In the words of Perit Konrad Buhagiar, “Every society grows and tranforms itself for as long as it’s alive, but erratic unplanned growth and loss of timeless values will certainly kill the goose of golden egg fame. And assuming that the value of the golden egg is its beauty of form and its gilded shell, and not just its price, I think we may be getting it all wrong..”
Konrad Buhagiar from AP Valletta was talking to Architecture & Design in an interview about his life, views and prospects.
That quote underlines the general feeling today among architects and the public in general.
Buhagiar, like other personalities interviewed in this magazine champions ‘good design’ but not at the cost ‘of breaking new ground’ at all cost.
He goes on to underline the importance of being respectful of the cultural, social and phyical context.
It is understandably a profound concern that most young architects need to imbue in their clients and themselves.
