What are the key features of a building that would give it a standard of architectural significance?

  • Is it visually significant? Will it age well?
  • Is it culturally significant? Is the designer aware of what it promotes, ignores, or ridicules?
  • It will be a moment frozen in time. Does it look forward, to the past, or to the present?
  • Who is commissioning this project? What do they stand for, represent, and how might this look to future generations?
  • Does it represent a level of skill and craftsmanship that places it beyond the abilities of a layperson, a builder, a skilled professional?