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Re: Aren't architectural works now primarily an expression of the architect's ego more than anythi

Kris Krieger

2008-03-29, 1:25 pm

"aesthete8@hotmail.com" <aesthete8@hotmail.com> wrote in news:7adf78be-
3dd7-4f70-a90e-406461e4301b@a1g2000hsb.googlegroups.com:

> Once upon a time, wasn't it more about an expression of a culture's
> values?
>

Architecture, like any other from of art and tool (tool, becaue
architecture exists to serve specific functions, otherwise it'd be
sculpture), has always been a nexus where society, culture, and individual
design/innovation intermingle. The artist/designer responds to culture,
but also shapes culture.

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