May 2013
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just finished my 72 page design research portfolio. haha.AHha..hAHHAHAHHA *rolls around in straight jacket*
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im having a real tough time with my current project. heres the lowdown:
4 attached condos, 2 are 2 storey, 2 are 1 storey. the 1 storey must be no more than 1500 sq ft. gross floor area, and the 2 storey is a maximum of 1800 sq ft gross floor.
heres the kicker: must be open concept (blah) and must be marketable, ie. not architecturally designed.
minimum amounts of glass and maximum amount of...
quote of the day
” stop being a cartographer and become an explorer “
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ive never felt this empowered, this excited, this jumpy or ecstatic. i just found out the craziest news ive ever heard about someone close to me. this is an opportunity of a lifetime, of a career and i couldnt be more electrified about it. its a moment of shear enthusiasm, my mind is racing, i cant sit still and i definitely cannot stop. everything ive ever wanted is right in front of me, staring...
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” youre putting these models together, that youre tearing apart and youre constantly putting yourself on display, opening yourself up to attack. I mean, why would you subject yourself to that if you didnt love it? “
quote from the documentary Archiculture
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April 2013
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” i attend the greatest church of all. i put a capital N on Nature and call it my church. “
architect Frank Lloyd Wright
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the law of writing to an architect and potential boss: you’ll take 10 mins to write the email, but you’ll also take 10 hours to make sure you haven’t f*cked it up
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one day alice came to a fork in the road and saw a cheshire cat in a tree. “which road do i take?” she asked. “well where do you want to go?” was his response. “i dont know,” alice answered.
“then it doesnt matter.”
March 2013
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vanilla yogurt is redundant
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today marks the 7665th day of my existence on this rock. time to celebrate with good friends and even better laughs
happy birthday to meee, happy birthday to meee, happy birthday dear beeennnn, happy birthday to meee
mbnvhn asked: hi Ben! I was at another tumblr and saw your comment about using a macbook for architect school. I had an hp dv6 that just got stolen so now i am trying to figure out which laptop should i buy. I saw you were running Autocad and Revit on a windows 8 right? But i thought they didn't support that operating system? Can you give me some orientation please? Thank you! :D
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” i dont want to be interesting. i want to be good “
- mies van der rohe
February 2013
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my relationship with sleep isnt working out tonight
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” you do not look at the building, you look at the people looking at the building. you dont change the world as an architect, but you celebrate the change of the world “
- renzo piano
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two possibilities exist: either we are alone in the universe, or we are not. both are equally terrifying
- arthur c clarke
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