Hint: the answer is 21, but there's a descriptive way to add that up.
Writing for the Coffee with an Architect blog, Jody Brown directs some self-deprecating humor toward his notoriously, um, creative profession. The joke, in the form of a question: How many architects does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A sample of a few of the 21 responses to the joke:
- One to question the concept… “Does it have to screw?”
- One to discuss Le Corbusier’s use of lightbulbs throughout Villa Savoye
- One to remove the boundary between the interior and the exterior of the lightbulb
Click through for the rest of the joke, and make sure to stay for the finale!
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