the end of starchitecture is one of those let a thousand flowers bloom type situation
February 10, 2026 at 2:14 PM
the end of starchitecture is one of those let a thousand flowers bloom type situation
"starchitecture" was right there, David
April 10, 2025 at 8:49 PM
"starchitecture" was right there, David
everyone is talking about the end of starchitecture which is a good conversation to have but I think a more important one should be driving the tech industry out of the field bc that’s what today’s starchitects are borrowing from
February 21, 2026 at 2:20 PM
everyone is talking about the end of starchitecture which is a good conversation to have but I think a more important one should be driving the tech industry out of the field bc that’s what today’s starchitects are borrowing from
"Because the new building so conservatively and so discouragingly confines itself to everything that you’ve ever seen before from OMA, it occasions a long look back."
@monchaux.bsky.social roasts the NewMu’s starchy starchitecture in NYRA no. 53.
nyra.nyc/articles/hot...
@monchaux.bsky.social roasts the NewMu’s starchy starchitecture in NYRA no. 53.
nyra.nyc/articles/hot...
September 22, 2026 at 5:22 PM
"Because the new building so conservatively and so discouragingly confines itself to everything that you’ve ever seen before from OMA, it occasions a long look back."
@monchaux.bsky.social roasts the NewMu’s starchy starchitecture in NYRA no. 53.
nyra.nyc/articles/hot...
@monchaux.bsky.social roasts the NewMu’s starchy starchitecture in NYRA no. 53.
nyra.nyc/articles/hot...
Starchitecture
April 19, 2026 at 6:55 PM
Starchitecture
My ideal big-tent urbanism includes room for a little starchitecture
The Antwerp Port House by Zaha Hadid Architects, finished 2016, the year of her death.
This building does not care what you think. It will charge into the future, dynamic and full of energy, a powerful symbol anchoring the Antwerp port lands.
This building does not care what you think. It will charge into the future, dynamic and full of energy, a powerful symbol anchoring the Antwerp port lands.
August 30, 2026 at 9:19 PM
My ideal big-tent urbanism includes room for a little starchitecture
In almost every way, Vancouver’s Games were the opposite to Beijing’s, certainly in the budgets involved - but if Beijing’s goal was national reputation and identity-building, Vancouver’s Games did that in spades, without a single piece of iconic starchitecture.” My article in @opinion.bloomberg.com
What Vancouver Gained By Hosting the Olympics
The Games have a lot of naysayers. But Vancouver's former planning chief says the 2010 games made his city stronger.
www.bloomberg.com
February 5, 2026 at 8:10 PM
In almost every way, Vancouver’s Games were the opposite to Beijing’s, certainly in the budgets involved - but if Beijing’s goal was national reputation and identity-building, Vancouver’s Games did that in spades, without a single piece of iconic starchitecture.” My article in @opinion.bloomberg.com
no article has ever radicalized me like this one www.townandcountrymag.com/society/mone...
Will Gazillionaires Gentrify the Galaxy?
With commercial space travel within reach, the masters of the universe are plotting for the next big frontier: starchitecture on the Milky Way.
www.townandcountrymag.com
December 31, 2024 at 4:54 AM
no article has ever radicalized me like this one www.townandcountrymag.com/society/mone...
a lot of starchitecture happening here ... robert a.m. stern and jean nouvel
April 17, 2024 at 5:12 AM
a lot of starchitecture happening here ... robert a.m. stern and jean nouvel
Thank you! I love using pictures like these in my lectures on climate resilience to show how glam starchitecture is disconnected from the reality of designing for the climate crisis.
The Glasshouse Theatre, a new venue at the Queensland Performing Arts Centre (QPAC) in Brisbane, Australia
April 12, 2026 at 12:01 PM
Thank you! I love using pictures like these in my lectures on climate resilience to show how glam starchitecture is disconnected from the reality of designing for the climate crisis.
Short thread.
