The Problem With ‘Iconic’ Buildings
Travel Blog • Michael Yessis • 10.22.08 | 4:21 PM ET
Photo by Or, as the headline on Jay Merrick’s piece in the Independent reads, “eye-con architecture.” Merrick writes about today’s obsession with new buildings such as the China Central Television building (pictured) and Kazakhstan’s Peace Pyramid: “Too much of the apparent concern about architecture actually reveals a profound lack of interest in any discussion that might suggest that architecture, and our relationship with it, is not only complex but is in a crucially debatable condition.”
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Michael Yessis is the cofounder and coeditor-in-chief of World Hum.
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