The Chronicle of Higher Education
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Why Hiring a Star Architect Isn't Always a Stellar Idea

One-time signature architects, or celebrity architects, are now called star architects, and they have a lot of fans in academe. Ever since people began to build shelter there have been prominent architects. The first we can actually name, however, is the Egyptian Imhotep, who built, for King Djoser, the Step Pyramid...

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