His impact was global, but no other architect was more identified with Los Angeles.
The starchitecture of his later years is more spectacular, but his earlier work in LA, using vernacular forms and materials in conversation with the cityscape, remains insightful and significant.
His impact was global, but no other architect was more identified with Los Angeles.
The starchitecture of his later years is more spectacular, but his earlier work in LA, using vernacular forms and materials in conversation with the cityscape, remains insightful and significant.
December 6, 2025 at 12:13 AM
Short thread.
His impact was global, but no other architect was more identified with Los Angeles.
The starchitecture of his later years is more spectacular, but his earlier work in LA, using vernacular forms and materials in conversation with the cityscape, remains insightful and significant.
His impact was global, but no other architect was more identified with Los Angeles.
The starchitecture of his later years is more spectacular, but his earlier work in LA, using vernacular forms and materials in conversation with the cityscape, remains insightful and significant.
yeah yeah it's shocking that people who are more wowed by skyscraper light shows and starchitecture than IHDI statistics have a very simplistic way of thinking about the world, I know
There is something very funny about China boosters still beating the "yeah the Chinese state is crazy oppressive but the median person doesn't experience it much, and who cares, it's hard to argue with success" drum when all of them had an exodus from the country over COVID zero
March 28, 2025 at 9:55 PM
yeah yeah it's shocking that people who are more wowed by skyscraper light shows and starchitecture than IHDI statistics have a very simplistic way of thinking about the world, I know
Happy to discuss further. Is there evidence that starchitecture supports cultural & economic development? Is it like the questionable returns of stadiums? At least they’re functionally designed.
In my experience starchitecture is a distraction and boondoggle for the life they’re meant to support.
In my experience starchitecture is a distraction and boondoggle for the life they’re meant to support.
December 7, 2025 at 9:00 PM
Happy to discuss further. Is there evidence that starchitecture supports cultural & economic development? Is it like the questionable returns of stadiums? At least they’re functionally designed.
In my experience starchitecture is a distraction and boondoggle for the life they’re meant to support.
In my experience starchitecture is a distraction and boondoggle for the life they’re meant to support.
Not to piss off Gehry stans but how is that any different than this bit of starchitecture?
April 23, 2026 at 9:20 PM
Not to piss off Gehry stans but how is that any different than this bit of starchitecture?
Oooh, having read The Watchers, I'd be v interested to hear how you find it. I've just finished Arkady Martine's tech-noir as AI/starchitecture critique, Rose/House. I have a choice between Fríða Ísberg's, The Mark, and Hye-Young Pyun's, The Hole, of what's tbr next.
February 8, 2026 at 9:01 AM
Oooh, having read The Watchers, I'd be v interested to hear how you find it. I've just finished Arkady Martine's tech-noir as AI/starchitecture critique, Rose/House. I have a choice between Fríða Ísberg's, The Mark, and Hye-Young Pyun's, The Hole, of what's tbr next.
London’s Vanity District is filled with weirdly-named starchitecture like the Cheesegrater (left) & Gherkin (right; pickle or sex toy; take your pick) so named because regular folk are stuck with “what does it look like” when confronted with the unrecognizable.
July 5, 2025 at 9:59 PM
London’s Vanity District is filled with weirdly-named starchitecture like the Cheesegrater (left) & Gherkin (right; pickle or sex toy; take your pick) so named because regular folk are stuck with “what does it look like” when confronted with the unrecognizable.
