Has Architecture Become Hollow?

At one time architects believed that they were shaping the cities of tomorrow. That vision is now largely gone. Have architects now given up on work with a social impact?

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December 3, 2002, 10:00 AM PST

By Chris Steins @planetizen

"But if architecture's creative resurgence has once again caught the attention of the American public, that resurgence has also been relatively shallow. Half a century ago, architects could believe, with some justification, that they were drafting the cities of tomorrow, and that the work they did would have significant social impact.Today, architects working in America are confined to serving a relatively small and entrenched elite -- the corporate kingpins and aging philanthropists who typically make up the boards of the country's major cultural institutions."

Thanks to ArchNewsNow.com

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Sunday, December 1, 2002 in The Los Angeles Times

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