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In the early 20th century, Rilke wrote a wonderful series of letters to a young poet in which he counseled, "Be patient with all that is unresolved in your heart." He said, "Try to love the questions themselves as though they were locked rooms or books written in a very foreign language." He said, "Don't try to reach for the answers which could not... See more

This commodification of the self accelerated with the advent of Instagram, which turned the visual trappings of our personal lives into fodder for the feed.

UB: So, what exactly is “Hip Hop Inspired Architecture”?

MF: Hip hop inspired architect will come as a result of the exploration and study of the hip hop elements and there development and usage throughout the past four decades. The cultural and behavioral traits of the hip hop generation instigated by the towers in a park model, gives implications... See more

Is not about the knowledge but about the intensity and the reason that created the purpose to seek such knowledge

Worthy of particular emphasis is Weizman’s reference to a technique called “walking through walls”:

Furthermore, soldiers used none of the streets, roads, alleys, or courtyards that constitute the syntax of the city, and none of the external doors, internal stairwells, and windows that constitute the order of buildings, but rather moved horizontally

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Back then, technical prowess meant market dominance. Y Combinator, the spiritual center of Silicon Valley,1 crowned technical founders as the chosen ones. Those who could manifest and master software were seen as gods. Venture capitalists funded those who could scale that code to massive heights. After all, software alone could transform giant,... See more

The Manhattan Transcripts

1976-1981

Architecture is not simply about space and form, but also about event, action, and what happens in space.