How to dress like an architect | Understanding Architecture, pt.10

[Symphorockder124]

pshh architect swag

[MacBamboocha]

"Trying to labeling me? Tsk! Impossible."

Yeah, and then I saw this video... A black-dressed and extroverted pseudo-architect student from Italy. lol! X'D

[anwar086]

Thumbs Up If ur Boss is Bald :) :)

[LinkusUpOrg]

A giant white thumb? Where my black thumbs at?

[01IAA4X]

why do architects wear black?

[werdeswa]

hipster architect

[MrChunification]

I love the last one man... The measuring tape. Dont let everybody see you..otherwise they will think you are a contractor. muhahahaha,. SO TRUE.

[mtct27]

lol

[enbutterfly]

hahaha so true >> big ego = insecure ;)

& the black outfit is the best =)

[MrSatanochio]

I don`t wear glasses and i wear skate shoes. I don`t give a fuck.

[Voyta2]

Being architect like a boss

[8Rikku]

Soon inshallah i will become one ..

[mqemphatic38]

YOU RULE! I'd totally buy you a beer and chat you up. Great vids!!!

[commanderchair]

from the last hour i have watched your videos i have already begun to see you as a role model, and i am only 14. i want to be an architect when i grow older and i am kinda nervous on what lies ahead, but you make me want to be an architect more than ever! and for that i thank you.

[LOGIC42369]

are most architects atheist/agnostic too? they always seem like very rational, skeptical, pondering beings

[howtoarchitect]

@LOGIC42369 very perceptive. they do. most architects I know are relatively liberal politically. The also tend to be introverted in my experience.

[LOGIC42369]

@howtoarchitect cool, callm and collected FTW!

i know more republican architects,but yea most seem to be agnostic

[LOGIC42369]

"in my case it distracts people from how shallow i really am" LOL!!

[SchalauTheLA]

Doug, I love these videos, and as an aspiring Landscape Architect I can honestly say these videos either: A) help out a lot, or B) bring some much needed humor to my busy work schedule

[alicerogo]

i am 14 yrs old and i dont want to become an architect. so WHY AM I WATCHING THIS?!

[limovski23]

damn! and i thought i couldn't be stereotyped!! WRONG xD

[soulessdelu]

Hehehe!

[ysvry]

great series of tuts funny and informative, I want to become an architect now ;)

well done , U should be on tv with this show!

[mattmadsen17]

What is this shit? None of this is architecture.

[xBl00dBrothersX]

i am not an architect major. I'm a psyc major (want to be an abnormal psychology professor). But for some reason I like your videos - subscribed!

[Arachnalicious]

@xBl00dBrothersX We professionals have to have something in common ;)

[StopStaringAtMyBoobs]

That was the pen selection of a landscape architect. ;)

proper architects would have one very expensive mechanical pencil, one 'space' pen, half a General's 314, maybe a couple of cool grey markers and a sharpie.

[shadowshian]

hmm i got most of those things covered XD for the bag anyway. laptop bag, scetch pad, skectch/notebook, laptop and pencilcase. though i dont do architechture i spend a while on 3d modeling :) as a hobby thou so i try figuring as much as i can from architechture and desing.

[BlackwaterUSA93]

I'm more of a t-shirt kind of guy.

[chormeholmes]

if an architct is "creative" and "different" why do they follow these rules?

[Shadapaga]

@chormeholmes cause they arent sincerly unique or creative. my teachers treat me like a serial killer because i lift weights and dress how i want, all the hipsters in my class just do what the teachers tells them. cant wait to get out of school.

[TheBustyGamer]

This video could have been a lot shorter...

"In order to dress like an architect, all you need to do it dress like a pretentious douche bag, and your set. Well see you next time."

[kroookru]

Black looks formal and professional, i think

[kroookru]

Noooo bald never looks cool, well, for me.

[BrehWassup]

I'm 15!

[lizetteusa]

hahaha he's right about the wearing all black . i like his videos it's makes me laugh...

