The Architect Page #5

You can... you can put furniture

up against them.

- Squares and rectangles

make no sense in human terms.

They have a negative effect

on social interaction.

They only express

the rigid desires of people

who are too preoccupied

with systems

and their means of production.

The entire universe is curved.

Einstein proved that.

- Why don't you let him

present his idea

before criticizing it?

- That's all right, Drew.

I like clients to provide active

and aggressive criticism,

as long as they have

absolute faith in me.

I find that

the best work happens

when everyone has an open mind.

Remember, you're paying

for my talent and experience.

You're wasting money

if you don't listen to my ideas.

- All right.

So where are the rooms?

- The living spaces

are here and here.

The kitchen space is here.

And these are

the sleeping spaces.

- You mean bedrooms?

- You could call them that.

- What's this thing...

This line here?

Is this a wall?

- Yes, it's made of Quietstone.

It's a soundproofing material.

It's as thin as Sheetrock,

but twice as sound resistant.

It creates complete separation.

- Complete separation from what?

- Your side of the house

from Drew's side of the house.

- Oh, I knew it.

I knew it.

I told you that doing separate

interviews w-was a mistake.

Why don't you...

Just build a duplex.

We'll live next door

to each other.

- I was just responding

to Drew's sound concerns

and your music concerns.

I think you're making more

of this than was intended.

- All right, Mike, ballpark,

what... what are we looking at?

- I've got a thousand questions

before I could give you

a solid number,

but I'd have to say

at least, uh...

$500 a square foot.

- Five hun...

That's... that's over

a million bucks!

Are you out of your mind?

- Mike, if you have

a thousand questions,

wouldn't it be good to get

some answers first

before making wild guesses?

- Um, where are

the load-bearing walls?

- The loads are being

transferred here, here...

and here.

- Well, I'm not telling you

anything you don't already know,

but it would be more efficient

to stack them.

- It would be more efficient,

but they wouldn't be happy

living there.

Now's the time

to make changes, folks.

It's cheaper to use an eraser

on the drafting board

than it is a wrecking ball

at the site.

- We can't allow the engineering

to dictate the building's form.

Structure has

to accommodate design.

- Oh, okay, thank you

for your time, Miles.

Send me your final bill.

I will take care of it.

- What? No.

- Yes. No, we're done.

- It's just a first pass.

Nothing's set in stone.

- Stone would be cheaper.

- Most people find

that what they want

is 50% over the original budget.

- What we want?

- Yes, what we want.

- Mike and I

need to get together,

go through all his questions.

There are always

less expensive alternatives,

if need be.

I find its better to negotiate

than pound my fist on the table.

- This would save you

a whole bunch right there.

- Those rooms would be prisons

for the people

who had to live in them.

- I'm sure that Miles

can come up

with creative solutions

that lower the cost,

yet still maintain

the integrity of the design.

- You know what?

Give me a chance

to get together with Mike.

We'll go through his questions

and come up with some options.

- We can do that.

- Fine. All right.

Mike, I'll...

I'll call you tomorrow.

Bye, bye.

- Where's my storage space?

Give me the luxuries of life,

and I'll happily do

without the necessities.

- That makes no sense.

Where's the bathroom?

- You think I forgot bathrooms?

- No, your bathroom here.

- Oh, oh, it's, uh...

Yesterday was a big mistake.

It's just completely ridiculous.

- What do you mean

"completely ridiculous"?

- It won't happen again.

I had a weak moment.

- It's been a long time

since I've connected with anyone

the way I connect with you.

- Oh, no, I'm sorry, Miles.

I just can't.

It's not that I don't think

you're an amazing person.

And I'm completely

attracted to you.

But I just can't. I'm married.

I don't want to hurt Colin.

I don't want to hurt you.

- Hurt me?

- Yes.

- You've made me

the happiest man alive.

- No, don't say that.

I feel awful... just guilty.

It's deceitful.

- It's not your fault.

I set you up.

I've been in love with you

since we first met.

- No. Don't say that.

No, it's over.

- You're his muse?

How "amusing."

You think I don't know

what's going on?

You two have been meeting

behind my back...

conspiring to make

this house more expensive

and less re-saleable.

Unless you can bring

this guy in line,

we are going

in whole nother direction.

A million dollars...

That's insane.

- Oh!

- Drew, what are you doing?

You're getting paint

all over the floor!

- It's an art studio.

That happens.

- How can you

hear yourself think?

- I'm not thinking.

Don't do that!

This is my room!

- What has gotten into you?

Why are you making such a mess?

- Because I want to.

Miles gave me

a big sheet of paper,

and I'm having fun.

Is that allowed?

- Oh, so, what?

Now he's your muse?

Is that it?

- I designed it in a sequence

of natural curves,

to flow in

and out of the landscape.

The contractor says

it's impractical.

As if I had intended

practicality.

- We don't have to go back

to the drawing board.

We just have to bring

down the cost.

- Why?

Years from now, when you're

enjoying your beautiful home,

you won't even remember

how much it cost.

- There must be ways

we can save.

- Sure, sure.

Take out the structural glass,

put in a wall.

Lose out the stone,

carpet throughout.

Replace the titanium

with, God forbid, stucco!

With a painter or sculptor,

you wouldn't dare

suggest alternatives,

but an architect has

to put up with anything!

Imagine trying to find

a replacement

for the touch

and feel of titanium...

the fabric of our lives.

It's too bad that clients today

aren't the committed patrons

of the past.

Now it's all

about return on investment.

- You really think

that's my motivation?

- It's your work, too.

You're advocating

cutting your own ideas.

You're submitting

to arbitrary power,

which has always,

throughout history,

crushed human sensibility

and truth.

You've been colonized.

- Every project has its limits.

- You'll just have to find

creative solutions.

- Fewer windows,

uh, less square footage overall,

big reduction

in the structural glass...

That's significant...

No Quietstone.

- Wow.

I'm glad you've been able

to cut corners.

- There are no corners.

- I mean, it looks like

you've made a genuine effort.

- I want my clients to be happy.

- Mike, any other suggestions?

- You could replace

the titanium with stucco.

- Never.

The Stone House

will not be stucco!

- I do like that...

The Stone House.

- Well, I'll, uh, run

this latest revision by the subs

and get the final numbers.

The cost reductions

will be significant, I think,

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