Snow skiing in Dubai? Discovering Mount Rushmore and the US Capital building in China? These are the strange scenarios and simulations that occupy the photographs of Reiner Reidler. The Austrian documentary photographer turned his camera on the illusory worlds of theme parks in Asia, Europe, and the US with startling results. A dynamic solo show in Vienna and a new coffee-table book flaunt his images of virtual worlds and manmade paradises.
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Despite the clunky moniker, we read with interest as The Independent UK rattled off the seven — count 'em, seven — relevant starchitects in the world, contrasting them with commercial building firm Skidmore, Owings & Merrill. SOM is a workhorse firm (established in 1936) that has put up major projects from Dubai to Beijing, including five of the ten tallest buildings in the world — in other words, America's first "super practice." What SOM hasn't hammered down is the je ne sais quoi of its flashier architectural contemporaries.
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