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Sunday, February 24, 2019

The number of people practicing architecture as an art has dwindled


“The number of people practicing architecture as an art has dwindled. A lot of buildings are really just commercial models that, with very little effort, could become special. I believe it’s possible to create designs that are not faceless or aggressive but are reasonable containers to live in and play in, that bring something uplifting and communal to people.”

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Part of an article in FORTUNE on Oct. October 26, 2018, online and Nov. 1, 2018, in print (magazine) by Frank Owen Gehry, one of the world’s leading architects, known for postmodern designs like the Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, and the Louis Vuitton Foundation in Paris.