Israeli architects rail against "anti-academic" Spanish decision, political egos balloon in Russia and why 'iconic' architecture undermines citizens, in today's news digest.
“This is a monstrous, barbaric decision. This tower is a symbol of political ego and people will always resent it.”
Bloomberg.com
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“The precedent this could set is bad enough. You only have to look at how museums have played fast and loose with the deaccessioning rules over the past several years despite AAMD's restrictions to worry about what they might do if given an opening to finesse the rules governing restricted endowments.”
Wall Street Journal
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“This anti-academic decision harms some 10,000 students studying in the University Centre, including the 500 Arab students who study here, and particularly the Jewish and Arab students of the School of Architecture. This decision, an expression of an illegitimate political struggle, blatantly violates international law and charters regarding academic freedom.”
Arutz Sheva
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“But the recent trend toward ‘iconic’ architecture and design - which has gained a big following in the media and among high-profile clients, winning numerous prizes - minimises the importance of citizen input and dismisses the goals of creating great public places. Instead it promotes a design-centric philosophy where all that matters is the artistic statement conceived by an internationally recognized celebrity”
PPS
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“It’s like you won a shopping spree where you could go buy thousands of dollars’ worth of clothing, except that you did it in the 1970s, so you filled your closet with bellbottom pants and platform shoes. We had a big pile of federal money, and used it to build a big pile of useless crap.”
Governing
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