Last updated July 29, 2026
- Sense of Entry: The front door is big and far away.
- Human Scale: less than 400 feet tall.
- Skewed Grid: The design looked too boring with a regular grid.
- Contextual: Is surrounded by a lot of other buildings the architect couldn’t tear down.
- Theoretical: Nobody in their right mind would ever consider building the crazy thing.
- Signature Building: You can’t afford it.
- Less Is More: The designer ran out of ideas.
- International Style: No country will take responsibility for it.
- Deconstructivist: The backhoe ran into it during construction - and they liked it.
- Jury: Firing squad.
- Design Review Board: Failed architecture majors.
- Architecture Student: Egotistical masochist with no money.
- Contractor – A gambler who never gets to shuffle, cut or deal!
- Bid Opening – A poker game in which the losing hand wins.
- Low Bidder – A contractor who is wandering what he/she left out.
- Engineer’s Estimate – The cost of construction in Heaven.
- Completion Date – The point at which liquidated damages begin.
- Liquidated Damages – A penalty for failing to achieve the impossible.
