John Silber

Last week, the New York Times called the new CCTV Headquarters in Beijing the “greatest work of architecture built in this century.” Designed by Rem Koolhaas, the building looks like ...

John Silber has titled his new book Architecture of the Absurd: How “Genius” Disfigured a Practical Art. When he was the president of Boston University, he dealt with a lot of building projects and he’s been known to rail against excesses in architectural cost and ...

John Silber, former president of Boston University and author Architecture of the Absurd: How "Genius" Disfigured a Practical Art (Quantuck Lane, 2007) thinks “starchitects” lean towards form and away from function.

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