"Architecture is not building. Architecture is about building"
-- Aaron Betsky, director of the Cincinatti Art Museum.
Visions of architecture, practical and inspired
...the national pavilions - which have responded in various ways to Betsky's title - are an absolute feast, enriched by the presence of many bright young contributors as well as talented, independent-thinking veterans, skeptical of modish nostrums. >>> Read More
Biennale Architecture Out There: Architecture Beyond BuildingÂ
by Aaron BetskyÂ
The 11th Architecture Biennale, entitled Out There: Architecture Beyond Building, points out what should be an obvious fact: architecture is not building. Buildings are objects and the act of building leads to such objects, but architecture is something else. It is the way we think and talk about buildings, how we represent them, how we build them. This is architecture. More generally, architecture is a way of representing, shaping and perhaps even offering critical alternatives to the human-made environment. In this world it is not enough to keep the rain out, create room for office cubicles, or fit into a context that either changes continually or becomes artificially frozen.>>>Read More
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