There are quite a lot of these 2000s shapey-but-perforated-concrete-wall houses in upmarket parts of Tokyo and the period, a kind of mini formalist starchitecture of houses, leaves me cold. This one is in Uehara
January 6, 2024 at 4:58 PM
There are quite a lot of these 2000s shapey-but-perforated-concrete-wall houses in upmarket parts of Tokyo and the period, a kind of mini formalist starchitecture of houses, leaves me cold. This one is in Uehara
Starchitecture is always practically & psychologically fraught. Your internal reactions are normal - always trust your gut - it’s spatially wise
August 4, 2025 at 2:06 AM
Starchitecture is always practically & psychologically fraught. Your internal reactions are normal - always trust your gut - it’s spatially wise
STARchitecture
September 7, 2025 at 8:38 PM
STARchitecture
Starchitecture, which really just exists as this flaunting of late capitalism. V interesting projects within it obviously but overall it feels like a lot of projects are designing towards a dead end.
December 30, 2024 at 11:20 PM
Starchitecture, which really just exists as this flaunting of late capitalism. V interesting projects within it obviously but overall it feels like a lot of projects are designing towards a dead end.
In between Pidgeon and Papadakis came the counterculture and anarchy moments. It was the first UK magazine to sponsor an award. It was early with starchitecture and vanity publishing. It's pretty much a history of C20 UK architecture.
It has a lot to answer for.
And it's all in the book.
It has a lot to answer for.
And it's all in the book.
May 1, 2026 at 8:39 PM
In between Pidgeon and Papadakis came the counterculture and anarchy moments. It was the first UK magazine to sponsor an award. It was early with starchitecture and vanity publishing. It's pretty much a history of C20 UK architecture.
It has a lot to answer for.
And it's all in the book.
It has a lot to answer for.
And it's all in the book.
Les « starchitectes », qui se distribuent les projets mirifiques, font-ils encore rêver ? Analyse du phénomène, alors que la profession d’architecte connaît de profondes mutations. Enquête d'Anaïs Fa cette semaine dans l'Hebdo du @quotidiendelart.bsky.social www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/272...
« Starchitecture » : un modèle à bout de souffle ? - Le Quotidien de l'Art
Les « starchitectes », ces architectes-stars qui se distribuent les projets mirifiques, font-ils encore rêver ? Analyse du phénomène à l'heure actuelle, alors que la profession d’architecte connaît de...
www.lequotidiendelart.com
April 4, 2025 at 9:26 AM
Les « starchitectes », qui se distribuent les projets mirifiques, font-ils encore rêver ? Analyse du phénomène, alors que la profession d’architecte connaît de profondes mutations. Enquête d'Anaïs Fa cette semaine dans l'Hebdo du @quotidiendelart.bsky.social www.lequotidiendelart.com/articles/272...
Starchitecture firms actually CHARGE their interns for the "privilege"
February 4, 2025 at 4:40 AM
Starchitecture firms actually CHARGE their interns for the "privilege"
As an IM Pei hater, I appreciate other haters of starchitecture
February 20, 2026 at 9:18 PM
As an IM Pei hater, I appreciate other haters of starchitecture
Au sommaire de l'Hebdo :
📐 « Starchitecture » : un modèle à bout de souffle ?
📸 La matière photographique, inépuisable terrain d'expérimentation
👩🎨 « La détermination et la liberté d'Artemisia Gentileschi constituent un exemple très moderne au XXIe siècle »
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📐 « Starchitecture » : un modèle à bout de souffle ?
📸 La matière photographique, inépuisable terrain d'expérimentation
👩🎨 « La détermination et la liberté d'Artemisia Gentileschi constituent un exemple très moderne au XXIe siècle »
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April 4, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Au sommaire de l'Hebdo :
📐 « Starchitecture » : un modèle à bout de souffle ?
📸 La matière photographique, inépuisable terrain d'expérimentation
👩🎨 « La détermination et la liberté d'Artemisia Gentileschi constituent un exemple très moderne au XXIe siècle »
l.lequotidiendelart.com/LW
📐 « Starchitecture » : un modèle à bout de souffle ?
📸 La matière photographique, inépuisable terrain d'expérimentation
👩🎨 « La détermination et la liberté d'Artemisia Gentileschi constituent un exemple très moderne au XXIe siècle »
l.lequotidiendelart.com/LW