Whaaaaat?? There are female architects of colour other than Zaha and the SANAA lady !? It’s true! After scraping every corner of the earth we discovered that there’s at least another four: Continue reading
Category Archives: Architects
Firms You’re Pronouncing Incorrectly But It’s Okay Because They’ll Never Hire You Anyway
In the same way many of us read “Hermione” in Harry Potter as “Hermeeony” before we said it out loud and got laughed at by everyone, here are some architecture firms you’re probably pronouncing wrong too, but it doesn’t matter since you’ll never work for them anyway! Continue reading
BIG, MVRDV, Snøhetta To Merge Together To Form One Giant Transformer
Three leading architecture firms BIG, MVRDV and Snøhetta will fully merge together by the end of 2017 to form one giant Transformer. Having previously competed against each other in numerous design competitions, the firms are now deciding to pool their strengths and robotic bodies together into one giant Super Robot, working together to rule the architectural world. Sources state … Continue reading
First-Year Tadao Ando “Fan” Can’t Even Name Five Of His Buildings
Jeremy Taylor, 19, a first-year architecture student and self-proclaimed “fan” of Tadao Ando struggled to list even five of his buildings in a recent conversation. “Trust me, I love Ando, I really do! Everyone else is into mainstream stuff like Gehry and Koolhaas but Ando is the man for me. Have you heard of him before? … Continue reading
Bjarke Ingel’s Serpentine Pavilion To Be Featured On The Great British Bake Off
Bjarke Ingels’ Serpentine Pavilion has been confirmed to feature on the popular TV show The Great British Bake Off. The show, which pits amateur bakers against each other, will use the pavilion as a site for a bread-based baking challenge. The challenge will see the entire pavilion go up in flames as it is used … Continue reading
What These Skyscrapers Tell Us About Their Architect’s Dick
Skyscraper: Home Insurance Building – Chicago, USA Architect: William Le Baron Jenney What It Says About His Dick: Considered to be the world’s first skyscraper, Jenney’s need to erect what would have been an incredibly tall building at the time suggests that he was desperately using architecture to compensate for his very small dick. Skyscraper: 30 … Continue reading
Rem Koolhaas Changes Name To Rem Cool House
Dutch architect, urbanist and professor Rem Koolhaas has legally changed his name to Rem Cool House. The 71-year old Cool House told Bespokey that he had had enough of people pointing out to him that Koolhaas sounds like “cool house” which is “funny since he’s an architect”. “You wouldn’t believe the number of people who tell … Continue reading
Robert Venturi Tears Off Latex Mask To Reveal He Was Denise Scott Brown All Along
Philadelphia, US – Midway through a speech at his old high school, Pritzker Prize-winning architect Robert Venturi stunned the crowd by peeling off a latex face mask, revealing his true identity – his creative partner and wife, Denise Scott Brown. “Gotcha!” exclaimed Scott Brown. “And I wouldn’t have had to do this if it weren’t … Continue reading
Bjarke Ingels is the newest ‘Bachelor’
Mark-y your calendars for Bjarke, who has been cast for the newest season of The Bachelor. Set to premier this summer, 25 contestants will vie for the heart of the dreamy 41-year old Danish architect while living together in a luxurious mansion designed by Ingels himself. Originally only hired by the Bachelor team as the show’s architect, … Continue reading
Newly Discovered Letters Reveal Barcelona Pavilion Designed By Mies’ 5 Year Old Nephew
Chicago, US – A series of letters newly discovered amongst Mies van der Rohe’s archive collection has given more insight into the modernist’s life, including the true designer behind the Barcelona Pavilion – his then 5-year old nephew, Gerald. “Dear Gertie,” Mies wrote, “Little Gerald did the most adorable little drawing today in crayon. I … Continue reading
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