Starchitect is a portmanteau used to describe architects whose celebrity and critical acclaim have transformed them into idols of the architecture world and may even have given them some degree of fame among the general public. Celebrity status is generally associated with avant-gardist novelty. Developers around the world have proven eager to sign up "top talent" (i.e., starchitects) in hopes of convincing reluctant municipalities to approve large developments, of obtaining financing or of increasing the value of their buildings.[1] A key characteristic is that the starchitecture is almost always "iconic" and highly visible within the site or context. As the status is dependent on current visibility in the media, fading media status implies that architects lose "starchitect" status—hence a list can be drawn up of former "starchitects".
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Starchitect is a portmanteau used to describe architects whose celebrity and critical acclaim have transformed them into idols of the architecture world...
"Rem Koolhaas Is Not a Starchitect". The W Magazine. Retrieved 13 October 2015. Lubow, Arthur. "Rem Koolhaas Is Not a Starchitect". W Magazine. Retrieved...
its main office situated in Clerkenwell, London. After the death of "starchitect" Hadid, Patrik Schumacher became head of the firm, at the time with a...
notion of starchitecture, Gehry has consistently rejected the label of a starchitect. Though much of Gehry's work has been well-received, its reception was...
neo-eclectic styles, for instance, and major monuments today most often opt for starchitect inspired uniqueness. Neomodern architecture shares many of the basic...
farmland. In a New York Times profile he was described as Bollywood's "Starchitect". The article described Contractor's style as having "no signature, save...
(February 24, 2020), In Malibu, A Concrete Compound Designed By Japanese Starchitect Asks $75 Million Wall Street Journal. James McClain (September 21, 2021)...
"Malls and the future of American retail: In a post-mall era, why are starchitects building more retail?". Curbed. Retrieved 3 March 2018. Lange, Alexandra...
2010. Retrieved October 4, 2019. Chaban, Matt (November 23, 2010). "Starchitect Slight! Kelsey Grammer Trades 15 Central Park West for 100 11th". Observer...
2012). "Gary Barnett on How He Chooses His Designers and the 1,250-Foot Starchitect Tower Planned for Broadway and 57th". New York Observer. Archived from...
Emeco is a privately held company based in Hanover, Pennsylvania. The Emeco 1006, known as the Navy Chair, has been in continuous production since the...
worried by massive gentrification and suburbanisation, asked Japanese starchitect Kenzo Tange to sketch a master plan for a new town north of Bologna;...
Being Torn Down" Los Angeles Times Barragan, Bianca. (January 13, 2015) "Starchitect Thom Mayne is Tearing Down Ray Bradbury's Cheviot Hills House Right Now"...
November 2017 Sean McCaughan (6 June 2012). "Koolhaas and Foster Mean Starchitect-O-Mania At the Saxony". Retrieved 11 November 2014. Chris Rovzar (4 December...
Retrieved May 28, 2018. Lewis, Michael J. (December 2007). "The Rise of the 'Starchitect'". The New Criterion. Vol. 26, no. 4. Retrieved September 20, 2017. Mayhew...
13 June 2015. Clarke, Katherine (11 June 2015). "World Trade Center starchitect Bjarke Ingels would have built the twin towers back the way they were"...
condominium tower, with very expensive apartments for sale designed by "starchitects", that is, internationally famous architects. These buildings frequently...
Hadid embodied, in its profligacy and promise, the era of so-called starchitects who roamed the planet in pursuit of their own creative genius, offering...
Build the World's Largest Museum of Orientalist Art Along With Two Other Starchitect-Designed Institutions". Artnet News. Retrieved 2022-08-12. Abdul Nayeem...
Archived from the original on March 23, 2023. Retrieved March 23, 2023. "Starchitect to Oversee Belnord Condo Conversion – Co-op & Condo Boards". Habitat...
20, 2019. Miller, Brian (November 29, 2018). "On the Block: Japanese starchitect Kengo Kuma tapped for tower at Terminal Sales Annex site". Seattle Daily...
Build the World's Largest Museum of Orientalist Art Along With Two Other Starchitect-Designed Institutions". Artnet News. Retrieved 18 July 2022. "OMA, Herzog...
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