20th Century Designs
Through new and advance built technology, architects and
designers are competing against each other through their design work aiming to be the next starchitects. Starchitects are architects that are known through their architectural designs and innovation that are commonly big and extravagant. Their buildings are normally becomes the landmark of a city or a place and commonly designed with the focus of its style, aesthetic, function and extravagantness (Sklair, 2010). This has become the current fashion in architecture and design. Buildings that are output through a mind-set of starchitects might result in unsustainable buildings. Without considering sustainability aspect through architectural design process and focuses only on making something big lead architects to unsustainable building that has lost its sense of humanity. Buildings and cities are no longer built and shaped by the people, the buildings and cities have shaped us (Senosiain, 2003). Cities that are no longer built for and by the people and community will never be able to be ‘successful’ cities. Cities that were built by the understanding and focus on capitalism, business, economy and profit can never be a place that enhances interaction in the community. Only through interaction between the people and community, a city can grow to be a successful and sustainable city.
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