Articles like “A Star Architect Leaves Some Clients Fuming” shouldn’t make us architects defensive about our work. It gives a deserved death blow to the “starchitect” and all the unhelpful stereotypes that come with it.... The image that architecture is done by a single genius has never conformed to reality, but particularly in today’s practice — relying as it does on extended technical expertise — it is ridiculous to attribute the design to a single genius. — nytimes.com
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You ellipsised out the best line!
But it should make us upset that it is the one of the few ways in which architecture gets on the front page of The New York Times.
Burn!!!! Excellent job, Peggy.
Agree Donna - that is a great line!
"The image that architecture is done by a single genius has never conformed to reality, but particularly in today’s practice — relying as it does on extended technical expertise — it is ridiculous to attribute the design to a single genius."
This is true in so many professions other than ours though. Like Obama saying "you didn't do this by yourself", most people know what he meant. An architect is incharge of seeing that the labor of many people gets to a desired outcome. The fact that some in the media portray them as lone wolves has nothing to do with why some of these fantastical buildings fail. Picking out "heros" is in our nature. Why we hold up fantastical buildings as the end be all seems to be the larger issue.
Deamer wins!
Starcitects are old school?
I thought that meant someone classically trained and responsible. Alas.
very true donna.
this meme of starchitects being crap is more annoying when it comes from architects.
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