Houston's architects obviously do not read poetry.
None of the corporate buildings, apartments and hotels being built now seems like something we'll be proud of 20 years from now. Of course, that's assuming that those buildings even survive 20 years in a city that is characterized by destroying its architectural past. [...]
But maybe we citizens can influence the builders. We can tell them how ugly their buildings are. We can refuse to rent space in them.
— houstonchronicle.com
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no love from reader eugene in the article's comment section:
Architects: Not talented enough to be an artist and not smart enough to be an Engineer, the poor lot.
Lovely little plea for something we seem unable to give people. I don't know when our profession will get off its high horse and honor these requests. It's really not that hard if one tries, which is probably why we don't do it. We're too deep to please the public.
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