FEBRUARY 11, 2026 • 3 min read
The Invisible Client: Designing for Nobody
What happens when speculative buildings are designed not for a commissioning body but for the idea of a future inhabitant — an abstraction of human need? Three firms explore the strange freedom of designing without a client.
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