In a message dated 4/27/2000 9:21:29 AM Eastern Daylight Time,
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> I found that the only way to get an
>  architectural firm to start thinking about the site and its context was to
>  reject the first proposal outright, and maybe the second.  They would
>  always come back with better work.

Absolutely!  This has been my experience too. The disdain, however, that some
architects have for outside input is pretty evident. There is something of
the artist's temperament at work -- "I am the artist here .... I know what is
aethetically pleasing and what isn't. But..... if you boobs in the cheap
seats can't recognize greatness when you see it and MUST ruin my fabulous
design in order for my client to get his approvals, well ...  fine!"

Not exactly a stellar starting point, attitude-wise. Probably a defensiveness
arising from all those nasty crits.

-- Sits in the Crow's Nest