Why U.S. Architecture Fails So Often

The failure of architecture in the U.S. is a result of poor architectural competition.

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June 13, 2001, 12:00 PM PDT

"It is not surprising .. that clients who would benefit from [architectural] competitions, whether in the public or the private sector, view the process of competition as complicated and antagonistic, and are scared by impossible visions and out-of-control budgets. In this country, anyone can organize a competition, either for a museum where there is no money to build one, or for a private project with no prize money but the chance to give up your design for a song. It is the absence of guidelines that are clear and understandable to the public and to the architects themselves that make for a bad competitive climate."

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FULL STORY: Where Architecture in the U.S. Fails

Monday, June 11, 2001 in The Los Angeles Times

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