February 20th, 2011

Architectural Terms… and what they really mean…

 ”Sense of Entry”

- The front door is big and far away.


“Human Scale”

- Less than 400 feet tall.


“Skewed Grid”

- The design looked too boring with a regular grid.


“Pedestrian-Oriented”

- Doesn’t have enough parking.


“Contextual”

- Is surrounded by a lot of other buildings the architect couldn’t tear down.


“Theoretical”

- Nobody in their right mind would ever consider building the crazy thing.


“Signature Building”

- You can’t afford it.


“Less Is More”

- The designer ran out of ideas.


“Classically Proportioned”

- Traced out of a book of Greek architecture.


“Postmodern”

- Traced out of a book of Roman architecture.


“International Style”

- No country will take responsibility for it.


“Deconstructivist”

- The backhoe ran into it during construction—and they liked it.


“Seismically Designed High Rise”

- In an earthquake, the structure will not collapse, but will drop all of its glass and stone panels into the street turning pedestrians into a stew-like mush of pureed flesh.


“Jury”

- Firing squad.


“Design Review Board”

- Failed architecture majors.


“Architecture Student”

- Egotistical masochist with no money.



(Much thanks to pintday.org for this one)
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