Bad news for aspiring Frank Gehrys: Mayors around the world are looking for alternative ways to develop their locality that do not involve spending vast sums of money on trophy buildings designed by brand-name architects. The emergence of sociability as a new criterion for urban design has prompted the French - who, with their Grands Projets, invented the craze for trophy buildings - to promote the development of live, participatory events as ways of adding value to a place. Read more: http://www.doorsofperception.com/In+the+Bubble/