Hasta La Ideas

Following our last post about yet another big name firm laying people off, and with the regular news that architecture isn’t the safest spot to be in right now, Guardian critic Jonathan Glancey chimes in with a great piece entitled “The Architecture of Recession.” In it, he looks past what’s sure to be a period of great modesty, where few large projects are designed and seen through to completion, and when they are, they’re made to hold on for the long term, not simply appeal to a current aesthetic trend. Instead, by looking back at the hard times of yesteryear and the architectural movements thereafter, he speculates about what happens after, in this period of “New Modesty,” once everyone has a few bucks back in their wallets. Overall, a very optimistic piece for dire times such as these.

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