These are lonely times for Lebbeus Woods. In the early 1990s this irreverent New York architect produced a series of dark and moody renderings that made him a cult figure among students and academics. Foreboding images of bombed-out cities populated by strange, parasitic structures, they seemed to portray a world in a perpetual state of war, one in which the architect’s task was to create safe houses for society’s outcasts. NYT
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a strong case for the argument that you don't need to build to be a great architect. despite very few built commissions, his contribution to the profession has been invaluable.
there is, no doubt, merit to visionary work. but this article is sad and does it absolutely no justice. the heroic/archaic-marxist drivel about resistance and capitalism is, even now, still a cul-de-sac of thought. isn't 2008? yikes, nicholoi. and by the way, when Woods sued Terry Gilliam, and won, he had plenty of cash my friends. plenty. there is just so much wrong with this article...
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