我们每天扫描数千个头条新闻，并阅读数百个博客文章。不断出现的是，当代建筑经常是恐怖。不只是隐约险恶。但是直截了当的达斯·维达（Darth Vader） - 愿意 - 这是bladerunners，应该征服，人类 -害怕。见证这两个项目。首先，形态的办公室设计，即定于今年晚些时候完成：
第二是新加坡这个新的“文化中心”，由aedas。请注意，新加坡经常被描述为警察国家，但仍然有任何形式的陈述“零售和文化”发展？渲染看起来像是at-at和木碎器：
形态的创始人汤姆·梅恩（Thom Mayne）说，他喜欢在中国建造，因为“在中国，您可以正式地做自己在美国无法做的事情 - 侵略性，毫不妥协，外面的想法。”正确的。But we can’t help but wonder if part of the problem with China (and other places just developing signature architecture projects, such as Singapore) is whether in the quest to lure architects by letting them build without constraint, they’re not behaving as good clients do: That is, pushing back on the architect, and pushing for things truly useful and livable. After all, architecture is the art of constraint. It’s a process that involves a tug-of-war between architect and client. Without that tension, and when architecture can simply be whatever the architect wants, it too-easily becomes just a terrifying exercise of personal will.