Archinect - News

Starchitect and Love for the Portmanteau

2013-08-08T14:41:00-04:00

There may be better terms but it seems we are going to be stuck with “starchitect” until everybody with a keyboard agrees to retire it.

Guy Horton tackles the subject of starchitect mechanism in a Metropolis article where he quotes some other critics on the subject including yours truly.

Q&A: Guy Horton

2012-02-06T14:11:00-05:00

We’ve received emails from people just starting out or thinking of going into architecture asking for advice. It gets heavy sometimes. People who have been laid off in the recession have also written to share their stories. One architect I know told me without irony that he wishes he had read it before starting out on this path.

Metropolis Magazine's Susan Szenasy interviews Archinect's own Guy Horton about his recently published book The Real Architect’s Handbook: Things I Didn’t Learn in Architecture School.

The Architecture Meltdown

2012-02-05T10:57:00-05:00

One of the coolest creative-class careers has cratered with the economy. Where does architecture go from here?

The most honest - and painful - report of what's happening in our profession that I've yet read. Including lots of quotes from Guy Horton, too!