74-year old Ruth Parker has responded to the question often asked by new acquaintances, “what do you do?” with “well, I just finished my master’s” for 49 consecutive years. Continue reading
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Thesis More Expensive to Print and Bind than Degree Itself
Thomas Adler, who happily handed in his Master’s thesis several months ago, had already forgotten about it completely until he was reminded by his examiners’ reports that he still had to deposit a hardbound version to his university library in order to technically graduate. Continue reading
Professor Unimpressed by Lineup for Crit
Dr Jeanine Smith, an associate dean, was unimpressed by the lineup for an end of year crit she is due to review later on this week. Continue reading
Grad Shocked At Complete Lack of Architectural Comedian Jobs
Mandy Hager, 24, who went through five years of architecture school purely to gather material, was shocked to discover absolutely zero jobs in the apparently non-existent field of architectural comedy. Continue reading
Romcoms That Are Really Architecturally Informative If You Just Pretend
For those in architecture, downtime is a valuable thing, and when entertainment doubles as education, we say yaaaaaaaaay!! Surprisingly, a good number of romcoms are in fact also super architecturally informative, if you just pretend: Continue reading
22-Year Old Man Who Spent $50 on Fountain Pen has Handwriting of a 4-Year Old
After seeing that everyone else had a Lamy pen, 22-year old Hamish Langlear forked out $50 for one too, regardless of the fact that he has the handwriting of a four year old. Continue reading
Man Builds Tiny House to Make His Dick Look Bigger
Tiny houses offer portability, low material use and a price tag the fraction of a conventional house. For twenty-four year old Michael Pitts however, there’s another benefit: his house is so small it makes his dick looks so big in comparison. Continue reading
Female Graduate Avoids Gender Pay Gap by Not Having a Job
One recent female architecture graduate, Molly Fisher, believes she’s found the secret to beating the gender pay gap – not having a job. Continue reading
Student Accidentally Submits finaaalthesis.pdf Instead of finalFINALLLLLthesis.pdf
Architecture student Norah Am felt relieved to see her year-long master’s thesis finally print, bound and submitted, only to realise that she had printed and submitted the wrong file. Instead of the final, complete thesis that she had thought she had printed, she had printed 200 pages of typos, and placeholder textboxes full of notes to … Continue reading
Brutalist Buildings That Still Aren’t As Brutal As That Thing Your Ex Tom Did
Brutalist architecture is known for its massive, intimidating, harsh, presence. No brutalist building however, comes even close to the level of harshness of That Thing your ex Tom did. Yeah, that thing. Continue reading
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