| A leading art theorist analyses the global style in art and architectureHal Foster, author of the acclaimed Design and Crime, argues that a fusion of architecture and art is a defining feature of contemporary culture. He identifies a",global style", of architecture-as practiced by Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Renzo Piano-analogous to the international style of Le Corbusier, Gropius and Mies. More than any art, today's global style conveys both the dreams and delusions of modernity. Foster demonstrates that a study of the",art-architecture complex", provides invaluable insight into broader social and economic trajectories in urgent need of analysis. |
