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Rise, Fall and Reinvention: The Architect's Shifting Identity
Author(s) -
Bayley Stephen
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
architectural design
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.128
H-Index - 22
eISSN - 1554-2769
pISSN - 0003-8504
DOI - 10.1002/ad.2495
Subject(s) - hubris , hero , aesthetics , identity (music) , sociology , law , art , literature , political science , classics
Abstract Taking stock of architects' hubris in actuality and fiction, London‐based design critic and curator Stephen Bayley asks why, recently, the architect has ceased to be a clown or hero in the eyes of popular culture. He posits that the reinvention of the architect is necessary to reclaim this lost prominence, good or bad, in the eyes of the public.