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Tue 09 Sep 2007ConText: StarchitectDaniel Libeskind, Rem Koolhaas, Frank Gehry - architects who have become so famous that even readers of Heat magazine know their names. Like celebrity chefs and gardeners, starchitects don't do understated - their designs are often showy and grandiose, such as Gehry's design for the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, or the tower designs Libeskind submitted for the site of the World Trade Center.When did they appear?