and black-rimmed eye glasses.

When parents told their little girls they should grow up and date a lawyer or a doctor or...Yup, an Architect.

Think about it; think Mr. Mike Brady from 'The Brady Bunch' - Think Matthew Perry in 'Fools Rush In' - Woody Harrelson in 'Indecent Proposal' - Take it a step further and think Ted Mosby from 'How I Met Your Mother' - Now what are we? - A punch line?

Le sigh.

... Now close your eyes again, fade to black and roll end credits.

B.

P.S. Want more Architects on film? - Find Archdaily's list here:

http://www.archdaily.com/33366/fictional-architects-in-movies/

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