如果建筑师必须如网页设计师一般工作[转]
记住，你要保证新造的房子成本比我现在住的这间还低，而且你必须改正目前存在于我现住房子的所有缺陷（我现在的房子经过厨房时地板会震动，而且墙壁太薄了没办法隔热防寒）。
当你设计的时候，也特别记住我希望把每年的维修费用尽可能压低。这意味着你该自行吸收额外材质的成本，如铝合金，强化塑料，或复合外墙。（如果你选择不用铝合金，准备详细解释你为何这样决定）。拜托，建造的时候你要将最新潮的设计和最流行的材料搭配进去。我希望它是用最摩登的创意与点子所创造最时尚的建筑作品。不过特别注意，设计厨房的时候记得要把我祖母留给我的大同电冰箱考虑进去。
为了确保你将建造的房子适合我们全家人, 你必须联络我们家每一个小孩以及我的岳丈一家人。我的丈母娘会对房屋的设计很有意见因为她一年会来一次。
你要保证所有的衡量与抉择是正确无误的。但是，我仍有权推翻你所做的任何决定。
请你现在先不要用一些无关紧要的小细节打扰我。你的工作是为这个房屋制定总体规划 - 做大事要想得深远。举例来说，在这个时候选择地毯的颜色根本是无关紧要的。但是记住我老婆喜欢蓝色。同时，在这个时候先别担心你要怎么获得兴建房子的资源。你的首要工作是制定详细的计划和跟规格。但我预计当我一旦批准这些计划, 两天之内你会盖好房子。
当你设计这房屋时特别给我记住，迟早我会卖给别人。因此，它应该有吸引各种各样的潜在买家。另外因为我住家附近的小区邻居们都对房屋设计很挑剔，你必须保证他们喜欢我新房子的新奇特点。我建议你去看看我邻居去年盖的房子，我们超爱那间房屋的! 它有很多我们也想要放在新家的一些设施，例如那个奥运标准规格的游泳池。我相信你可以设计出这样的新房子而不影响最终成本。
请准备一套完整的建筑蓝图。在这个时候实在没有必要做真正的设计，因为你其实只是在标这个案子而已。不过我事先先跟你说 - 如果我们改动设计而增加建筑成本，你将会被追究责任。
你应该很高兴能参与这项有趣的工程吧！你也知道，这种可以使用最新的技术和材料并自由自在的设计机会相当难得。尽快完成整个企划并且联系我！
PS ：我的妻子刚刚告诉我，在这封信我给你的那么多意见她不是很同意。作为建筑师，你的责任是要解决这些意见分歧。我过去曾试过不过一直无法做到这一点。如果你不能处理好这件事情，我将不得不寻找另外的建筑师。
PPS：也许我需要的不是一间房屋，而是旅行拖车。如果是这样的话请尽快告诉我。其中最后一点应注意的是:要确保你的估价不超过六万五千块台币。我有一个十五岁的侄子也会设计的房子，他说他可以用三万两千块完成整个案子。
原著: 未知 翻译: Ryan Wang
这是由英文原版，但是不知道是谁写的：
If Architects Had to Work Like Web Designers
January 10, 2002
Please design and build me a house. I am not quite sure of what I need, so you should use your discretion. My house should have somewhere between two and forty-five bedrooms. Just make sure the plans are such that the bedrooms can be easily added or deleted. When you bring the blueprints to me, I will make the final decision of what I want. Also, bring me the cost breakdown for each configuration so that I can arbitrarily pick one.
Keep in mind that the house I ultimately choose must cost less than the one I am currently living in. Make sure, however, that you correct all the deficiencies that exist in my current house (the floor of my kitchen vibrates when I walk across it, and the walls don’t have nearly enough insulation in them).
As you design, also keep in mind that I want to keep yearly maintenance costs as low as possible. This should mean the incorporation of extra-cost features like aluminum, vinyl, or composite siding. (If you choose not to specify aluminum, be prepared to explain your decision in detail.)
Please take care that modern design practices and the latest materials are used in construction of the house, as I want it to be a showplace for the most up-to-date ideas and methods. Be alerted, however, that kitchen should be designed to accommodate, among other things, my 1952 Gibson refrigerator.
To insure that you are building the correct house for our entire family, make certain that you contact each of our children, and also our in-laws. My mother-in-law will have very strong feelings about how the house should be designed, since she visits us at least once a year.
Make sure that you weigh all of these options carefully and come to the right decision. I, however, retain the right to overrule any choices that you make.
Please don’t bother me with small details right now. Your job is to develop the overall plans for the house: Get the big picture. At this time, for example, it is not appropriate to be choosing the color of the carpet. However, keep in mind that my wife likes blue.
Also, do not worry at this time about acquiring the resources to build the house itself. Your first priority is to develop detailed plans and specifications. Once I approve these plans, however, I would expect the house to be under roof within 48 hours.
While you are designing this house specifically for me, keep in mind that sooner or later I will have to sell it to someone else. It therefore should have appeal to a wide variety of potential buyers.
Please make sure before you finalize the plans that there is a consensus of the population in my area that they like the features this house has. I advise you to run up and look at my neighbor’s house that he constructed last year. We like it a great deal. It has many features that we would also like in our new home, particularly the 75-foot swimming pool. With careful engineering, I believe that you can design this into our new house without impacting the final cost.
Please prepare a complete set of blueprints. It is not necessary at this time to do the real design, since they will be used only for construction bids. Be advised, however, that you will be held accountable for any increase of construction costs as a result of later design changes.
You must be thrilled to be working on as an interesting project as this! To be able to use the latest techniques and materials and to be given such freedom in your designs is something that can’t happen very often.
Contact me as soon as possible with your complete ideas and plans.
PS: My wife has just told me that she disagrees with many of the instructions I’ve given you in this letter. As architect, it is your responsibility to resolve these differences. I have tried in the past and have been unable to accomplish this. If you can’t handle this responsibility, I will have to find another architect.
PPS: Perhaps what I need is not a house at all, but a travel trailer. Please advise me as soon as possible if this is the case. One last note, make sure your estimate for this plan is no more than $2000. I have a 15 year old nephew who designs houses and he say he can build it for me for $1000.”
