Carl Abbott

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This month, in Defending a Vulnerable Art, we give an inside glimpse into the mind of an architectural visionary. A founding member of the Sarasota School of Architecture, Carl Abbott’s classical training (combined with his pioneering spirit) makes him wary of the impact of advanced technology on the creative mind. “My contemporaries today, some just do what the computer can do,” says Abbott. “They don’t see past it.” At 80, Abbott still works for the half century-old architecture firm that bears his name. To him, architecture is fine art, “vulnerable” in that innovation and originality can be lost to rote replication.

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