China: To build or not to build? - Libeskind

By JJ Yeo on February 21, 2008

Speaking in Belfast last week, Daniel Libeskind denounced ‘totalitarian regimes’, calling for architects to take ‘a more ethical stance’.

Libeskind’s comments follow Prince Charles’s announcement last month that he will not attend the Beijing Olympics because of Chinese policy towards Tibet, and Steven Spielberg’s resignation this week as artistic adviser to the games.

This comes only weeks after Zaha Hadid announced her design for a centre honouring a dictator in Azerbaijan, fueling an ethical debate on working in countries with poor human rights records. BDOnline.co.uk reports.

JJ is co-founder of 5ft Creatives and is currently based in New York.