Archinect - News2024-04-28T14:39:57-04:00https://archinect.com/news/article/14299422/architecture-of-the-absurd
Architecture of the Absurd Archinect2011-07-22T19:07:53-04:00>2011-07-22T19:07:53-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ae/ae1e725d6b1bd71597874f35d0e90596?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>Star architects such as Koolhaas, Frank Gehry, and Daniel Leibiskind have created sensations with singular, unconventional designs that look (and sometimes are) unbuildable. John Silber thinks that’s a problem. He’d like to see our buildings showing less individualism, more standards. Silber is the former president of Boston University and the author of Architecture of the Absurd: How “Genius” Disfigured a Practical Art.</p></em><br /><br /><!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40/loose.dtd">
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