"Philosopher of Everyday Life" Alain de Botton op-ed in the NYTimes on the state of architecture...
Says: "The skeptics are certainly right in one regard: the last decade has witnessed a sharp rise in the number of buildings whose design seems motivated not primarily by any functional goal but by a desire to enhance the status of the cities or countries that have commissioned them. But to imply that this strays from architecture's historical goals is to deny history." Ultimately he argues that throughout history, architecture, especially at its loftiest moments, has at least had the big ambition of projecting dignity onto its surroundings.
(De Botton is currently at work on a new book about architecture, focusing on the question of visual beauty. The book and an accompanying TV series will be out in late 2006.)
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why doesn't he just stick with proust
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