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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.

Saturday, February 17, 2018

NONE. NONE MORE BLACK:

... Hey there!

Remember me, Trash Canners?

*Rubs eyes, screen comes into focus*

That is correct - I am the Blogger around these here parts and boy-howdy did the Holiday Season and the New Year do a number on me.

But...

BUT I AM BACK, BABY!!! - Yup, 2018 - You better recognize, yo!

... Anyway, let us get started gradually, shall we? - Just to sort of, oh, I do not know...Ease back into things? So, to start - Here is a hyperlink to a www.jezebel.com write-up on a very, very black building in Pyeongchang - And you know how much we Architect LOVE black:

https://jezebel.com/my-new-home-is-this-void-like-pavilion-in-pyeongchang-1822832127

Yes, it is true - We love black - So much so that this article had me immediately think about Nigel Tufnel as played by Christopher Guest in 1984's Cult Classic mockumentary, "This Is Spinal Tap:"


... And here is the www.youtube.com clip for good measure:


Cheers and Happy New Year (Yes I know it is February),
Hot Mama Matray
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