ABC

Dave Hickey, 2005: 'A moral eccentricity ... pervades American 'high architecture' the ABC principle - ABC standing, in this case, for "Anything But Commercial". This principle holds that a really serious well-connected, metaphysically sound architect in the early 21st Century will work for any government, however repressive; any corporation, however predatory; any private client, however reprehensible, rather than just design a department store'

http://a.aaaarg.org/text/1256/not-being-governed