Comments update: readers have been discussing Bjarke Ingels' impact on architecture this week, after Time magazine named him as one of this year's most influential people.
BIG deal: Rem Koolhaas, OMA founder and Ingels' former employer, likened the Danish architect to a Silicon Valley entrepreneur. Some commenters questioned whether Koolhaas meant this as a compliment.
"I think the [people] are wrong to see Rem's comments as wholly positive endorsement," said Peter Smisek. "Saying that someone 'responds fully to the current zeitgeist' is not only a compliment, but a critique as well."
Others suggested that Ingels is "overrated", damning his architecture for being too simplistic.
"Showmanship does not equal greatness," said Stephen Mallory, while Heywood Floyd described him as an "expert media manipulator" before comparing his built projects to a "dumbed-down populist cartoon". Many leapt to Ingels' defence. "He's made architecture approachable to people who didn't care about it," wrote Noah.
"The problem with insularity in the profession today is that professional members believe they have the rules laid down of what constitutes good architecture," added a guest commenter. "BIG is despised because they break the mould."
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