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Talks and Poster Presentations (without Proceedings-Entry):

Will Alsop et al.:
"The Future of Beauty";
Talk: Building Futures Summer Debate, London, Building Design Partnership, (16 Brewhouse Yard), UK (invited); 06-29-2006.



English abstract:
Will Alsop (of SMC Alsop), Patrick Keiller (of RCA), and Sarah Wigglesworth (of Sarah Wigglesworth Architects) will talk about the many ways critics have justified and given meaning to the design of buildings and environments. Then they plan to question if this is the way it should be. From the description, "Shouldnīt making buildings and environments beautiful be a key task for the architects and the other design professionals and parties involved in creating the built environment? Isnīt "what buildings look like" a key communicational interface between a building and, not only its users, but also the public at large, for whom it creates a piece of the environment they inhabit, even if they never actually enter the building in question?"

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