Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2001/08/14

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Subject: Re: [Leica] Architects, the Division of Labour and gen-x recidivism
From: Mark Rabiner <mark@rabiner.cncoffice.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Aug 2001 12:36:57 -0700
References: <5DC9703A010C0160@smtp-gate.mottmac.com>

Malcolm McCullough wrote:
> 
> Kyle Cassidy ended a post with
> 
> >archetects don't build their own bridges.
> 
> And why not?
> How many would like to build their own bridges if they could?
> Hundertwasser said something along the lines of*
> 
> "Only when the designer, builder and occupier are one and the same person
> can it be called architecture. All else in the manifestation of a criminal
> act."
> 
> Hey, you could build a whole political movement on this.
> Oh look, someone already has.
> 
> Regards,
> Malcolm
> 
> *I have almost certainly got the words wrong - though it is only about 30
> years since I read them.



Yea but division of labor is a good thing!

Henry Rabiner
(mixing up a bath of K14 to run some Kodachrome)

In reply to: Message from Malcolm McCullough <MM4@mm-croy.mottmac.com> ([Leica] Architects, the Division of Labour and gen-x recidivism)