This provocative piece delineates a crisis in contemporary architectural practice by posing a question no critic has bothered to ask: Are “superstars” Frank Gehry and Diller+Scofidio actually practicing architecture? Eicher, a New York-based architect, offers a painstaking, deeply considered argument for saying “no,” and laments what that discrepancy is doing to the discipline he loves.
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The Architecture of Effect
By Clay Eicher
Clay Eicher practices architecture in New York City. He is currently working on a book about the role and concept of detail in modern architecture.