morality (& mercy) in architecture (was: Check out...)

[David Morris]

>From: JL
>
>david m:
> >Even though architects are hirelings, working for the Yankee dollar, 
>those
> >promoting the "cutting edge" of theory don't give a damn about what
> >"everybody wants."  Just ask Frank Lloyd Wright.
>
>Excellent explanation of why Everybody holds architects in such regard.
>No profession in my experience holds the concept of Preterite & Elect
>so close to its soul.  I'd rather save this discussion for the explicit
>references in GRGR(14), but in the meantime ...
>

>From my perpsective, architects are generally held in very low regard 
(except for a very small cadre of the Superstars) because of:  Axioms for 
Architects, 1:  Everybody thinks-he-is/wants-to-be an Architect.  God, I 
wish I could tell my clients to shut up and do it MY way...

David Morris

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