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starchitect

Noun CEFR C1

Definitions

A celebrity architect.

informal

Equivalents

Françaisstarchitecte
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Examples

“Others are timelessly provocative; the stacked tubes of “Museum Design⟳ Based on a Cigarette Package” might have⟳ been dreamed up by a starchitect.”
“Gehry is more than an architect—he is a starchitect, a neologism coined to describe⟳ the small band of elite international architects whose personal brands transcend their buildings.”
“Despite this starchitect presence, Quito is not Manhattan and La Carolina is not Central Park⟳.”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.
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