Archive for April, 2011
Architecture of Tax Evasion
A great post about tax-optimised Architecture, how taxation laws have effected the built environment historically.
Brixton Windmill
I lived in London relatively close to the Brixton Windmill for some time, and tried to visit it once. In those days it was in a pretty bad state, but today it is restored and back running (on electricty!) or at least the sails are going round. The last in a chain of Windmills that [...]
Ways of Seeing by John Berger
Ways of Seeing by John Berger Amazon .com .uk The basic premise of the book is simple, that people see and understand things and themselves by sight. That as seeing establishes our place in the world then how we see is important. But from these basic assertions a fast and near complete deconstruction of culture [...]
The Secret Life of Stone
by Graham Dunstan Martin Homage to Bachelard (1884-1962) Architecture has at least two sides: it’s a science; and it’s one of the arts. It’s akin to technology; and it’s akin to poetry. This is why architects find Gaston Bachelard’s books interesting. He was Professor of Philosophy of Science at the Sorbonne and the rational & [...]