Jay Merrick looks at architect’s obsession with creating iconic buildings. ‘Signature architecture has become the boardroom’s, and the city authority’s, bitch. The phrase “architectural icon” belongs in a vitrine. It’s the cultural equivalent of Damien Hirst’s shark in a tank: a dead curiosity.’ The Independent.

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