Archive for August, 2010

Parametricizin’

Thursday, August 26th, 2010

Done in Inkscape, using its über-fantastick tiled clone feature. Bite that, Illustrator.No related posts.

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WTC designer on the role of architecture

Sunday, August 22nd, 2010

Found an interesting quote by Minoru Yamasaki, the designer of the original WTC Towers in New York. Ironically, he argues against applying a monumental approach to all architecture - kind of a Bigness in reverse: "There are a few very influential architects who sincerely believe that all buildings must be 'strong'. ...

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