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‘…I found it in the gutter … I picked it up, intrigued by the title: The London Nobody Knows, by Geoffrey Fletcher…’
‘…Browse through our archive of interviews, features and investigations into architecture…’ (via Christopher’s tags)
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‘…The Long Now Foundation (www.longnow.org) is beginning a kind of Wikipedia for file format conversion as part of our larger Long Server Project…’
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ArchNewsNow provides a link to an article about how ‘…Markus Breitschmid’s book, “Der bauende Geist. Friedrich Nietzsche und die Architektur,” or “The Building Spirit. Friedrich Nietzsche and Architecture,” has been selected by the Institute of Philosophy in Karlsruhe-Germany as one of 14 seminal texts…’.
The rest of the list makes for a useful resource to add to your wish lists.
In his book, Breitschmid, assistant professor of the history of architecture and design at Virginia Tech, inaugurated a reinterpretation of the noted German philosopher Nietzsche, namely that creative thought, and “building thought” in particular, fundamentally determines the world of Nietzsche. The book is recognized for the study of the modernist transformation of space in the architectural thinking of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
The other books selected by the Institute of Philosophy were: Leone Battista Alberti, “De Statue;” Aristotle, “The Categories;” Aristotle, “Metaphysics;” Aristotle, “Physics;” Rudolf Arnheim, “The Dynamics of Architectural Form;” Le Corbusier, “The City of Tomorrow;” Jacques Derrida, “Chora;” Martin Heidegger, “Building, Dwelling, Thinking;” Martin Heidegger, “The Origin of the Work of Art;” Johannes Kepler, “Harmonices Mundi;” Jean-Francois Lyotard, “The Inhumane – Reflections on Time;” Plato, “Timaios;” Vitruvius, “Ten Books of Architecture.”
‘…The assumption here is that architectural theory does not arise in a vacuum, but always in a complex dialogue with practical work…’ (via Javier’s tags)
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The Edge:
“Touring will always be a very important aspect of what we do. When we’re in the studio, getting close to finishing a song, you inevitably start thinking about how it’s going to be performed. A song you don’t think you’d play live, that’s not a good song.”
Interesting. That’s exactly what I was thinking about when The Killers left the stage and U2 came on at the recent gig in Cardiff I went to. How could The Killers have ever imagined they’d be supporting U2 when they were writing Hot Fuss?
The quote is from an interesting piece in Wired by William Gibson.
Skateboard decks + Classic furniture icons graphics = perfect present for me this Sunday.
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Rob Annable wrote:
>> Hi John,
>> Well done for spotting the pole/poll. I guess I gave
>> it away with the title.
>> Spotting myself in your sidebar has also reminded me
>> that I’ve been
>> meaning to do an entry about my bloglines
>> subscriptions. It’s unfair of
>> me to not publish details about who I read and since
>> I’ve never got
>> round to adding it to my site, this seems like a
>> good way to go about it.
>> Here’s the list:
>> http://www.bloglines.com/public/eversion
>> I think I need to add a few from your sidebar.
>> Regards,
>> Rob
Buildings that rock funk: Architectural dream no. 654
To make a building whose entrance is as flawless as the beginning of Stevie Wonder’s Superstition.
Walking in the door and down the hall during the first thirty seconds would put a spring in everyone’s step.
(see previous dream no. 1256)
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