O'Donnell + Tuomey's mature work is an expression of architectural continuity, says Patrick Lynch

摘要

If neither talent nor theory ensures mature architecture, what does? Perhaps nothing can ensure that you'll make mature work, and I'm heartened by the story that Jean Nouvel began a lecture by pointing to a slide and saying: 'Zis is a shit building, for a shit client!' One of the comforts of being an architect is to know how tough other architects have had it.