No, I think there can be authorities on architecture and anything else. The thing is, it requires someone more intelligent than me and certainly more intelligent than you to define "the best modernist architecture". What you have just described is the invention of the best construction methods, just one part of great architecture. Personally, I consider aesthetics to be a far more important part in deciding what makes great architecture, but that's just my opinion (and no, I'm not really interested in yours). Mods - can someone check out whether or not Spara and Bungle are the same person? There are too many similarities, are they both the same troll?