2024-11-05T06:05:07-05:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150005370/reflecting-on-an-era-of-architectural-icons Nicholas Korody 2017-05-01T13:54:00-04:00 >2018-01-30T06:16:04-05:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/rq/rqdg04scm4wn96ns.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>And still they come. The Gherkins, Shards, Walkie-Talkies, Cheesegraters, Scalpels, giant iPhones, Bird&rsquo;s Nest stadiums, flying tabletops, big pants. Like the conveyor belt of consumer items that older readers will remember in Bruce Forsyth&rsquo;s Generation Game, the supply of funny-looking buildings with funny names seems never-ending. Nicknames are converted into brands; satire and marketing merge.</p></em><br /><br /><p><em>There has been an era of architectural invention like few others, combined with a sense of hollowness, the feeling of not knowing what it&rsquo;s all for.</em></p>