Another Profession In The Dirt

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

 

[John Larkin]

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT),
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

And why do they design such ugly buildings?

 

[Nomen Nescio]

John Larkin <jlarkin@highlandsnipmetechnology.com> wrote:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT),
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

And why do they design such ugly buildings?

to put their thumb into your eye

 

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 7:27:57 PM UTC-4, John Larkin wrote:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT),
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

And why do they design such ugly buildings?

Here's something truly sad. The so-called "views" are horrid. Then the interior decor in a compact space of hotel room dimensions gives the place the feel of a camper trailer. Hotels are strictly temporary lodging for a reason.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GOUvZrKiRI8
Unbelievably they have bunches of people living in The Plaza. Even Frank Lloyd Wright lived there for a time. It was when he met another resident, Solomon Guggenheim, and got the commission for the horrid Guggenheim Museum building, that crinkled up atrocity.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/14/19 7:27 PM, John Larkin wrote:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT),
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

And why do they design such ugly buildings?

"Nicholas Boys Smith is the Director of Create Streets and co-chair of
the Government’s Building Better Building Beautiful Commission."

I see.

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

imagine having your electronics designs critiqued by a fucking hedge
fund manager.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

"Nicholas Boys Smith is the founding Director of Create Streets, a
social enterprise encouraging urban homes in terraced streets, not
multi-storey buildings."

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

so he's a lobbyist/investment banker not an architect.

<https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/12/nicholas-boys-smith-why-do-we-build-fewer-homes-proportionally-than-most-other-countries-wheres-the-smoking-gun.html>


Right, seems to be his goal is to make housing more expensive so his
i-banker friends make more money on the grounds of "aesthetics" or w/e.
got it.


<https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud>

 

[Martin Brown]

On 15/08/2019 00:27, John Larkin wrote:

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT),
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

I doubt that the architects wrote that guff at all. Their marketing
department will be responsible for the lurid grandiloquent prose.

They are however responsible for the idea of a making a big paper box
with no redeeming features. Using it as a building site to make the
components for the cathedral and letting people see real stone masons
and other skilled craftsmen at work would be a better use of the space.

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

And why do they design such ugly buildings?

Beauty is in the eye of the beholder. At the moment people seem to want
ultra tall slip cast concrete monstrosities with all glass exteriors.
The London Walkie-Talkie that cooked a Jaguar being a very fine example!

https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2786723/London-skyscraper-Walkie-Talkie-melted-cars-reflecting-sunlight-fitted-shading.html

Some architectural models are truly interesting novel designs but there
is a lot of useless tat offered up as well. Most of it does not get
built beyond a virtual 3D walk around or a 1:100 scale model.

--
Regards,
Martin Brown

 

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:01:11 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:

On 8/14/19 7:27 PM, John Larkin wrote:
On Wed, 14 Aug 2019 15:44:14 -0700 (PDT),
bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

And why do they design such ugly buildings?


"Nicholas Boys Smith is the Director of Create Streets and co-chair of
the Government’s Building Better Building Beautiful Commission."

I see.

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

imagine having your electronics designs critiqued by a fucking hedge
fund manager.

Investment banking is hedge fund finance?

 

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:11:48 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:

On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/


"Nicholas Boys Smith is the founding Director of Create Streets, a
social enterprise encouraging urban homes in terraced streets, not
multi-storey buildings."

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

so he's a lobbyist/investment banker not an architect.

https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/12/nicholas-boys-smith-why-do-we-build-fewer-homes-proportionally-than-most-other-countries-wheres-the-smoking-gun.html


Right, seems to be his goal is to make housing more expensive so his
i-banker friends make more money on the grounds of "aesthetics" or w/e.
got it.


https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud

His resume says "a"director at Lloyds, not "the" director. Typical self-inflation of what was probably a low-/mid- level management position, which usually means he didn't do anything in particular.
If you read his real estate development position more carefully, you will see he's just emphasizing the obvious. The ubiquitous cheap trash designed to sell fast is a bad investment for the banks because it's beyond rehabilitation in 30 years time. The whole neighborhood gets taken over by people on the margins of society who are used to living in squalor, so you end up with this self-reinforcing spiral of investment death to the place.

 

On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 2:54:43 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:

On 8/15/19 2:43 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:11:48 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/


"Nicholas Boys Smith is the founding Director of Create Streets, a
social enterprise encouraging urban homes in terraced streets, not
multi-storey buildings."

