The Decline And Fall Of Architecture

David Brussat criticizes Zaha Hadid, Frank Gehry, and Daniel Libeskind, and wonders if architecture has "hit the bottom".

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August 25, 2004, 10:00 AM PDT

By Abhijeet Chavan @http://twitter.com/legalaidtech

ZAHA "HA-HA" HADID won architecture's coveted Pritzker Prize this year. Meanwhile, Chicago spent $52 million for another whirlygig by 1989 Pritzker winner Frank "Copy Me" Gehry, part of the city's newly unveiled $475 million Millennium Park...Architecture has spun out of control...aesthetic theory that explains a work of art has become more important than the work itself.,,modern architecture has strayed from its honest focus, early in the 20th Century, on utility."

Thanks to Tom Iacobucci

FULL STORY: Has architecture hit the bottom?

Thursday, July 29, 2004 in The Providence Journal

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