Talk:Starchitect

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[edit] Raising an NPOV flag--

The content here reads as extremely subjective. The most flagrant problem: the list of American starchitects (which I reformatted the level-2 header of), which is clotted with editorial comments — 'bad boy'? 'white or nothing'? — that prejudge the architects' works without enlightening anyone about why people might lump their creators into the starchitect category.

[edit] I agree

I dont think it even needs the commentary so I removed it plus added a few more names

Last time I checked Renzo Piano was Italian and Norman Foster was English. Makes you wonder about the amount of research done,

Ditto. Almost half listed are not American.

[edit] Is the concept relative?

Star status would seem to be relative. As this is "English Wikipedia" should it be slanted towards the English-speaking viewpoint? In all my years of architecture I have never even heard of Antoine Predock - who seems to work exclusively within the USA. But this is not say that he is not a star architectect in his own state/country. What could give this whole - almost seedy, tabloid-press - topic a bit more substance? Perhaps 'globalization' - many, but not all, of the architects mentioned have many prestigious projects going on in several countries around the world. One might also attempt to "quantify" the matter by press coverage - how often they feature in the press, both professional and popular. --TTKK 15:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)--TTKK 15:42, 28 November 2006 (UTC)