What is the next style
Are we beyond style
Stephen Kieran and James Timberlake
suggest in 2003 that the new architecture
will not be about style
but substance
Is sustainable the new style
When we already know that we
have to get beyond sustainable
Who is the next
Wright
Mies
Garofalo
Corbu
Wrong
Is it an end to the hero in design
What will Calatrava
or Hadid do next
Buildings are expressions
of commerce and economy
Form follows
At one time we dressed
up our buildings with stone
to give these expressions
Some face
Some validity
Some
Substance
there's that word again
Cathedrals to money
they are called
And what did we build
our cathedrals for again
Was it for god
Really
What about Stonehenge
Propaganda
function
Can we get beyond
Buildings
based on commerce and economy
Can we get beyond
commerce and economy
Can we get beyond
commerce and economy
There can be
Spirit in a building
Spirit in a place
Commerce and economy
Created these buildings and places
vice versa
Function
Commerce
Economy
Form
Spirit
Money
What is the NEXT
creation
