The age of the architectural icon is over, says Blair Kamin on Chicago architecture blog
The Skyline. So what will replace it?
The answer is likely to be useful, sustainable buildings that support our needs, if the Obama administration's ideas for economic growth are any indication.
The down economy seemingly has brought an end to the recent "icon age" that began with Frank Gehry's
Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain and has led to a boom in signature buildings by architects such as Rem Koolhaus, Zaha Hadid, Daniel Libeskind and Santiago Calatrava.
Now architects looking for work are looking to the public sector, and will have to design buildings that are not standalone icons, but are part of the fabric of everyday life.
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