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ART HOUSE: NAKASHIMA: THE SOUL OF A TREE

n the 90 minute documentary film, “Art House”,photographer and filmmaker Don Freeman explores the handmade homes created and lived in by a dozen distinguished American artists, shedding light on a unique architectural typology characterized by a D.I.Y. esthetic, the appropriation of building techniques from art practice, and a fierce spirit of individual expression that deserves […]

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Forbidden crystal symmetry in mathematics and architecture – Roger Penrose

Sir Roger Penrose provides a unique insight into the “forbidden symmetry” of his famous penrose tiles and the use of non-repeating patterns in deisgn and architecture. It is a rigorous mathematical theorem that the only crystallographic symmetries are 2-fold, 3-fold, 4-fold, and 6-fold symmetries.  post by The Royal Institution Yet, since the 1970s 5-fold, 8-fold, […]

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Oscar: The Memoir of a Master Architect

Oscar Harris is a Master Architect in Atlanta whose work has helped shape this dynamic city through his artistry, creativity and his commitment to excellence.The book Oscar: The Memoir of a Master Architect is available through Sugartop Publishing, sugartop.co by A. Brown

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New Architecture in the Emerging World

New Architecture in the Emerging World chronicles eight critical years in the career of Andrew Bromberg, beginning in 2001 when he emigrated from Seattle to join Aedas Hong Kong, and running to 2009 when, as Aedas Executive Director of Design for the Middle East and Asia, Andrew designed dozens of phenomenal projects from Beirut to […]

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