[ismailbilen97]

So... you didn't make the other 40 ways remaining ? please response... because I want to learn architecture even I am 14 ...

[giotheutuber]

@ismailbilen97 im 13 lol

[keichaos34]

Giant... white... THUMB? Ahahahaha! #LOL

[bobberner]

"especially when you look like a giant white thumb" Too funny Doug!!

Nice videos.

[PANIONIOSG3]

1:17 lol :p

[rubeninside]

nice :)

[ploothable]

Am I the only one who actually wants glasses because they are sexy?

Am I the only one who thinks that girls with glasses look cute? :3

Am I the only one who wears exactly what he said architects wear? With the bag?

[fatine7chutzpah]

@ploothable No you aren't :D

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

Fake glasses=#1 accessory

[PtAltmVansanTarr]

LOL

[11swallowedinthesea]

Doug, you forgot about Louis Kahn :)

[noctune818]

I want a messenger bag. 

[arlenace5000]

dude why i can't find the 10th part?

[ashmerge]

:) Awesome. But you missed the whole "wearing black" part. There's a book on that:

"Why do architects wear black" can't put the link here, youtube won't let me for some reason. Look it up it's from Springer Books

[B0g0ev]

Is there a site or something? I'd like to watch the videos in some order... I like order. :D

[ExperimentLife]

Wow this is very true. I do all these things o.O

[EHC32009]

Great!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!­!!!!!!

[VENUEATHENS]

So is this like the ultimate dooshbad career or wut?

[soorgolf123]

Man you crack me up! From a steel detailer I love these vids!

[hackshin913]

If I tried wearing black all the time at Tulane, I would spontaneously combust.

[TheLastGreyGhost]

useless video

[antijelly]

@TheLastGreyGhost useless comment

[ariphrp1]

@antijelly useless reply... hahahahaha

[andyhzn]

i also have a tape measure like yours. never liked carrying it most of the time. that thing is pretty heavy.

[melih010101]

@hannie3112 As zaha hadid.

[kamaalomoro]

on my way to becoming an architect, but wouldn't mind doing some construction

[ANTHONYTHEPETIT]

thumps up if you're studing architecture to a university :)

[hannie3112]

how about the young girl architect? anyway i am wearing eyeglass too...aheheh! @_@

[starrish]

I always wear black and I never really knew why. But I guess I am starting to know now.

[starrish]

CONTRACTOR > lol so true. Our prof told us to go around and measure hallways, doors, windows, columns, staircases, etc. And some people from the civil engineering program asked is we were contractors. lol

[xenonnati]

you can always tell the architects/students from the rest.

We always travel in groups, with each individual looking radically different from the other, in new places pointing and looking upwards,

while constantly discussing some subject xD

architects always have a pencil or pen on them, and with a sketchbook hidden somewhere.

for me the constant ones: converse, glasses, a pencil a pen, and paper/sketchbook in a messenger bag or backpack

sometimes a tube ( ya know a paper holder)

[grahamhg]

no baldness here yet- though i am going grey- lets just hope its the right shade of grey

[grahamhg]

on glasses- i've just gone back to wearing contacts, but have a selection of glasses just for those special days ;) My favorites are a pair of tag heuer panorama rimless with a custom white arm- more racing driver than architect!

[bakulawhuhuhu]

well...now i got to wear my eyeglasses to look smart...

[Ritsoz]

read the book "why do architects wear black?"

cool little book, with quotes of famous architects.

[grahamhg]

@Ritsoz john pawson wears white

[soslinio]

love it.

[happyc00kie]

at my archi and design school... there are way too many guys in black skinny jeans and open cardigan... much rather prefer the blazer/sports jacket look.

[swatie0710]

what do u have to say about a female architect's office wear?

[THEVISIONARIUM]

@swatie0710 Hehehh yes I would like to know that too..I am a female architect who doesnt wear glasses hehehe.. I love your videos by the way Doug..

