Heroes, Rumors, Cults: Designs on Architectural Celebrity

2017-12-05T09:00:00-05:00

I1 heard a lot of stories from my friend about Zaha, like: she had a giant red couch that all of her interns had sex on; she installed a phone in the studio at Cooper Union so she could call her students at all hours of the night and ensure they were working; she too stayed up all night in London painting and watching American Gigolo on repeat2, inviting famous artists and architects in to visit her; she was spotted at the Venice Biennale standing alone in a room on top of a world map projection, hands spread out, hair blown by a fan; or, most curiously, that she sat outside, sweating in Venice while shoving pizza into her face. My friend swears that the folds of the pizza slice collapsing into the folded skin of her face looked just like one of her buildings.

Op-Ed: Beyond Stars, Icons and Much More, by Patrik Schumacher

2015-06-08T15:21:00-04:00

In mid-April I had posted a note entitled "In Defense of Stars and Icons" on my Facebook page. This was picked up and extensively commented on, here on Archinect. I am thrilled about the lively debate that followed (in which I had participated as ‘parametricist’) and I am happy to get the opportunity to come back to this debate once more in this op-ed.

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Heroes, Rumors, Cults: Designs on Architectural Celebrity

Op-Ed: Beyond Stars, Icons and Much More, by Patrik Schumacher