This article was originally published on Common Edge.

Bürohochhaus, Shenzhen, China, 2008-2016. Image © Hans Hollein & Partner ZT GesmbH

This article was originally published on Common Edge.There?s no shortage of slippery slopes in the architectural lexicon: ?architectural? and ?architectonic? hover near the top of the list. Problems invariably arise when the modifier supplants the modified. This happens more than you?d think, especially of late. A wholly separate issue arises when owing partly to a linguistic slight of tongue, architecture is understood as something distinct from the building, eschewing physical inhabitation.  Read more »

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