Poem 5 14 2012

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

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