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January 2012

28 posts

studio630: Architectural Pairs: Architecture vs. Landscape This is the first event in the ‘Architectural Pairs’ lecture and discussion series from Strelka featuring Bjarke Ingels (BIG - Copenhagen) and Martin Rein-Cano (Topotek1 - Berlin). “The reappropriation of architectural systems and geometries has enriched the design process of the profession. This phenomenon has made the landscape...

“Minimalism is not a lack of something, it’s simply the perfect amount of...”

– Nicholas Burroughs (via homedesigning)

“The reason death sticks so closely to life isn’t biological necessity, —it’s...”

– Piscine Molitor Patel, Life of Pi, Yann Martel (via nubivagantmusings)

“What really puts me off is the pornography of architectural publications, where...”

– Bruce Nichol - Front Studio (via ryanpanos)

December 2011

59 posts

“Do not pity the dead, Harry. Pity the living, and above all, those who live...”

– Dumbledore to Harry. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows By JK. Rowling (via quote-book)

“A rock pile ceases to be a rock pile the moment a single man contemplates it,...”

– Antoine de Saint-Exupery (via ninagarcia)

“I don’t want to have lived in vain like most people. I want to be useful or...”

– Anne Frank (via imfantasyparade) I feel like architects do this.