although the RE market is causing a bubble in NY and CA, in my region, just the opposite -its a deep sink hole.....so its almost refreshing :) to note its economy stimulating characteristics and the good fortune of an architect who can exploit it.....used to be that way here, too. what will take its place when it finally collapses? electricity?
big D is now the foreclosure capital of the country and all the designers are withering, gasping, dying. r they loosing their religion?
John Young wrote:
> Heh, we're outsourcing for a red hot housing architect who
> meets serially with lustful clients competing with one
> another, sometimes for the same property, sometimes
> for those on adjoining blocks. Each is led to believe there
> chicanery is secret, but all are hyper-paranoid about being
> screwed by banks, lawyers, designers, as well as employees
> and ex-lovers and -employees.
>
> Tis nice to see an architect make out like a bandit pretending
> absolute secrecy to liars and cheats. The architect chuckles
> when showing rendering of competing projects, each of which
> will destroy the high-priced views of the other.
>
> An article is due out shortly on this race for real estate perfidy
> which will decorate the NYT RE section, or more likely, a glossy
> archie rag.
>
> We're enjoying the beneficience, too, of luxurious if crappily
> constructed homeland security.
>
> GZ, as ever in the history of great architecture, is a diversion from
> this master building pillage.
>
>
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big D is now the foreclosure capital of the country and all the designers are withering, gasping, dying. r they loosing their religion?
John Young wrote:
> Heh, we're outsourcing for a red hot housing architect who
> meets serially with lustful clients competing with one
> another, sometimes for the same property, sometimes
> for those on adjoining blocks. Each is led to believe there
> chicanery is secret, but all are hyper-paranoid about being
> screwed by banks, lawyers, designers, as well as employees
> and ex-lovers and -employees.
>
> Tis nice to see an architect make out like a bandit pretending
> absolute secrecy to liars and cheats. The architect chuckles
> when showing rendering of competing projects, each of which
> will destroy the high-priced views of the other.
>
> An article is due out shortly on this race for real estate perfidy
> which will decorate the NYT RE section, or more likely, a glossy
> archie rag.
>
> We're enjoying the beneficience, too, of luxurious if crappily
> constructed homeland security.
>
> GZ, as ever in the history of great architecture, is a diversion from
> this master building pillage.
>
>
> _______________________________________________
> the design-list, version 2.0 ~ open forum, open ideas ~
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