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单词 starchitect
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Definition of starchitect in English:

starchitect

noun ˈstɑːkɪtɛktˈstärkiˌtekt
derogatory, informal
  • A famous or high-profile architect.

    a welcome departure from the ego-driven era of the starchitect
    Example sentencesExamples
    • The 76-story mixed-used building designed by starchitect Frank Gehry will attract residents and retail to downtown Manhattan.
    • The starchitects thus acknowledge that modernism failed in its crucial mission of providing a new architectural canon that would make man at home in his brave new world.
    • That flexibility, a welcome departure from the ego-driven era of the starchitect, is one of the most appealing aspects of Think's plan.
    • The grad program at Columbia in the mid-1990s...was less a school of architecture than a breeding ground for young starchitects.
    • A few other bigger name starchitects were speaking too, but i think Michael's lecture was the most interesting.
    • He showed up in New Orleans last week with some starchitects, talking about green apartment buildings that take river water and run it through turbines for cheap, clean power.
    • Every once in a while a building comes along that fulfills your faith that architecture can be a noble profession, not just a parade of street-walking 'starchitects' who strut their signature styles around the globe.
    • The future historians of the built environment of Blairism won't be consulting back issues of AD or the glossy monographs of the starchitect.
    • The $8.6 billion complex on the Strip includes work by such other "starchitects" or celebrity designers as Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, and Rafael Vinoly.
    • Safdie's play questions the starchitect phenomenon: a young Korean graduate architecture student presents her final thesis to a jury of two famous architects and her own professor.
    • Whatever the computer's conceptual role, computer-aided design and digitally-programmed machinery do in fact make the starchitects' crazy geometries possible.
    • It may also be a sign of the times for him and other "starchitects" who find they have a lot more idle hours these days.
    • This really sets him apart from other starchitects.
    • There are far worse fates for American art than to be hung in a public museum - especially one designed by starchitect Moshe Safdie.
    • It disgusts me that "starchitects" like him are the de facto voice for our profession when it comes to the public eye.
    • The building was designed by Jose Rafael Moneo of Spain, one of the most respected figures in contemporary architecture, who has stolen quietly into New York with little of the fanfare that usually greets a "starchitect."
    • In a recent speaking tour of architecture schools, I talked about the lack of social program in the work of the current Starchitects.
    • It's a who's-who list of starchitects, given free rein...to build a no-budget pavilion with few programmatic requirements.
    • Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge fan of HdM and think they are one of the only starchitects out there today who are worth a damn.
    • In an age obsessed with celebrity, the glitz of our 'starchitects,' backed by large staffs and copious public relations support, dominate the headlines.

Derivatives

  • starchitecture

  • nounˈstɑːkɪtɛktʃəˈstɑrkəˌtɛk(t)ʃər
    mass nounderogatory, informal
    • Buildings designed by a famous or high-profile architect.

      starchitecture that disregards environmental impact for iconic glory
      Example sentencesExamples
      • But one toxic result of recent 'starchitecture' culture is the steady stream of theoretical bafflegab that pours from architectural schools and journals.
      • It's not necessarily brand-name starchitecture that inflates building costs.
      • Even with collaboration, producing "starchitecture" is far from easy.

Origin

1940s (denoting a film star who designed a house): blend of star (sense 3 of the noun) and architect.

 
 

Definition of starchitect in US English:

starchitect

nounˈstärkiˌtekt
derogatory, informal
  • A famous or high-profile architect.

    Example sentencesExamples
    • The $8.6 billion complex on the Strip includes work by such other "starchitects" or celebrity designers as Norman Foster, Cesar Pelli, and Rafael Vinoly.
    • That flexibility, a welcome departure from the ego-driven era of the starchitect, is one of the most appealing aspects of Think's plan.
    • The building was designed by Jose Rafael Moneo of Spain, one of the most respected figures in contemporary architecture, who has stolen quietly into New York with little of the fanfare that usually greets a "starchitect."
    • It may also be a sign of the times for him and other "starchitects" who find they have a lot more idle hours these days.
    • Every once in a while a building comes along that fulfills your faith that architecture can be a noble profession, not just a parade of street-walking 'starchitects' who strut their signature styles around the globe.
    • There are far worse fates for American art than to be hung in a public museum - especially one designed by starchitect Moshe Safdie.
    • Safdie's play questions the starchitect phenomenon: a young Korean graduate architecture student presents her final thesis to a jury of two famous architects and her own professor.
    • In a recent speaking tour of architecture schools, I talked about the lack of social program in the work of the current Starchitects.
    • A few other bigger name starchitects were speaking too, but i think Michael's lecture was the most interesting.
    • This really sets him apart from other starchitects.
    • In an age obsessed with celebrity, the glitz of our 'starchitects,' backed by large staffs and copious public relations support, dominate the headlines.
    • It disgusts me that "starchitects" like him are the de facto voice for our profession when it comes to the public eye.
    • He showed up in New Orleans last week with some starchitects, talking about green apartment buildings that take river water and run it through turbines for cheap, clean power.
    • The grad program at Columbia in the mid-1990s...was less a school of architecture than a breeding ground for young starchitects.
    • The starchitects thus acknowledge that modernism failed in its crucial mission of providing a new architectural canon that would make man at home in his brave new world.
    • Whatever the computer's conceptual role, computer-aided design and digitally-programmed machinery do in fact make the starchitects' crazy geometries possible.
    • It's a who's-who list of starchitects, given free rein...to build a no-budget pavilion with few programmatic requirements.
    • The future historians of the built environment of Blairism won't be consulting back issues of AD or the glossy monographs of the starchitect.
    • The 76-story mixed-used building designed by starchitect Frank Gehry will attract residents and retail to downtown Manhattan.
    • Let me preface this by saying that I am a huge fan of HdM and think they are one of the only starchitects out there today who are worth a damn.

Origin

1940s (denoting a film star who has designed a house): blend of star (sense 3 of the noun) and architect.

 
 
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