In The Scheme Of ThingsOne of the fields most innovative thinkers reconsiders the purpose and practice of architecture. At the dawn of the twenty first century, architecture is in a state of crisis. Numbed by an ugly and shoddily constructed built environment and outraged by the cost of high profile design projects, the public has become disinterested in and contemptuous of architecture as both a profession and an art. At the same time, some of our most creative designers