We walked past a 1953 television, playing the theme from Captain Kangaroo, to chronological displays of progressively thinner and more elegant sound and television systems. Whether architects will pick up the Ambassador's challenge remains to be seen. The consensus was that academia could be a great help. Our academic training poorly prepares us for such visibility, except in predetermined settings, such as juries. And as Robert Campbell remarked, we are often antisocial in personality.
Architects love to work, let's face it.
I experienced my own international incident of sorts. You never take the side of the Serbs,' he said, gave a knowing nod of his head, and walked on. No one expects to be lectured, particularly in such troubling circumstances.