A counter-narrative of architecture

What would it be like? It could begin by admitting that very little of what's labeled architecture really is. Perhaps a counter-narrative would blow the category open. Or it might limit itself to the real thing, but take the rest seriously enough to ask why we get it more often than not, even when real architecture seems appropriate and desirable. It might note if architecture sometimes answers a question in a unique way that needs to be respected, even if we don't understand the question anymore, or it's lost its original meaning. Needs to be respected: so the counter-narrative would say so with real force: Don't be an idiot! It would condemn architects for their hubris, not just for their delusions. And it would do so in time.

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