HOUSE IN PAPHOS

Years ago, I explored the NIMBY debate through imagery, arguing that these questions belong to architects and not just politicians. Not much has changed in the current architectural practice, so I’m revisiting the idea with sharper intent (and skills). This image isn’t flashy. It’s not trying to impress with gravity-defying luxury pods or cliché renderings for some speculative undisclosed project. It simply asks: What would you do if someone built a tower in your backyard? It speaks of real cities, not ex-nihilo fantasies for the wealthy. It shows how ordinary, quiet and rooted lives are being pushed out by decontextualized ambition. Wrapped in an American suburban language, it addresses global patterns: towers rising where they don’t belong, cultures overwritten for headlines and cool skylines. This is what architectural imagery should do: not just seduce, but provoke. Not just sell a nonsensical dream, but ask whose nightmare is being rendered.