The Icon Project: Architecture, Cities, and Capitalist GlobalizationIn the last quarter century, a new form of iconic architecture has appeared throughout the world's major cities. Typically designed by globe trotting starchitects or by a few large transnational architectural firms, these projects are almost always funded by the private sector in the service of private interests. Whereas in the past monumental architecture often had a strong public component, the urban ziggurats of today are emblems and conduits of