(*****) "people's high and low points of 1997" (Blueprint)
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the ill reputes
- MG: "I think it's a hideous way. I have nothing good to say about it.
"... ( WE ) do not do
competitions"
"The beginning of any
work must start from Belief ... I distrust competitions because
the design is unlikely to stem from Belief, which is of
religious essence out of a commonness sensed from other men."
(Louis Kahn)
- P: "Quite a few of your buildings were the result of winning design competitions. Do you think that's an effective way of selecting an architect?"
... the chance for all of you but one to lose a whole lot of money is great. It really stinks."
(Michael Graves interviewed by Practices, CSPA2_sp93)
"Aside from superficial irresponsibility of commissioning architects on
this [star-system] basis, what strikes one most of all is the prodigious
waste of talent involved.
This waste is all the more paradoxical in a so-called developed nation
that still likes to pride itself on the myth of democracy and free
competition, but which steadfastly refuses to adopt the principle of
public competition in the field of architectural design.
(Kenneth Frampton, "America incognita: an
anthology," Csb607_Dec93)
Working for nothing
"Few people who become architects expect to work for nothing, but increasingly more architects are doing just that." (Observation made by the Wall Street Journal pointed out by Hugh R Beaton, Letter PA_Aug85)
"... consistently belong to the family: there is a pater familias, a
godfather, an enfant terrible, a fostering mother, a rich aunt, a
housekeeper, a series of beloved but criticized sons, a few beloved and
belittled daughters, as well as some sons-in-law who have time and again
to deserve their position. This family has, as any family, its favourite
conversational topics, its little fights and its continuing struggles.
..." (Hilde Heynen, "Theoretical Reflections," archis_97.12.6)
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