09/2007
The death of architecture?
Michael Willoughby met Despina Katsikakis of DEGW to discuss her policies on new builds and the future of architecture
When I read that Despina Katsikakis, chairperson of leading corporate architecture firm DEGW, had announced to a shocked MIPIM that she thought architects should only build new office space as a last resort, I knew I was going to have to ask her about it.
Even Steven Harding, the diplomatic head of public affairs at the RIBA, said it was “naive to expect a ban on new buildings”.
So how was I expecting the conversation to go? Had Greek-born, Chicago raised and trained Katsikakis woken up one day,... more
