In October, the Turner Classic Movies channel presented series of films about architects: 'The Fountainhead' starring Gary Cooper and 'The Towering Inferno' starring Steve McQueen, to name a few. Of course, there are more recent films such as 'Indecent Proposal' (Woody Harrelson) and 'Intersection' (Richard Gere). What do you think of the way films portray architects? Are the portrayals more or less interesting and glamorous than real life? Who's your favorite architect of the movies?
Where to even begin on this topic?! All of us have thousands of stories about the contractor who is five months late on a six month construction schedule (and somehow it's all the architect's fault); about the janitor who thought the bathroom tile was 'just dirty' and proceeded to bleach out the brand-new integrally-colored grout; about the time the owner just didn't understand why we couldn't produce construction documents on his new laboratory project in just two weeks. These stories don't describe the internal fun, like the Person In The Office Who Never Orders More Plotter Paper Even When They Use The Last Roll or the time someone 'accidentally' deleted the project directory from the server. It's enough to make you scream and quit; thank goodness, we love what we do. What happened to you this week that nearly drove you over the edge?