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.

The In Crowd: review of "Conversations with Architects: In the Age of Celebrity"

2015-10-16T11:17:00-04:00

What can one say about the celebrity architect that hasn't already been said, especially if the status itself arguably displaces thoughtful criticism? For former corporate interior designer turned international architectural curator Vladimir Belogolovsky, architectural celebrity is in the eye of the practitioner – and to that end, he has interviewed 30 of architecture's best known professionals about their work, their motivations, and their designs for the future in Conversations with Architects: In the Age of Celebrity.

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Heroes, Rumors, Cults: Designs on Architectural Celebrity

The In Crowd: review of "Conversations with Architects: In the Age of Celebrity"