Decay and deconstruction in man-made structure v's Arthur Erickson's 'Brutalism'

As discussed in this post A.Glass updates and insight (update 38) - modern decay (update 1)  there has been a failure of modern building design.  It could be argued that the horrific events of 9/11 revealed the insatiability of modern design as far as believing a building can outlast man in our modern age.  I do have this fascination with modern decay, only because it is a reminder to our own mortality, although the last decade or so it has been pushed aside with the current version of crony capitalism - which has given us all an arrogant disposition of eternity.  Disasters, wars and death are our constant reminder to governing systems, which by definition have become a paper tiger, to the extent they have tried their utmost to reassure that a reversion back to the inevitability of death and re-birth can be changed.  Of course that is an impossibility and most post empires attempt illusion before collapse.  So, my art is primary focused on architecture and city structure in which I have a fascination with it's design and how it reacts within the surreality of nature.

But then you truly have a master of modern architecture, the late Arthur Erickson (1924-2009) a Canadian architect, whose designs seemed destine to outlast time -  like the Aztec Pyramids of South America that languished in the jungles for thousands of years and Egypt's famous ancient monuments that were buried within it's deserts.

(From Fuck Yeah Brutalism )