[KAUAIBOUND]

I have spent the last 25 years consulting for architects as a structural engineer, and I have found most architects to be lacking in common sense, unable to manage their projects and notoriously deficient in business and money management, especially being able to pay me for my services. The patron saint of architects, Frank Lloyd Wright, was the epitome of these qualities. His prairie houses had flat roofs, and leaked like sieves. "Fallingwater" was structurally defective and has had to be repaired to prevent its collapse. He was bankrupt or nearly bankrupt throughout his career, despite obtaining huge fees for his work. And he left his wife and 3 young children for some hussy and ran off to Europe with her. I can count the number of truly capable architects I have worked with on one and a half hands, out of hundreds.

[DB]

I love classic architecture.

It is brutally expensive to produce today which makes it out of reach for most.

[Junior]

A "he had to bring Darwin into it" ping.

[RightOnline]

I spent years in computer system sales.....and the two groups I patently refused to sell to/deal with:


Doctors...............and architects. Both groups are typified by cheap prima donnas.

[sergeantdave]

I'm about to travel into territory I know nothing about - designing a new house for the family. The wife thinks it will look like a cross between a Marine bunker and a honky tonk beer hall. What could I say? I complimented her on her extra-sensory perception.