“This tacit sanction of sprawl is of course politically deft. “Regionalists” have smartly framed the issue as planning for a United States now defined by a series of large regions in which some seventy percent of the populous reside. By uncritically granting legitimacy to the exurbs and suburbs, a true confrontation around land use policy can thus be avoided, as can concepts like urbanity, undeveloped nature, and loss of elections.”
Urban Omnibus
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“Don’t be fooled. What the prince and his supporters really want is for architects to stop building anything at all and retreat. He wants architecture to stagnate and die. This time, however, the war is won: we are a more confident profession and don’t have to bow to such tosh.”
New Statesman
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“This is classic modernist swashbuckling, striding fearlessly through the mass extinctions and climate catastrophes of geological time to finish with the argument from hubris; that it is ‘preposterous to suggest humans can change climate’.”
Sydney Morning Herald
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“Did it not occur to the RIBA… that offering a giant Chinese company a significant foothold in the UK through sponsorship of the most significant prize… was likely to take work away from some members … Your decision will mean that some RIBA members will lose their jobs and their livelihoods.”?Building Design?http://www.bdonline.co.uk/story.asp?storycode=3144494&origin=BDbreakingnews
“Diplomatic facilities abroad are more than just offices, residences, and places of assembly and refuge. They are the physical presence of the United States beyond its borders. U.S. embassies are symbols of the values and aspirations of the American people.”
American Institute of Architects
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