NC_AIA HQ COMPETITION / MERIT AWARD

Lazy, bloated buildings are designed for lazy people. Windows do not operate. Elevators move people vertically. Stairs are only used in emergencies. Monstrous single function spaces are left un-programmed and unused. This is today’s architectural standard. The ‘endless oil fiesta’ is drawing to a close, and with it, the ‘endless building’. The party is nearly over. The music has died and the lights have finally come on. We are left to sweep up the mess: a once verdant landscape littered with planes of asphalt and bloated, endless buildings.

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