Advantages of Having an Architect as your Best Friend

1. You don't have to remember where the Men's Room are when visiting a Shopping Mall/Multiplex on its inauguration day.

- "I have gone through the Blue Prints of this structure while designing the interiors of most of its Major Shops. The Men's room on this floor are to the right of the sky lit dome, while on the floor below us, they are way over the far corner."


2. You don't have to hire a guide when visiting a historical Monuments in the city.

-"The reason why the roof of this building does not have any support structures is because it was built on a base of triangular arches placed one on top of the other, thus equally distributing the load."


3. You don't have to worry about getting lost in the most gruesome labyrinthine corridors of the monument which is famous for its mazes.

-"These corridors follow a definite pattern of randomness, and you can easily get to the most safe spot, i.e the roof by only taking the left turns and ascending every stair, while avoiding the right turns.


4. You can always find your way along the congested and packed streets of India's Holy city of temples.

-"I remember this street ends near the temple famous for its special 'prasad' because the satellite image on Google maps depicted this as prominent one. Besides, I did my summer project on the temple architecture of this city, and have already been here 100 times. I can take you around this place with my eyes closed."


5. You are always bound to find a computer with high end graphics card and latest processor, only to realise it was/is/will be never used to play the the latest release of the NFS franchise or major FPS titles.

-"I need it to render the elevation designs of my Autocad Project. But I do play Free Cell on this, or NFS II for that matter."


6. You always get to hear the most interesting stories about the place he visited last month while preparing his report on some unheard yet intriguing topic.

-"The haveli was so big that the sunlight didn't reach some the of corners...and the stairs were all mushy and gooey with bat droppings, and I was walking around bare foot...and then the old stone staircase fell off as soon as I stepped off the last step, and..."


7. You don't have to remember the metric conversion rates for measurement

-"one meter equals 3.28 feet, or 39.37 inches"


8. You can always rely on the exact dimension measurements of the floor area of a shop/parking lot, or even a silent generator at the back of the building.

-"this parking lot is no bigger than 10000 sq feet, and this silent generator is 3x10 feet...there also comes one from a different company which is 1/3 smaller than this but produces equal power."


9. You are always bound to come across a scrap piece of metal which you tend to bend as per your will, later to realise that it was the most important part of one of his projects

-"That was the support beam of my abstract design, and now you have ruined it...I will have to modify my clay finishing to hide your expert burst of creativity. But on second thought, I think I can use this as it is..."


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10. You can expect the most unexpected item from the footpath stalls as your birthday gift, with a note attached

-"I wanted to add in a few of my ideas to this, but didn't get the time...but anyways, its still your birthday gift"