Citizens or Customers?

by R. Elgin on June 14, 2008

CNN has an interesting interview with Joseph Rykwert, a leading architectural historian and his thoughts on the relation between buildings, space and society and why large buildings no longer seem to have that energy they once did.

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1 Michael June 15, 2008 at 3:32 pm

Thanks for the article–I wonder what he would make of the endless rows of “tombstone” apartment blocks in Korea.

2 R. Elgin June 15, 2008 at 6:22 pm

. . . or notice Rykwert’s reference to Dubai and consider LMBs desire to create a Dubai here in Korea.

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