THE RISE AND RISE OF SMC

摘要

Picture the scene a decade from now. It's the Stirling shortlist announcement and — surprise, surprise — there are some extremely familiar names up for the big one. Only there's one subtle difference. Where one would expect to see Foster and Partners, one finds 'SMC Foster'. Where the Richard Rogers Partnership normally appears,'SMC Rogers' is listed; and the familiar sight of Zaha Hadid Architects has been replaced with 'SMC Zaha'.