Emerging practitioners say the new nomenclature signifies a larger rejection of the idea of architect as singular creator and a retreat from the era of the "starchitect" fueled by the pre-recession building boom. Anointing celebrity architects was arguably good for business, many practitioners say, but it did not represent the reality that it takes more than one person to design a building.
Emerging practitioners say the new nomenclature signifies a larger rejection of the idea of architect as singular creator and a retreat from the era of the "starchitect" fueled by the pre-recession building boom. Anointing celebrity architects was arguably good for business, many practitioners say, but it did not represent the reality that it takes more than one person to design a building.
via NYT
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big up NYT - way to get the scoop on a ten-year-old trend.
but who could they not? it's by robin pogrebin, after all...
uh.....wha?
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