starchitecture
n.— «By most accounts, the trend toward condo “starchitecture” got seriously under way eight years ago in Miami, where the French developer Constructa used photographs of the architect, not the building, to promote a new Michael Graves-designed condo tower in South Beach.» —“‘Starchitecture’ Comes Home” by Richard Lacayo Time Sept. 13, 2005. (source: Double-Tongued Dictionary)
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