2024-11-24T02:10:03-05:00 https://archinect.com/features/article/149962360/cuteness-and-the-fight-for-architectural-preservation Amelia Taylor-Hochberg 2016-08-19T09:19:00-04:00 >2019-01-05T12:31:03-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/iv/ivcp3rsfevhy3ocg.png?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>We all know architecture is a deathly serious business&mdash;but sometimes, that severity weighs so heavily that it becomes oppressive, restricting debate to an academic mean and setting a glacial pace of cultural influence. When that happens, the key to liberating architectural discourse might just arrive in a coat made of kittens, painted in Lisa Frank fluorescence.</p>