'Knarchitects and Engineers
"architects shouldn't be allowed to design houses. Or buildings."
"That job should go to the engineers...........function before form, not the other way round"
Not so simple. The problem of engineers designing buildings is you tend to end up with what Bill Bryson calls the "Fuck You School Architecture". 'Knarchitects* on the other hand can't be trusted to execute the design beyond the pretty picture stage. They are quite capable of designing something either impossible to build, or costs twice or more than it should.
The Git speaks from experience here having built the world famous House of Steel, designed by an architect and modified by The Git with input solicited from engineers and experienced owner builders. Project managing the build was the best year of my life so far. It's certainly eye-catching and the most comfortable house I have ever lived in.
Well worth reading: The Architecture of Happiness by Alain de Boton
* 'Knarchitect is a term of art employed by engineers
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