Tuesday, January 19, 2010

What Will Keep Architects Busy During This Decade?

Shaping the City
by Roger K. Lewis
The Washington Post
January 16, 2010

What will keep architects busy during this decade? And will people be as interested when less exuberant, less idiosyncratic projects are completed and opened, given the propensity of the media and the public to focus on the exuberant and the idiosyncratic?

Part of the answer springs from the quest for sustainability and projects with ever-smaller carbon footprints, the goal being to conserve energy and curtail global climate change. Architects are especially committed to achieving sustainability through design. And, fortunately, more of their clients -- property owners, government agencies, cultural institutions -- share that commitment.

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