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Mirrors of the Self
A mirror of the self test, traditional contra modern cityscape Poznan in PolandEngland, but it could just as well has been NorwayAn expression of deep and immense hatred of the SHELTERING ROOF
View ArticleNozomi Hayase Summarizes "The Century of the Self"
Adam Curtis: The Century of the Self from therebel.org on Vimeo.- The crisis of representation and the liberation of the selfAn excerpt:* The Empty Self and Representation As a New Authority“How have...
View ArticleNEW INTERVIEW WITH NIKOS A. SALINGAROS: "Episode 84: Creating buildings and...
Listen to the interview at WWW.LEVEVEI.NO: http://www.levevei.no/2013/10/episode-84-creating-built-environments-that-support-life/”Our society is drunk, it is intoxicated on pursuing novelty, it is...
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9 Reasons Why Green Modernist Architecture is a Myth
Read more:- A Vision for Architecture as More Than the Sum of Its Parts9 Reasons Why Green Modernist Architecture is a MythWe can now turn to debunk the recent claim by many practitioners, alluded to...
View ArticleThe Rhetoric of the Civil Religion of Progress Presupposes that Every Human...
Now of course the transition between ages of faith and ages of reason carries a heavy load of self-serving cant these days. The rhetoric of the civil religion of progress presupposes that every human...
View ArticleThe Electronic Hallucinations that Count as Wealth Today
Vico barely mentioned economics in his book, but it’s a prime example: look at the way that wealth in a dark age society means land, grain, and lumps of gold, which get replaced first by coinage, then...
View ArticleSociety is Yelling in Triumph, Utterly Convinced that the Road to Imminent...
Most of the rising spiral of problems we face as the industrial age approaches its end could have been prevented with a little foresight and forbearance, and even now—when most of the opportunities to...
View ArticleThe Difference between Elemental and Object Oriented Design
Read the article this comment is saxed from here.Ornament is a characteristic of one of two broad categories of design. These categories are elemental and object oriented design.Elemental architecture...
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Architecture in the Age of Austerity: Leon Krier
Hi Øyvind,Many thanks for passing along these resources! Krier is a giant, it has been some time since I've engaged with his thinking, but I've very much enjoyed watching this provocative presentation....
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Valget mellom IGD (InnGruppe-Demokratiet) eller katabolisk kollaps
En innledning til mitt essay "Kapitalist-modernismen: eit fatalt feilsteg etter vegen mot ein varig sivilisasjon"Les essayet her:Kapitalist-modernismen: eit fatalt feilsteg etter vegen mot ein varig...
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Støy, verdens nest største helserelaterte miljøproblem
Fantastisk bra artikkel hos Kulturverk om støy, vår tids nest største helserelaterte miljøproblem. Les hele artikkelen av Hanne Herrman, leder av Norsk forening mot støy:- Støy, et uhørt globalt helse-...
View ArticleRegelverk for oppsetting av platting/terrasse/veranda/balkong
Les hele veiledningen her.Unntatt søknadspliktOppsetting av platting/terrasse (inntil 50 m²) som i det vesentlige ligger på terreng, men at overkant ikke på noe sted er høyere enn 0,5 meter over...
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Lysvett i vintermørket
Meget god artikkel fra "Vi i villa" om å benytte lysvett når man lyser opp uteområdene. Ellers blir det lett lysforurensning, til sjenanse for naboen og til skam for deg selv. Husk også at lamper i...
View ArticleModernism is Not Simply One Style Among Many
There is a more serious reason to critique the continued use of architectural Modernism, and its “rococo” and “Neo-Modernist” variants, as suitable foundation for design in the 21st Century. That is...
View ArticleModernism is All Mental Tinker-Toy Stuff, Meant to Function for a Short...
The modernist approach to design is crude, since it depends upon a dangerous premise: the spontaneous re-invention of architecture by genius designers. Forget evolved solutions to climate, cultural...
View ArticleUnder the Strange Ideological Radicalism of Modernism
By contrast, think of enduring historical areas in London, Paris, or Rome, for example. There, two-millennia-old architecture has been repeatedly revived very successfully, and then endured over...
View ArticleThe Recovery of a Shareable Basis for Life
In such a discussion, it is never quite enough to critique the failings of the mainstream approach, even if it is catastrophic. One has an obligation to provide a working alternative, which illustrates...
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My Work on BBC for the First Time!
I'm really thrilled, my work has appeared on BBC! I almost feel like I'm David Attenborough right now. I was somewhat tired of photographing for the time, but this was a real encouragement. My photo...
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