Their reputations may not quite up there with bankers just yet, but the stock of the celebrity/iconic architect is most definitely on the wane. After Building claimed earlier in the month the end of the era of the ‘icon’ building due to the recession two more pieces appear this week to twist the knife in. A strongly-argued letter appears this morning from Albert Rydale in Building and architect Rab Bennetts takes an indirect swipe at grand architectural statements in a piece in BSD . Ry

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Celebrity architects and sustainability