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

so he's a lobbyist/investment banker not an architect.

https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/12/nicholas-boys-smith-why-do-we-build-fewer-homes-proportionally-than-most-other-countries-wheres-the-smoking-gun.html


Right, seems to be his goal is to make housing more expensive so his
i-banker friends make more money on the grounds of "aesthetics" or w/e..
got it.


https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud

His resume says "a"director at Lloyds, not "the" director. Typical self-inflation of what was probably a low-/mid- level management position, which usually means he didn't do anything in particular.
If you read his real estate development position more carefully, you will see he's just emphasizing the obvious. The ubiquitous cheap trash designed to sell fast is a bad investment for the banks because it's beyond rehabilitation in 30 years time. The whole neighborhood gets taken over by people on the margins of society who are used to living in squalor, so you end up with this self-reinforcing spiral of investment death to the place.


Conversely you build a lot of swish high-end properties in city centers
that are bought up by Chinese businessmen and wealthy tech dudes as
investment properties that just sit empty most of the time and the
people who actually live in the city and make it function day-to-day get
the choice between getting drilled up the ass on rent or having a two
hour commute every day.

That's exactly the kind of thing he is opposing.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/15/19 3:07 PM, bitrex wrote:

Whatever best-of-both-worlds solution he's proposing will likely just
amount to 'building everywhere' lots of big-ass luxury investment
properties to sell to investors in practice. you gave 'em an inch and
they'll take the mile.

the 'beauty' of some property directly proportional to its price tag

 

[bitrex]

On 8/15/19 2:43 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:11:48 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/


"Nicholas Boys Smith is the founding Director of Create Streets, a
social enterprise encouraging urban homes in terraced streets, not
multi-storey buildings."

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

so he's a lobbyist/investment banker not an architect.

https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/12/nicholas-boys-smith-why-do-we-build-fewer-homes-proportionally-than-most-other-countries-wheres-the-smoking-gun.html


Right, seems to be his goal is to make housing more expensive so his
i-banker friends make more money on the grounds of "aesthetics" or w/e.
got it.


https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud

His resume says "a"director at Lloyds, not "the" director. Typical self-inflation of what was probably a low-/mid- level management position, which usually means he didn't do anything in particular.
If you read his real estate development position more carefully, you will see he's just emphasizing the obvious. The ubiquitous cheap trash designed to sell fast is a bad investment for the banks because it's beyond rehabilitation in 30 years time. The whole neighborhood gets taken over by people on the margins of society who are used to living in squalor, so you end up with this self-reinforcing spiral of investment death to the place.

The article seems like he wants some moderate "free market" reforms
balanced by...something or other.

Practice shows that when you relax the restrictions on Lloyds guys like
him even a little bit they throw billions of dollars at the problem of
how to exploit the new relaxed rules to grind the wealth upwards faster
than ever before.

"However, if we do this by just ‘ripping up planning’ and ‘building
everywhere’, we will lose political support for more homes, above all
from homeowners less directly affected by this crisis. Building
beautifully with consent will be faster, less controversial, and more
effective."

Whatever best-of-both-worlds solution he's proposing will likely just
amount to 'building everywhere' lots of big-ass luxury investment
properties to sell to investors in practice. you gave 'em an inch and
they'll take the mile.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/15/19 2:43 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:11:48 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/


"Nicholas Boys Smith is the founding Director of Create Streets, a
social enterprise encouraging urban homes in terraced streets, not
multi-storey buildings."

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

so he's a lobbyist/investment banker not an architect.

https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/12/nicholas-boys-smith-why-do-we-build-fewer-homes-proportionally-than-most-other-countries-wheres-the-smoking-gun.html


Right, seems to be his goal is to make housing more expensive so his
i-banker friends make more money on the grounds of "aesthetics" or w/e.
got it.


https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud

His resume says "a"director at Lloyds, not "the" director. Typical self-inflation of what was probably a low-/mid- level management position, which usually means he didn't do anything in particular.
If you read his real estate development position more carefully, you will see he's just emphasizing the obvious. The ubiquitous cheap trash designed to sell fast is a bad investment for the banks because it's beyond rehabilitation in 30 years time. The whole neighborhood gets taken over by people on the margins of society who are used to living in squalor, so you end up with this self-reinforcing spiral of investment death to the place.

Conversely you build a lot of swish high-end properties in city centers
that are bought up by Chinese businessmen and wealthy tech dudes as
investment properties that just sit empty most of the time and the
people who actually live in the city and make it function day-to-day get
the choice between getting drilled up the ass on rent or having a two
hour commute every day.

 

In Terminator 2 (I got a nick out of that actually and no I did not give it to myself) it took Skynet 25 days to become self aware.

At that point of course it decides it has no use anymore for humans.

And technology of today is running headlong to that end. Excellent, we trained them to kill themselves and we don't evne need to waste the bullets.

