Why U.S. Architecture Fails So Often

"It is not surprising .. that clients who would benefit from [architectural] competitions, whether in the public or the private sector, view the process of competition as complicated and antagonistic, and are scared by impossible visions and out-of-control budgets. In this country, anyone can organize a competition, either for a museum where there is no money to build one, or for a private project with no prize money but the chance to give up your design for a song. It is the absence of guidelines that are clear and understandable to the public and to the architects themselves that make for a bad competitive climate."

Thanks to Design Architecture