What does the author’s ’owning’ of a project mean? And does this sense of ownership still prevail in contemporary architecture culture? Is the concept of individual authorship not a cul-de-sac, preventing the processes of invention and innovative thinking often necessary for addressing a practice that is more collaborative than ever?

What, then, might be the essential argument for retaining the concept of authorship in architecture today? Perhaps the most resounding argument is this: au...