Quirky Building Enthusiast Gifts

"Who'd have thought a crease in the plans would result in an award for outstanding architecture?"

The Armed Forces Building

"Living in a city with functional infrastructure must be so boring."

Do it yourself books.

Building Blocks.

"I don't need a lecture Dad, I know all I need to know from the online tutorials of @DamKing61, @HotDam72 and @DamEasy27. . ."

"Hey, I just consider myself very fortunate to be getting paid for something I'd be doing anyway."

Newfangled contraceptions phobia: 'David, David, we're sinking! Our water bed has sprung a leak!'

Cutaway view of house undergoing renovation

'She must be good at mixing cement - She's been making rock cakes for years.'

"I hear you've got friends in high places...?"

Hmm, now that I see it, I think I like the dam back where you put it before.

Folding Container.

"That's it - I've had it up to here with measurement devices."

'If the GPC built office blocks!'

'I need a green house built ASAP.'

"There's nothing like new carpeting to freshen up a place, I say."

'We're starting to build our own house. How much is this two by four?'

"Just so you understand in advance - we're not old-time craftsmen, and we don't take pride in our work."

Clear construction agreements are important.

Shoe house.

Site For New Shopp... - I believe the construction company went bankrupt.

"Yes, I appreciate that it's a converted fire station. But I still think I'd prefer stairs."

I'm building a new house here. To my owner over there it's a "pet project." Of course to me, it's just "a project."

'To be built on this site - an exact duplicate of the building that was just turn down (we liked the international style after all).

'I thought you knew we play heavy metal.'

Arrow Church

"It's a quote form the builder, he says that the $2000 will just cover the cost of him coming over to laugh at us!"

'It may be industrial strength Crazy Glue©, but substituting it for welds isn't the way to be low bidder.'

'Tiling a Bathroom for a Crossword Puzzle Editor.'

'Design brief.'

"First and foremost, I feel that architecture should make a statement."

"That? - oh my husband - a closet bricklayer."

'Face it, you're mechanically impaired.'

'Funny place to put an esculator.'