%0 Journal Article %T Architectural extravagance %A Żychowska, Maria J. %J Technical Transactions %V 2015 %N Architecture Issue 8-A (14) 2015 %P 249-254 %K architecture, originality, distinguishing mark %@ 0011-4561 %D 2016 %U https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/czasopismo-techniczne/article/architectural-extravagance %X In the process of architectural creation the crucial concern is its impressiveness and subsequent assessment. Hence the search for unique solutions that is typical of our times. Sometimes, playing with originality is fun, – conceiving unusual objects which need not obligatorily follow the Vitruvian principles of durability, utility and beauty. Often, temporality, transience and phenomenality, according to the intentions of the creators, are immanent features of many projects.