Interesting article on architecture...very timely too. Last night I ran across my copy of "100 Marvels of the Modern World" all about architectural and engineering marvels across the Earth, and am on an architecture kick.
http://opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/02/why-dont-we-read-about-architecture/#more-122213
Even more so than reading about it, why don't we think of it in terms of art? Why isn't architecture, design, and art interconnected positively in our minds?
I think an even better idea than creating a giant monumental sculpture (which is a dream of mine) would be to create such a thing which has a purpose...Functional and sensible art, which I consider some architecture to be, needs to lose the stigma of being simply "design" and furthermore, design needs to lose the negative "anti-art" connotation. Art should be able to have a meaning, and a purpose without losing it's "fine art esteem". Some of my best work is based off of simple design compositions..and if we, artists, started thinking of each in a positive relation to the other instead of the "art > design" mentality of today, I think artists may find ways of connecting better with a larger audience.
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