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Howard Roark wouldn't be caught dead with people in his architectural photography. Roark, the heroic ego-centric protagonist of Ayn Rand's seminal work The Fountainhead, was the type of architect to climb to the top of his creation and stand with his chest proud against the wind. For him, the work was about the individuality and creativity of man. Detractors say his architecture was to be consumed and admired rather than lived in and used. A quick skim through most of the glossy architecture mags confirms that the fictional Roark is joined in this sentiment by many of his non-fictional counterparts. I may not have lived my architectural career guilt-free in this regard. In architecture school (a fading memory), you needn't worry with life's little hassles: budget, structure and client. It's a theoretical free-for-all where unbounded creativity wins the day. But for the practicing architect, the budgets are usually tight, the… Read More »
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