The Architect Page #4

New job, death in the family?

- No.

- We're building a house.

- Ooh, that's exciting.

It can also be stressful.

Drew, everything

is within range.

Colin, your testosterone is low.

Levels tend to drop off

after age 35.

We want to try to raise it.

As with any hormone treatment,

there are side effects.

The most prevalent

is increased sex drive.

Do you think

you can handle that?

- Yeah...

- Seriously, though,

stress can be a factor.

You're building a house...

Big financial commitment,

countless decisions to be made.

The pressure

can affect fertility.

Think about the message that

you're sending to your body.

From an evolutionary standpoint,

your body knows that a period

of extreme stress

is not an ideal time

to get pregnant.

- Well, what do you

suggest we do?

- Try to ease up

on your work schedule.

- W-work is not stressful.

This... this is stressful.

- She's trying to help.

Maybe if you cut back on your

50-mile rides and paddles.

- It could just be bad timing.

Two busy people having

intercourse

once or twice a week...

It's hit or miss.

You can predict ovulation

by calculating your next period

and then counting back 14 days.

- Oh. Well, maybe

my app is wrong.

It says day 14, not 19.

- What, we had all that sex

for nothing?

- You can purchase a test kit

that'll give you

advanced warning.

When the test is positive,

have intercourse that night,

the next night, the night after

and the night after that.

Or forget about

ovulatory charts, mucus charts,

and scheduled sex

and let passion take over.

- We're not using those.

- Why not?

He may recommend them

to other clients.

- I don't want to use them.

I'm sick of them.

No, we're not using them.

- Maybe he'll recommend them.

- No. I don't want to use them.

I'm sick of them.

Oh!

- I don't know what you expect

to learn by watching us eat.

- I'm observing how you live...

so that I can better

design your house.

- Well, we wouldn't be behaving

like this if you weren't here.

- That's the Heisenberg

Uncertainty Principle.

You can't observe a thing

without changing it.

- Mm.

- What do you think

of the plates?

Drew made them.

- He knows that.

- They're great, aren't they?

- Of course.

I can't help wondering what

you'd do with a bigger canvas,

express emotions

that can't be contained

on plates.

- People need plates.

They have a use.

It's not just art, you know.

You're providing a service.

- What matters is that you

enjoy the process.

- I used to enjoy it.

Now it's just work.

- Most artists would be

happy there was work.

- He promotes me

to all his colleagues.

They provide color samples

for me to match.

- They didn't ask you to match.

They simply wanted you

to coordinate

with their tablecloth

and napkins.

- I don't want to be told

what colors to use.

- Drew, they're trying

to put together a tabletop.

- F*** their tabletop.

- The salad is excellent.

- You're wearing your hair

with more abandon.

I like it.

- Thanks.

You pick up on everything,

don't you?

- Everything of interest.

- You can get that.

I don't mind.

- Oh, it'll go to voice mail.

You see, an architect

must be many things...

Sculptor, artist,

but before you can build,

you must have an idea.

- The nautilus shell.

- It's classic,

and it's curving.

I like all of that.

I'm not attracted to

right angles and straight lines.

They're hard and inflexible

and man-made.

There are no right angles

in nature.

- Ah, it must be so freeing

to make such big gestures.

My world is so small.

- Well, here,

I don't need all of this.

It's a nice big piece.

You can really

stretch out on it.

- I'm a little intimidated

by a big blank piece

of white paper.

Well, then paint it black.

Look...

a staircase isn't just a way

of getting

from one floor to another.

It's a room in itself.

You saw what we did

at the Hatch House.

- I was never inside.

- Oh.

- Incredible.

- The result

of excellent chemistry

between architect and client.

- Oh, what are you doing?

- Well...

Putnam usually has

a decent bottle of wine

in his cooler.

- The sleeping space...

The center

of a couple's life together,

the place

where they talk, sleep,

sleep late...

make love.

- The center of my husband's

life is the bathroom.

He spends a lot of time there.

- Well...

that's understandable.

Bathing is pleasurable

and therapeutic.

It's one of the simplest ways

to unwind...

The sensual contact with water.

It's one of the precious times

when we are absolutely alone

and completely naked.

- He just sits on the toilet.

I have trouble sleeping.

He insists on keeping the TV on

in the bedroom.

I have to wait

until he falls asleep

to turn it off.

I need a room of my own.

- Architecture can't force

people to connect.

It can only plan

the crossing path,

remove barriers,

make the meeting places

more inviting.

- You always think

of modern as cold.

This is cozy.

- The concept of cozy has always

been a problem for modernism.

But it's

a major concern of mine...

along with comfy.

Yeah.

A group of chairs, a sofa,

a pile of cushions...

to make that work is...

It's very subtle.

Most meeting places are sterile.

People avoid them.

Nothing happens there.

Others are...

full of life.

They...

seem to attract people.

People feel more...

Alive.

This arrangement

is particularly successful.

Oh.

This is nice.

- Mm-hmm.

- You must have come home from

work early to prep all this.

- I did.

Where were you?

- Oh, I, uh...

Miles showed me the inside

of the Hatch House.

- Really? I would have liked

to have seen that.

- You should.

It's amazing.

- Yeah?

The owners were there?

- No, um...

You should really see it.

You'd realize he's a genius.

- Yeah, well, the problem

with geniuses

is they're a pain in the ass.

- Oh.

Mm.

- Mike Conway,

Conway Construction.

- Miles Moss, architect.

- Miles.

- Hi.

Looks like it's clearing up.

- Yes, this afternoon,

if the forecast is reliable.

- So, uh, this is...

- I want you to know

that Drew's contribution

to the design has been crucial.

She has been my muse.

- Oh, my God.

Wow.

- Wow.

- The parking garage is here.

You enter through

the main doorway here

into a floating stairway space.

It's a design idea

inspired by Drew.

- Can you really build this

on our budget?

- Well, I think

that's a question for Mike.

- I have no idea what this is.

Um, what's the skin?

- Titanium, of course.

- Titanium.

- Yes.

A magnificent metal...

Noble, mysterious, vital,

just as Cronus,

the first of the Titans

who ruled over the earth,

the heavens, and the sea.

- Do you know a supplier?

- Of course.

- And a sub?

- Yes, yes.

Let me walk you

through the floor plan.

- There are no straight lines.

- Straight lines are a symptom

of the new illiteracy.

It will lead to the downfall

of human civilization.

- People like straight walls,

you know.

They're... they're practical.

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