The Invisible Architect: Why the Best Work Leaves No Fingerprints

In sovereign work the architect is meant to disappear. The credit belongs to the principal. The fingerprints belong to the protocol officer. The record sits with the host nation. This is not modesty. It is method.

The architect is meant to disappear. The credit belongs to the principal. The fingerprints belong to the protocol officer. The record sits with the host nation. This is not modesty. It is method.

The work is judged not by what is said about the architect but by what does not need to be said about the event. Silence is the highest grade.