And the people who bought the first Apple Mac computers were often architects, designers and journalists.
The prominence of architecture in this scene is typical of the international style, in which painters were often architects as well.
On a human level, I prefer most developers to most architects, because (to borrow Truman Capote's terms) developers tend to be Unspoiled Monsters, whereas architects are often very Spoiled Monsters indeed.
Architects are often asked to provide more design for less money.
Modern architects are often condemned for a seeming disregard of site considerations such as climate, topography, and existing vegetation.
The intense competition for these commissions means that architects are often forced to churn out seductive designs in weeks or months, tweaking their models to fit local conditions.
Architects are often clueless when it comes to wallpaper, said Kari Pei, the director of design at Wolf-Gordon, a wallpaper design company in Long Island City, N.Y.
He gave me that long, legendary look somewhere between contempt and compassion, to which architects are often subjected by builders: the look that means, "Yeah, that's gonna end up costing somebody".
"Builders and architects are often incentivized by escalating costs, but that's not what we do and our fee is a small percentage of the project cost".
Architects are often berated for their insensitivity to what actually goes on in their buildings or for their willful ignorance of such mundane things as maintenance or the demands of daily life--titanium and glass facades can wear dramatically, and Lemoine does not spare Koolhaas.
