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Architectural Review, The, Oct, 2001 by Sutherland Lyall

Rendering FAT

Fun site of the month belongs to that terrific London group FAT (Fashion Architecture Taste: www.fat.co.uk/architecture) whose four members propose irony, humour and narrative as things for architects to think about. It's the FAT Channel, architecture for the airbag generation. In its not un-autobiographical advice on how to be a famous architect is says: 'Now it's time to develop your mystique. This is all important, because it is what you are selling. Remember, you won't have to design a building for at least ten years... Mystique is what you say, and the way that you say it ... Mystique should suggest revolutionary politics and French philosophy. Don't talk about these things directly as it never makes good copy and will only confuse you.'

Sur real

I nearly clicked on through Mikael Askergren's web page at http://w1.861.telia.com/ [sim]u86107051/index.html and missed these great headings: 'Albert Lilienberg - the City Planner from Hell', 'Survival of the Fattest', 'Lethal Architecture' and '3 Tableaux inspired by the Film Last Year at Marienbad'. This bloke is an architect (at least I think he is) and clearly needs watching. Although with a url like that you're probably condemned to everlasting electronic obscurity.