Suffering starchitects
High-profile firms chase institutional business, cut staff September 24, 2009 03:30PM By Sara Polsky
Frank Gehry
From the September issue: As the downturn continues, work has fallen off even for some of the most celebrated architects working in New York City. In a widely reported move this June, Frank Gehry was booted from the Atlantic Yards arena job in favor of an architectural firm that would save the project money. And last month, Robert A.M. Stern told The Real Deal that his firm has seen projects put on hold because of the economy (he declined to give specifics). In response to the slowdown, some starchitects are scaling back their office operations and shifting to more institutional work to deal with the drought of new development projects. more
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Anonymous
arrrrrr. No more churches and hospital to tare down? My heart bleeds for you....
Comment #1 Posted By: Anonymous 09/24/09
Anonymous
No feeling bad for architects who got caught up in their own foolish greed. They deserve exactly what they got.
Comment #2 Posted By: Anonymous 09/25/09