Robert A. M. Stern, the dean of Yale’s Architecture School, said he declined to sign the petition because he objected to its use of the word “demand,” but that he backed it in principle. “It would be wonderful for the Pritzker committee to review the situation and to offer her the prize,” Mr. Stern said. “The nature of the collaboration was so intense on every level.” — nytimes.com
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Isn't this headline a wee bit inflammatory? "'STERN REFUSES TO SIGN PETITION' but presents reasonable and thoughtful criticism and level headed advice about the situation".
Given, I thought the same thing until you realize where you're reading it.
Note that the headline "Robert Stern refuses..." appears to have been written by someone here at Archinect, not the NYT (see article). I really like these news blurbs and the chance to discuss, but some of the editorializing (e.g., sensational re-titling) is a little sophomoric, suitable to a tabloid format and readership.
This sensationalist headline - only to be 100% refuted by reading the actual article - seems oddly reminiscent of Fox News. Why did Archinect feel the need to editorialize it like this?
Plus, whether or not you like Stern's work - or Bob and Denise's - there is no arguing that he was one of the most vocal champions of VSBA's work over the past decades, and it makes it pretty clear in the article that he feels that the Pritzker committee ought to share the award with her as well.
And for what it's worth, I have to agree that "We demand..." is a bit childish of a way to start a petition for something as important as this.
Stern is a correspondent of architecture's Fox news ....who didn't sign the petition.
No surprise there...
The faux-old takes pleasure in holding things back and now they are holding back their own.
Way to go granpa!
Gramps has been drinking the postmodernism Kool-Aid, and VSBA literally invented the game. Now I guess he wants to take credit.
Sphinxy, really, "We Demand..." is childish? Really? Seems pretty standard, especially when it's a petition advocating a position regarding a major oversight. I am sure there are many other ways this petition could've been worded, that would've been more childish, but this isn't one of them. It would seem that Bobby having more of problem signing on to a petition, in support of one his colleagues, and less of a problem designing the George W. Bush Presidential Center, says more about his real priorities.
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