Controversies abounded in 2021 as architecture slowly moved out of the shadow of COVID-19
What would the news be without controversy? You could say it’s way too much of a focus in the overall media landscape, and our small corner of the business certainly is not immune to its pull either. Coming out of the pandemic-dominated 2020 has provided us with quite a bit of contentious architectural items to report on. Here are the most controversial stories from our pages as we look back on the year that was. Munger Hall led the way with a still-unraveling saga that might never have begun except for the moral probity of architect Dennis McFadden. His October 25th resignation letter, written to the UCSB Design Review Committee and republished by The Santa Barbara Independent’s Tyler Hayden (whom I think should win the Pulitzer), ignited a firestorm online, even causing the rare occurrence of having an architectural story to land in the national news outlets. "Dormzilla" aka Munger Hall. Image courtesy UCSB.The proposed dorm itself is a depressing statement on the architectural s...
What would the news be without controversy? You could say it’s way too much of a focus in the overall media landscape, and our small corner of the business certainly is not immune to its pull either. Coming out of the pandemic-dominated 2020 has provided us with quite a bit of contentious architectural items to report on. Here are the most controversial stories from our pages as we look back on the year that was.
Munger Hall led the way with a still-unraveling saga that might never have begun except for the moral probity of architect Dennis McFadden. His October 25th resignation letter, written to the UCSB Design Review Committee and republished by The Santa Barbara Independent’s Tyler Hayden (whom I think should win the Pulitzer), ignited a firestorm online, even causing the rare occurrence of having an architectural story to land in the national news outlets.
The proposed dorm itself is a depressing statement on the architectural s...
