cool as fuck architecture

one of the reasons why artists and art enthusiasts receive so much flak is because there is essentially nothing 'useful' about the work they do. doctors help sick ppl, lawyers help guilty ppl, stockbrokers help rich ppl, and so on and so forth but artists in the opinion of this particular segment of critics don't really make anyone's life better to any tangible capacity. "whoop-de-fuckin-do, you made a painting, what do i care? i'm curing cancer, you pretentious little shit" thinks the pragmatically-minded medical researcher.

while the validity of this criticism is certainly not assured or credible, i think art makes everyday life better on a very subtle level, anyway, there are some people who are able to create a meaningful fusion of art and utility, those people are the architects. yeah maybe at the core these people are artists, their vocation is to design media that is to be appreciated and/or analyzed after all but on a much more fundamental level they are designing buildings and if you take a sec to think about it buildings are rly what allow our modern urban society to function as it does. where do you wake up each morning, in a bed, where is that bed, in a house. where do work, in an office/firm/lab/studio/etc, where is that etc, in a building. if you were to rank present day cultures from most "primitive" to most "advanced" i'd wager that as you get closer to the 'advanced' end of the spectrum then the # and size of buildings in those societies will both increase,

in this way the architect is a sort of post-artist, a post-designer,a post-builder. the architect represents the rare but powerful combination of necessity and superfluity, he is, indeed, the perfect man (or woman, how awesome does 'architectress' sound"

the transcendence of the architect is also portrayed in popular media. it's no surprise that when the wachowski bros had to name the cool, calculating, infinitely intelligent bro who built the matrix itself they called him 'the architect'


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anyway just wanted to share some cool as fuck architecture with yall since architecture represents the ultimate profession in terms of both pure aesthetic value as well as providing a fundamental and tangible service to all



if i lived in this apartment building i'd look out the window every once in a while and see if i can spot a guy tripping on acid staring at the metal slivers thinking they were ghosts or jellyfish or the wind or some shit. he'd be my best friend



how cool would it be to study geometry in this building



looks like something out of LOST



cool room to have ppl over for a book club meeting



apart from serving as a receptacle for mail, this piece also has the added function of scaring the fuck out of mailmen

in any case i decided i'm gonna be an architect and get respect from both artists and practical ppl, do yall know what colleges have good architecture programs? thanks in advance for yr advice yall