It is not definitive. The decision is the result of a complex process where a lot of information is analysed and examined and choices made on the evidence. It is a moment in time and place where the people, their background and their talent is paramount. What is often missing is the evidence of human intervention, the black box syndrome. So by looking at new materials, or at old materials in a new way we change the rules.
People become visible again.
In all of his work Peter Rice emphasized the role of the engineer as explorer, inventor and colleague. His tenacity, inspiration, and ingenuity revealed fresh ideas in familiar territories and opened up new worlds in architecture. First exhibited at the Gallery of the Royal Institute of British Architects in London, it was designed to celebrate the award of the Royal Gold Medal to Peter Rice in 1992. In North America it has been exhibited at the Architecture League in New York and at Princeton, prior to being shown at the University of Michigan by the College of Architecture and Urban Planning, with the support of the College of Engineering and the International Institute. It is now in Canada and will go on to Los Angeles.