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Hey Franco

Sounds like a good project, is it for school or to you have a client that wants you do this? If the later is the case what city or if your uncomfortable with giving the name of the city ...

First of all - you should never volunteer your services. You undermine not only your own value but the value of every other architect or professional that is struggling to make a living/name for thems ...

Wow, LC – what’s up

Although I don’t agree with everything Donald wrote, I think you should lighten up a bit. Just the forcefulness of your response suggests a certain amount of arrogance. Maybe yo ...

With respect to the question, regarding the prestige of architecture, I think it all depends on what the yardstick is for measuring prestige and who is doing the measuring.

In Canada architecture d ...

Not really “in trouble”, and in fact it didn’t get to the point were any insurance or legal professions were involved.

Correcting the error required a bit of redesign and additional construction bu ...

Thanks for the advice, and kind words.

Beyond the various logistical methods of protecting yourself from errors and omissions, it is also clearly important to mentally protect yourself, by not blam ...

I’ve recently completed a project where there was an error in the size allotted for window openings. Needles to say the windows didn’t fit, and all fingers pointed to me. Unfortunately the elevations ...

Hi

So I would agree with the reference to alberti, or palladio.

I think this style is quite common in turn of the century architecture and is usually classified as Italianate – which usually mea ...

Just interest to know peoples opinion on Jane Jacobs and Lewis Mumford.

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Topic: dynamic architecture to accomplish traffic calming
gg5 Replies: 2 Views: 4172	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:03 am Subject: dynamic architecture to accomplish traffic calming
gg5 Replies: 2 Views: 4172	Hey Franco Sounds like a good project, is it for school or to you have a client that wants you do this? If the later is the case what city or if your uncomfortable with giving the name of the city ...
Topic: Can anyone tell me how ?
gg5 Replies: 1 Views: 4717	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Wed Sep 15, 2004 12:19 pm Subject: Can anyone tell me how ?
gg5 Replies: 1 Views: 4717	First of all - you should never volunteer your services. You undermine not only your own value but the value of every other architect or professional that is struggling to make a living/name for thems ...
Topic: decisions decisions decisions .....argh......
gg5 Replies: 19 Views: 19347	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Thu Sep 02, 2004 10:47 am Subject: decisions decisions decisions .....argh......
gg5 Replies: 19 Views: 19347	Wow, LC – what’s up Although I don’t agree with everything Donald wrote, I think you should lighten up a bit. Just the forcefulness of your response suggests a certain amount of arrogance. Maybe yo ...
Topic: Are architects white collared as the doctors and lawyers are
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 8855	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue Aug 31, 2004 2:04 pm Subject: Are architects white collared as the doctors and lawyers are
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 8855	With respect to the question, regarding the prestige of architecture, I think it all depends on what the yardstick is for measuring prestige and who is doing the measuring. In Canada architecture d ...
Topic: The walls come tumbling down
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 10303	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Fri Aug 20, 2004 11:53 am Subject: The walls come tumbling down
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 10303	Not really “in trouble”, and in fact it didn’t get to the point were any insurance or legal professions were involved. Correcting the error required a bit of redesign and additional construction bu ...
Topic: The walls come tumbling down
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 10303	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Thu Aug 19, 2004 1:35 pm Subject: The walls come tumbling down
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 10303	Thanks for the advice, and kind words. Beyond the various logistical methods of protecting yourself from errors and omissions, it is also clearly important to mentally protect yourself, by not blam ...
Topic: The walls come tumbling down
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 10303	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Wed Aug 18, 2004 11:34 am Subject: The walls come tumbling down
gg5 Replies: 6 Views: 10303	I’ve recently completed a project where there was an error in the size allotted for window openings. Needles to say the windows didn’t fit, and all fingers pointed to me. Unfortunately the elevations ...
Topic: What style is this building
gg5 Replies: 7 Views: 13820	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Mon Jun 28, 2004 12:57 pm Subject: What style is this building
gg5 Replies: 7 Views: 13820	Hi So I would agree with the reference to alberti, or palladio. I think this style is quite common in turn of the century architecture and is usually classified as Italianate – which usually mea ...
Topic: Jane Jacobs vs Lewis Mumford
gg5 Replies: 1 Views: 8200	Forum: Architecture Forum Posted: Tue May 25, 2004 12:20 pm Subject: Jane Jacobs vs Lewis Mumford
gg5 Replies: 1 Views: 8200	Just interest to know peoples opinion on Jane Jacobs and Lewis Mumford.