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Originally Posted by Porsche-O-Phile
Architecture seeks to give - at its core. It really does. But if we as a society can't value it or don't appreciate it or can't support it - I have to look elsewhere.
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I complained to a friend who is a builder/client of mine seven years ago that people did not want to pay for "design service" they just wanted "permits & materials". He said that perhaps I was offering something people did not value or think they wanted. I was angry at first, but I knew he was right.
For the past three weeks I've been moving out of my office which I've had for the past 8-1/2 years. It's sad, but kind of liberating thinking that I could be moving on to a new adventure somewhere, something overseas seems appealing right now.
I've worked on about 80 retail spaces over the past 24 years, the last one with the help of an interior designer was green friendly.
As diverse as I am I don't have any work either. Right now I'm helping out the 64 year old architect which I worked for eight years starting back in 1985. He has work down sizing tenants in strip malls, plus a few other projects. Any work is better than none, so I'm driving 100 miles a day for what feels like charity work.
My thread;
Saga of an Architect in Michigan (with portfolio):
http://forums.pelicanparts.com/showthread.php?t=439744&highlight=portfolio