tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post557254145667970459..comments2023-08-23T05:31:31.218-06:00Comments on Why Architects Drink: A double-edged swordMile High Pixiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03276750909800945131noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-39215919863267283032008-07-26T09:10:00.000-06:002008-07-26T09:10:00.000-06:00I don't practice architcure anymore but I still lo...I don't practice architcure anymore but I still look at buildings the way you do. <BR/><BR/>Now that I am in the business of facility management my bias has changed a bit. <BR/><BR/>I will look at the building hardware and think, they used cheap stuff, somebody is going to spend a lot of time fixing it.<BR/><BR/>I look at the placement and types of light fixtures and I can hear the curses comming from the poor guy who has to change the light bulb. <BR/><BR/>The worst example I have seen was the use of several hundred 30 watt incandescent light fixtures flush mounted into a 20 ft. high ceiling. To change the bulb the fixture had to be removed from the ceiling and taken to the shop to be disassembled. Changing a bulb to 90 min. The building owner just let the blubs burn out one by one and left the fixtures dark.<BR/><BR/>Other times I see some astonsishing beautiful spaces with rich thoughful details.<BR/><BR/>When I am outside I always look to see how a multistory builing meets the sky. What sort of cornice or roof detailing did the architect use? How does the color and texture contrast with the color of the sky?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-25949751342028408272008-07-24T14:32:00.000-06:002008-07-24T14:32:00.000-06:00Carpemters do it too. "MY GOD!!! I can't believe ...Carpemters do it too. "MY GOD!!! I can't believe they poured this with voids like that in the form!!! BROTHER! You can't get good help these days. No Professional Pride. Sad. Sad. Let's water board them all!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3461658247603905885.post-7671354148274847432008-07-22T10:55:00.000-06:002008-07-22T10:55:00.000-06:00I think every "artist" (artist being "creator") ha...I think every "artist" (artist being "creator") has that same feeling - there's a bit of accomplishment in the job well done, however, its really hard not to look at the finished product and go "damn. wish I had just tinked that SO, and done this THAT way."<BR/><BR/>In pottery, it is the difference between a pretty good piece and then shoving the clay past its limits and ruining the piece. Experience is what teaches you how far you can push it, and your drive tells you when YOU are okay with giving up as "good enough."<BR/><BR/>Unforch, I think it comes with age. The impatience of youth, the lack of a discerning eye of the inexperienced. <BR/><BR/>I am finding that as I get older, I wince at the things I thought were "pretty good" a while back. <BR/><BR/>There's a point when you come out of the cave, like Plato said. You just can't be happy with shadows once you've seen the world.<BR/><BR/>That said, I've been walking around power plants going "WTF??? why on earth was that designed like that?? I bet you have problems with X, Y, and Z!" <BR/><BR/>This gets me a stare and an offer to take over the project to fix X, Y, and Z.<BR/><BR/>:)<BR/><BR/>It is fun being right, though.Enginerdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16429671685652482485noreply@blogger.com