Building the Future

innovation vs. symbol                                screen shot from Kushner's TED talk

"You don't have to copy the past to complement the past," insists architect Marc Kushner, from whose book The Future of Architecture in 100 Buildings the 10 photos in this piece are drawn. And then he proves it. This is such an exciting time for the field. New materials and technology are allowing architects to play with forms and functions like never before, and imagination can run wild in the service of sustainability and community, as these photos demonstrate (slideshow, videos): http://ideas.ted.com/gallery-10-buildings-showing-the-future-of-architecture/
   In this video of his TED talk, Kushner explains how buildings change us ~ and how our reactions to the architecture around us will change the way buildings are designed. It's kind of like the way Yelp influences how some businesses operate: http://www.ted.com/talks/marc_kushner_why_the_buildings_of_the_future_will_be_shaped_by_you