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At the Verge of #Utopia // Limits and Constraints of the Architectural Ideal

April 17, 2015 by bg-martin

At the Verge of Utopia Limits and Constraints of the Architectural Ideal Cities are a definite manifestation of human civilization. For millennia, architects have attempted to rationalize them into ‘well-functioning’ and inhabitable places for their people. Much has been questioned about utopia. The utopian thinking, architectural utopias, and so on, but what does it all mean? This vision of utopia, a Greek double entendre meaning both “good place” and “no place”—the perfect location that does not exist, except perhaps in […]

Categories: V for Visionary • Tags: architecture, Georges Emmerich, Lebbeus Woods, utopia, V for Visionary

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Lebbeus Woods | 1940-1912 | R.I.P

October 31, 2012 by bg-martin

“We tend to proceed in life as though we will live forever, thereby remaining optimistic enough to believe what we do has some enduring value and meaning. Without this capacity for denial, most would become paralyzed by despair. If architects did not believe their designs had some enduring qualities. it would be difficult to believe in what they do.” -Lebbeus Woods A visionary thinker, putting it all into words. R.I.P.

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