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The Selfie of an Architect
Author(s) -
Coates Nigel
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.2514
Subject(s) - mediocrity principle , conformity , selfie , politeness , identity (music) , sociology , power (physics) , product (mathematics) , media studies , law , management , aesthetics , art , visual arts , political science , economics , physics , geometry , mathematics , quantum mechanics , astrobiology
In bringing his experience as an architect, teacher, founder of the avant‐garde NATO group in the 1980s, and product and interior designer, Nigel Coates lets us have his personal take on the identity of the architect while evoking the importance of an architect's education and their ownership of ideas, as well as the power of social media – not for him polite corporate mediocrity and conformity.