[MahsaMarkMad]

thank u for ur wonderful tips , they r really good

[AsurorusA]

i have an eye brow piercing :)

[tofee35]

hahaha watch that tape measure

[eyafeanod]

"they'll think you're a contractor." funny. :))

[howsolutions]

kind of cool at the end 

[timothyschrock]

All of this makes more sense knowing that you originally wanted to be an actor.

[hyperion311]

Yes, was that a moleskine!?

[less01]

haahah I am the all black/ preppy arrogant look ;)

[Physicspilot]

Great tips!!

[theonlydesignguy]

Useful information for posers and the intellectually ill-equipped. If you need this video for anything other than a laugh you need help on a whole different level! Next: how to wipe you butt like an architect...lol!

[kwstikos]

By the way, Since I've subscribed to your videos, I have a permanent question that comes up when I see you sketch book. Why you have it ruled? isn't it more difficult to draw with the lines on? I guess it depends on how you use it, but it is extremely difficult for me when I want to scan a sketch and the lines are on...

[starrish]

@kwstikos mine is ruled to, only cuz i can use it kind of like a grid system to scale things right. But its easier to draw with the lines as back up guidelines.

[kwstikos]

Cool video Doug, I my self had noticed the different ways architects dress and personally had separate into three divisions. No1 the posh style, this goes for very social, kind of famous, expensive to have architects No2 the earthy, this one is mainly about those who are the most artistic and choose mid tone colors and soft soles shoes and focus on sustainability in their projects No3 the casual, that's every day clothing for those who mostly focus on the engineering side and aren't that social.

[grahamhg]

@kwstikos i'm the posh style- but i like green architecture....... theres a flaw in your thinking!

[kwstikos]

@grahamhg maybe , you know its not the best thing to categorise people in any way.

Perhaps this flaw in my thinking makes u unique and original. Keep it real

[Oblivimark]

ahahahaha. so true.

[oclandestin]

I guessed your video would feature the cliched all-black look with thick-rimmed glasses, and sure enough : ) ... btw, was the notebook a Moleskine by any chance?

I would love to know where that all-black cliche comes from...

[enatomx]

I like videos like this.. this was funny

[katerockeIII]

thanks for the tips! ahahahahahha really funny

[juanmora19910209]

Maybe..maybe! One day I too can look like a giant thumb!

[ikaness23]

im at my first year~!!! and im enjoying it~!!! wiii~!!! wish i can be a successful architect like you~!!!

[deezynar]

I'm definitely not an architect, just a lowly drafter, but I do wear a pair of spiffy glasses that have become my trademark! I've had the same titanium frames for 13 years, I just have the lenses changed when I need it. My glasses are light and strong, and I am certain that people are very impressed when they see them! Other than my way-cool glasses tho, I dress like a slob. That's the beauty of being a drafter instead of an architect! : }

[jaquegrey]

I actually made a study on a zone in my town and someone actually thought i was a contractor and he drove me away - damn paranoid people...

[luisdgg90]

I fit

[LakersFan818]

this was pretty funny hahah

[omfffffg]

ahhhh this is so shocking to me, i'm an architect student yet i already fit in all of the above except the bald headed thing, but maybe in the future lol...

[citogrid]

i'm sure you'd still be good architect without the gucci glasses Doug :-)

[syakila143]

i'm an architect student. i didnt wear black because its too hot. but i wear glasses. but i dont have sketch book.

[DeRealUno]

NEAT-o

[robbetheunis]

well, i'm an architect student and i bought glasses about the same as yours, so i guess that's good xd

[matusuno]

lol "or they'll think you are a contractor" you dont want that

[thenightapple]

Love wearing black chlotes...but no way i wear glasses xD

Keep up the videos :D

[Gravija1980]

God forbid anyone thinks I am a contractor!!!! NOOOOOO!!!

[MrOllie16]

this made me laugh. all my architecture professors who are bald wear glasses and all black

[mantas1111000]

That's why I want to be an aerodynamic engineer...

[ooebuTuoYoo]

glasses: check

messenger bag: check

getting bold: check.

Good i'm studying architecture then.

[jasanpahaf]

i wanna be a contractor!

now i know the tips, haha

[Mokusino]

damn so good !