Le Corbusier was the most important architect of the 20th century, and
his concrete brutalism has wrecked many a city and town across the globe.
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The Architect as Totalitarian
Posted in Relay with tags architecture, economics, psychology, urban planning on April 1, 2010 by bawehaliNaked Airport
Posted in Relay with tags architecture, aviation, economics on January 18, 2009 by bawehaliTragicomic distinction: airport as metaphor for speed, transience, and postwar optimism and progress vs. airport as mall, panopticon, fiercely guarded border, and site of hijackings… Alastair Gordon’s Naked Airport has musings about all this and more.
