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- noun informal A
celebrity architect .
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Examples
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"starchitect" - designed buildings, 30 of which have been completed.
NYT > Travel 2010
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In a letter, Robert Venturi, perhaps the nation's first 'starchitect', decries the $200-million project to move the Barnes 'Foundation Collection to downtown Philadelphia's Benjamin Franklin Parkway.
Michael Henry Adams: The Art of the Steal: Betraying Dr. Albert Barnes and Future Generations 2010
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There have been no headline-grabbing shows here, no " starchitect " renovations or additions, not even a modest caf é or upscale dining venture.
The Frick at a Glowing 75 Ann Landi 2010
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BMW isn't new to the "starchitect" game; Zaha Hadid designed the central building of its BMW Werk factory in Leipzig, finished in 2005.
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It has been designed by British "starchitect" Will Alsop, best known in Toronto for the futuristic Ontario College of Art on stilts.
Thestar.com - Home Page Tess Kalinowski 2011
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It has been designed by British "starchitect" Will Alsop, best known in Toronto for the futuristic Ontario College of Art on stilts.
Thestar.com - Home Page Tess Kalinowski 2011
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It has also commissioned international "starchitect" Zaha Hadid to design the $98
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The subtlety of their work stands out from previous "starchitect" winners like
Apartment Therapy Main Sarah Coffey 2010
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Directly behind the demolition site, meanwhile, a massive new park and cultural centre is rising, anchored by a striking, undulating building designed by the London-based "starchitect" Zaha Hadid.
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Directly behind the demolition site, meanwhile, a massive new park and cultural centre is rising, anchored by a striking, undulating building designed by the London-based "starchitect" Zaha Hadid.
john commented on the word starchitect
"It's hard to pinpoint when the 'starchitect' became an object of ridicule. The term is a favorite of churlish commentators, who use it to mock architects whose increasingly flamboyant buildings, in their minds, are more about fashion and money than function."
- The New York Times, December 16, 2007
December 18, 2007