All you have to do is google image search Sotirios Kotoulas to see what his work has involved up to this point.. when he says he went to prestigious schools it was only ever doing heavy abstract /theoretical/ speculated work -
http://lebbeuswoods.wordpress.com/20...-architecture/.
Not that I disagree with that king of work - I am just aware that there is a huge disparity between what goes into that level of thinking, and being capable to construct a 24 storey tower into an existing heritage building.
My displeasure with the quality of the tower design aside.. I highly doubt he is even capable of pulling of the winter garden he is illustrating with very ambiguous imagery on his own website. He has yet to prove himself a designer capable of building in the real world (aside from the house he designed for his parents while still in school)
http://sotirioscorp.com/projects/jam...e-pump-station
Perhaps his illustrations of the pumphouse shows the disconnect between his abstract thinking (shown in sketches + collages of lavish interior environment layered with content) and being able to execute it as shown in the interior rendering of a cafe (i think) simply suspended above the machinery -- that said i'll reserve full judgement till its completion (if ever)
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And despite having not done anything wrong technically as far as requiring to be licensed goes.. It is odd that there isn't an Architect involved in any capacity at this point.. it was my understanding that an Architect can't just look over a completed set of drawings and say "this looks good", and give it a stamp - they have to be implicated in the process along the way. I may be wrong there though.