"Don" <one-if-by-land_at_concord.com> wrote in message
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> "labigfish"> wrote
> > well said brudgers, couldn't said it better myself.
>
> Brudgers has his head in his ass on this one.
> (now watch him call me a racist, again)
>
> > Built or unbuilt i think zaha deserves the recognition.
> > considering whats being build in the US.....to quote Mr.
Holl,"....waste
> of
> > environment."
> > Pei said it best in the recent documentary "my architect: a son's
> journey",
> > "it is quality....not quantity."
> > architect by definition (from webster): a person who designs buildings
and
> > advises in their construction....
>
> The qualifier in that sentence is the word *and*.
> Drawing pretty pictures of buildings that will never be built does not
> justify the title of *architect*.
> Gov't constructs cannot change the original meanings of words.
>
> > i'd like to think developers are NOT architects even though they do
> similar
> > things and build things...
>
> No, they do not.
> Developers, well, develope.
> They are not architects nor are they builders, though some may be.
>
> > with all the schooling and architect wannabe has to go through, i
would
> > imagine most would respect the craft, the creativity and most
importantly
> > the urge to explore unknown territories, and generate ideas from them.
is
> > that part of the requirement to be recognized as an architect?
>
> Read your definition again:
> architect: a person who designs buildings and advises in their
construction.
> So how does drawing pretty pictures constitute being an architect?
> Don't make the mistake of confusing an *architectural teacher* with
> *architect*, there IS a specific difference.
>
> > does a scientist who never discover anything significant to contribute
to
> > sociality be considered as a scientist?
>
> Apples / Oranges, and totally irrelevent.
>
Cripes I wish they'd start teaching reality in arch school.....'exploring
unknown territory' someone give that poor sap a clue. Probably an aia life
member as well :-)
>
Received on Wed Mar 31 2004 - 20:35:20 PST