Polemic? Outrageous? Justified? We bring you the most opinionated and debate-fuelling quotes coughed-up by the world architecture press.
Can skyscrapers — which consume 30 per cent more energy on average than other buildings — be green? Yes, insists architect Kenneth Yeang. But first architects, designers and governments must realise that there is more to green design than “stuffing buildings with ecogadgetry or getting a certification.”
The Wall Street Journal
A few weeks ago, I wrote about a town in England that announced it was going to demolish one of its buildings that had won a national poll as Britain’s ugliest work of architecture. I wondered what people would choose for demolition here, if we had a poll like that . . .
The Boston Globe
Colourful energy-generating photovoltaic leaves will be able to be draped across any facade, assuming there’s an adventurous architect involved.
Metropolis
