architects

[gfish]

What does it say that I can't think of a single architect by name that I like, yet three that I despise jump instantly to mind? What is it about architecture that attracts such profound depths of wankery? It seems like other industries manage to combine function and aesthetics with at least some success and only a very small fraction of the pretension.

(For the record: Frank Lloyd Wright, Frank Gehry and Le Corbusier, in order of increasing bile.)

Comments

[jadine.livejournal.com]

That's not quite true. Good interior design is usually very subtle, for exactly the same reasons as good UI design. Good architecture can be striking, because people don't interact that much with the outside of a building other than looking at it.

[neuro42.livejournal.com]

I think that probably you and I have different ideas of what constitutes good architecture. :)

[jadine.livejournal.com]

I rather expect so. But I do agree that some of the best architecture is almost invisible because it blends so well with its surroundings.