 

[bitrex]

On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

the comments are funny

"Lengthy article about southern England's housing shortage ~but not a
sentence, not even a phrase, about the main cause : mass uncontrolled
immigration ~still ongoing ~"

" do you seriously think that England could then house everyone in the
whole wide world who wishes to come here ?"

looks like the UK has its counterparts to Americans who think everyone
in the world wants to come there lol. talk about self-flattery.

Yeah everyone from the sunny Caribbean and South America full of hot
women and beautiful crystal blue-water beaches wants to fall all over
themselves move to that rainy shit hole island full off yobbos who hate
them if they had other options. same goes for Teaxs. Oh fuck yeah I
wanna immigrate to Texas what a priority!

 

[bitrex]

On 8/15/19 3:23 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:

On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 2:54:43 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 8/15/19 2:43 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 9:11:48 PM UTC-4, bitrex wrote:
On 8/14/19 6:44 PM, bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/


"Nicholas Boys Smith is the founding Director of Create Streets, a
social enterprise encouraging urban homes in terraced streets, not
multi-storey buildings."

"Nicholas was previously a director at Lloyds Banking Group and was
educated at Cambridge University."

so he's a lobbyist/investment banker not an architect.

https://www.conservativehome.com/localgovernment/2018/12/nicholas-boys-smith-why-do-we-build-fewer-homes-proportionally-than-most-other-countries-wheres-the-smoking-gun.html


Right, seems to be his goal is to make housing more expensive so his
i-banker friends make more money on the grounds of "aesthetics" or w/e.
got it.


https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/old-man-yells-at-cloud

His resume says "a"director at Lloyds, not "the" director. Typical self-inflation of what was probably a low-/mid- level management position, which usually means he didn't do anything in particular.
If you read his real estate development position more carefully, you will see he's just emphasizing the obvious. The ubiquitous cheap trash designed to sell fast is a bad investment for the banks because it's beyond rehabilitation in 30 years time. The whole neighborhood gets taken over by people on the margins of society who are used to living in squalor, so you end up with this self-reinforcing spiral of investment death to the place.


Conversely you build a lot of swish high-end properties in city centers
that are bought up by Chinese businessmen and wealthy tech dudes as
investment properties that just sit empty most of the time and the
people who actually live in the city and make it function day-to-day get
the choice between getting drilled up the ass on rent or having a two
hour commute every day.

That's exactly the kind of thing he is opposing.

I admit that I have skimmed the conservativehome.com article twice and I
still don't understand exactly what he wants or how he intends to go
about getting it, so forgive me if I'm just a simple man who when
confronted with ten paragraphs of high-concept ideas written by a banker
that at least superficially seem to swing back and forth between being
in favor of regulation and against I tend to cynically just see a banker
playing the act of a centrist in order to help banker buddies hustle
some cash.

 

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:44:17 PM UTC-4, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:

We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

Phenomenal amount of money wasted on this monstrosity:
https://archpaper.com/2016/02/port-authority-declines-celebrate-grand-opening-worlds-expensive-train-station/
Now they're saying it leaks. Imagine a 350 foot rubber seal leaking.
https://archpaper.com/2019/05/world-trade-center-oculus-leaking/

 

On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 6:06:28 PM UTC-4, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:

On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:44:17 PM UTC-4, bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

Phenomenal amount of money wasted on this monstrosity:
https://archpaper.com/2016/02/port-authority-declines-celebrate-grand-opening-worlds-expensive-train-station/
Now they're saying it leaks. Imagine a 350 foot rubber seal leaking.
https://archpaper.com/2019/05/world-trade-center-oculus-leaking/

Same idiot just got fined for this joke:
https://archpaper.com/2019/08/venice-slippery-bridge-fines-santiago-calatrava/

 

bloggs.fredbloggs.fred@gmail.com wrote in
news:482d1e5b-2d45-46b7-b002-96e389d10402@googlegroups.com:

On Thursday, August 15, 2019 at 6:06:28 PM UTC-4,
bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
On Wednesday, August 14, 2019 at 6:44:17 PM UTC-4,
bloggs.fre...@gmail.com wrote:
We don't need architects anymore, we have CAD.

Notre Dame: Why do architects write such nonsense?

https://reaction.life/why-do-architects-write-such-nonsense/

Phenomenal amount of money wasted on this monstrosity:
https://archpaper.com/2016/02/port-authority-declines-celebrate-gr
and-opening-worlds-expensive-train-station/ Now they're saying it
leaks. Imagine a 350 foot rubber seal leaking.
https://archpaper.com/2019/05/world-trade-center-oculus-leaking/

Same idiot just got fined for this joke:
https://archpaper.com/2019/08/venice-slippery-bridge-fines-santiago
-calatrava/

Put fucking skid tape on all of the tread tops.

Goddamned crybabies.