Elizabeth S. Titus

Upper West Side/CPW

Starchitecture, as symbolized by the new Cooper Union building

Frank Gehry, Jean Nouvel, Renzo Piano, Norman Foster (Sir) -- the "starchitects" of the 21st century -- are changing the skyline of our city, for better or worse.

Many of the buildings are by Pritzker Prize-winning laureates from around the globe. NYC is, and always has been (think Frank Lloyd Wright's Guggenheim), the place for striving architects to get their buildings built -- and talked about!