Or, given that Lord Foster is one of Silverstein Properties' prospective architects at the trade center site, what still might be.
On the one hand, we have the incontrovertible fact that today, prospective architects spend a lot of money on professional training without any such guarantee.
More than 30 architectural firms entered a competition to win the project, and the prospective architects were given a philosophy statement to guide their designs.
According to its architect, prospective Republican Presidential candidate Rep. Paul Ryan, It "offers workers under 55 the option of investing over one third of their current Social Security taxes into personal retirement accounts.
The Crowns were open-minded about the choice of artist; wanting a modern work, they solicited proposals from a list of prospective artists and architects.
Two years ago, when prices were stratospheric and showed no sign of returning to earth, prospective buyers routinely brought architects along to inspect wrecks, and went to lunch afterward to blithely discuss the alterations they would make, undaunted by the years of renovation ahead.
Consider Karen Fisher of Designer Previews, a referral agency that matches prospective clients with world-class architects and interior designers.
The question is whether any architect will risk a prospective commission by challenging the current planning orthodoxy which requires that the museum complex be located within the memorial precinct.
Depending on the size and complexity of the project and the resultant plans and specifications, a prebid conference with all prospective bidders may be called, and the architect will assume a meaningful role in this process.
Among the criteria applied to the winning choice, he said, were the prospective costs of the building and the architects' familiarity with working in New York City.
