It takes a unique personality to be an architect. Many people tell me that they were going to be an architect, but…. So what does it take to be an architect? Here is a list of thoughts, please add your own.
You know you are an architect if ______________________.
- Everyone thinks you make a lot of money
- All your classmates from school who were not architecture majors make twice your salary
- You truly believe that you have never actually finished a set of working drawings
- You wear a sports coat with jeans
- and they are both black
- you built a new house for yourself and started remodeling before you moved in
- you devote countless hours to a successful project where the reward is lack of punishment
- you offer design solutions to homeowners at every dinner party, even when you are not asked
- If you are out for dinner with your family and instead of talking you wonder why the wood stains don’t match
- you wear black most days
- You are more excited to start the next project than you are to finish the current project
- You own a T Square and drawing board
- You watched the Brady’s to figure out the floorplans
- Your 6-year-old can name the parts of a wall section
What would you add to the list?
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Here are my additions:
– You never drank coffee before college architectural studio and now can’t get through a day without it.
– You carry a sketch pad everywhere.
– Your favorite pen is a marker.
– Your favorite marker is solvent based; you don’t even notice while everyone around you is searching for fresh air.
– You enjoy blueprint ammonia aroma.
You leave spelling and grammar to the specifiers
-You criticize your mom because she doesn’t draw straight lines – forgetting the difference between an artist (mom) and an architect (son).
-Someone ask an innocent question on the subject and two hours later you are still giving the answer!
-You know you are an architect when you love your career choice as much as Charles Hendricks loves his.