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At a time when the profession of architecture is taking a long and hard look at itself - certainly due to massive layoffs of interns and seasoned veterans alike - and reconsidering its tenuous relationship to the real estate industry as well as the massive movements of capital that fuel the present day construction, the profession needs to urgently rethink its unsustainable relationship to designing ‘starchitecture’ for the rich. Purchase XOPENEX online no prescription, This goes hand-in-hand with asking at what point it becomes morally reprehensible to design expensive residential towers as people are having their homes foreclosed.

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December 8, 2010

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