February 2012
3 posts
“Design writers are a dying breed because they operate in the two most...”
“What you consider the fringes of architecture in one country is mainstream in...”
– (paraphrasing Prof. Thomas Kong)
“I’m an architect. I align things. They need to be aligned.”
– @infillnc
January 2012
5 posts
“Seriously, the greatest architect ever is probably Vishvakarman, the Hindu...”
– The wikipedia
“People used to hate 50s modernism and now it is being listed and protected. But...”
– Rafael Viñoly at the Opera - NOWNESS
“It’s the Chinese New Year. Don’t work dammit.”
“Where’s the real “Ryan Gosling” of architecture in my life?...”
December 2011
4 posts
“Success in architectural creation is achieved through the struggle of the...”
– Kim Jong Il. On Architecture, p. 68
“It’s going to be a lonely christmas. My family has forgotten that I exist,...”
“Should I get back into the industry? Powers that be, please send me a sign.”
“I am lost between appreciating architecture and the conditions that create it.”
“What do I have to do to actually get a boyfriend? I’m sure constantly...”
November 2011
3 posts
“We all say we can do a 10-day project in 6-days. And then we complain. We are...”
“A disaster is a situation that brings home what it means to live.”
– Architect, Erika Nakagawa
October 2011
8 posts
“I wish there was a program that would translate all websites to the native...”
“Whai so many regulations? Whai whai whai?! As if life wasn’t difficult...”
“Architecture is not just about architects bitches.”
“I want to talk about architecture without talking about architecture.”
“Our mothership site has been relaunched. Visit www.fivefootway.com for stories...”
“I not looking at awesomely photographed pictures of buildings. I want to...”
“I am an ex-architect”
“I SWEAR next time mr.incompetent contractor throw a tantrum I’ll...”
“Another architecture award. Does it mean anything anymore?”
September 2011
9 posts
“You pay everyone shit, you charge too low, you spend too many hours on a...”
“Will someone please stop all this form exploration shit. Its just masturbation.”
“my friends’ new homes look like shit”
“I worry that one day, we will run out of buildings to build”
“There are many architects in Singapore but too few of those damn good ones.”
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“If your agenda is dependent on being the opposite of someone else’s you...”
– Bjarke Ingels
“There is definitely less money being spent on design and construction right now...”
– David Rockwell
“There are design architects and then there are technical architects. They are...”
August 2011
14 posts
“red marker is the most powerful tool…..WITH THE POWER OF RED MARKER I...”
“Most architecture firms are too backward to embrace 3d BIM.”
“Don’t you dare mock my mock-up models!”
“and.. Final submission is like Christmas. You never know what you’re going...”
“Overheard: 1st interim critique session feels a bit like Easter. Going round and...”
“2 days to submission and I have nothing. Win.”
“Someday, I won’t need to struggle with this anymore right?”
“Almost fucking 3am on a fucking sunday (monday morning) and I’m fucking...”
“OH: I know the design doesn’t work. I was just trying to see if I could...”
“by the time we finished and handed over the two-story design & construction...”
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“I get offended when people who simply have an “interest in...”
“Seeing all these young people who want to grow up and become architects gives me...”
“I want to build the future. Who’s with me?”
July 2011
5 posts
“For an architect, my hate for buildings is inexplicable.”
“We all dream great dreams and today we take one smaller step to build that...”
“Every DEFECT is an EFFECT. “
my teacher in college”
“Architecture is not neutral.”