‘Frozen Skyline’: Architecture and the Recession

Travel Blog  •  Eva Holland  •  11.19.08 | 9:15 AM ET

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We noted a couple weeks back that a U2-Norman Foster project in Dublin has been put on hold thanks to the economic crisis. Now, a Frank Gehry development in the U.K. has gotten the axe, as well. “If Gehry can be tossed aside by recession-wary banks,” Jonathan Glancey asks in the Guardian, “what about less celebrated architects?” Glancey’s thoughtful essay speculates about the future of the architecture industry—and our skylines—through the recession, and after.