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The Secret Architect: The soul-destroying experiences of a Part 3 candidate
Things have come to a pretty pass when redundancy seems to be the best option for a new architect, writes the Secret Architect
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The Secret Architect: I’ve been outed as Another. Bloody. Architect
The Secret Architect has taken on some freelance work for a trendy ‘digital experience’ group
The Secret Architect: My gut tells me to quit. Again
A chance discovery leaves the Secret Architect debating whether they have a future in architecture
The Secret Architect: What if we boycotted temporary things?
What if we started boycotting temporary things altogether? No more Meanwhile Use gentrification. No more land-banking with ‘pop-ups’ that last for decades, or installations that claim to ‘provoke’
The Secret Architect: I’m on an Aldo Rossi tour and I’ve been outed
It’s still a chip on my shoulder that some architecture students went on inexplicably well-funded architectural pilgrimages while I worked a grim summer desk job, writes the Secret Architect
The Secret Architect: When your principles are in doubt … delegate!
A Part 3 candidate is showing an alarming reliance on attributing all responsibility to the PD amid a Gordian knot of meaningless acronyms
The Secret Architect: Starting the New Year with a big vision
Like many things that were popular in 1990 (and 2007), ambitious urban masterplanning is BACK
The Secret Architect: the client and contractor are having illicit trysts
It’s awkward when you’re novated to Juliet but share a studio with Romeo’s design guardian, says the Secret Architect
The Secret Architect: Senior management bingo
The Secret Architect finds themself on the receiving end of someone else’s MBA
The Secret Architect: Triangulating the tedium
No one in their right mind starts this gig thinking they’re going to have wealth, stability and creative joy, argues The Secret Architect