A Modest Proposal for Architecture Awards
More than we care to admit, architecture is partly a trick of the light. Much depends on the timing and context of your interaction with it and the medium through which it is delivered?the medium being paper or pixels more often than bricks and mortar. Architects across the country regularly submit images and textual explanations of their best work to multiple awards programmes. It?s becoming a crowded industry, and some awards are rather inconsequential. Others, like the provincial and national awards that we are proudly reporting on over the following pages, bring with them a large degree ?of credibility as well as publicity and prestige.
But in most cases, there is one commonality: they permit architectural evaluation based on simulacra. Even at the highest levels, very few projects can be visited in person by all the members of any given jury; several projects that make the shortlists and podiums?particularly those in remote locales or foreign countries?might not have been visited in person by even a single juror. In these cases, the architecture is not judged by the primordial experience of walking in and around it, but by flattering photography, drawings and texts explaining how well?in theory?the building works. You know that?s not enough.
The 1970 Massey Medals Cover.
This problem isn?t new: the November 1970 cover of The Canadian Architect, devoted to the Massey Medals in architecture, was emblazoned with this tagline: ?If you failed to win this medal, turn to page...
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