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For all the traditionalists and classicists, the key to the success of postmodern architecture lies in the aphorism: the cheapness of its construction versus the stories. (p7)

In the increasingly hysterical competition between cities to attract vistors and business, politicians and business leaders knows the importance of signature architects in generating a sense of lively notoriety and cultural debate. (p8) pablo

Public space gives way to a consumer-friendly mirage of public space, simulating diversity and choice.

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Much of the art of our time has sought to proclaim its newness of individuality through grandness of gesture, immensity of scale or the personal quality of its autographic marks. (p11)