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We learned to say that there was “no alternative” to the basic order of things, a sensibility that the Lithuanian political theorist Leonidas Donskis called “liquid evil.” Once inevitability was taken for granted, criticism indeed became slippery. What appeared to be critical analysis often assumed that the status quo could not actually change, and
... See moreTimothy Snyder • On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century
“The catastrophe in the making — in every town and city — indicates that good urban planning principles and traditional codes cannot be replaced by open-ended political negotiations between partial-interest “stakeholders.” Nor can the dominant Modernist typologies — skyscrapers; metastatic, monofunctional suburbs; and McMansions - be sustained
... See moreFrom his earliest days Alistair was very keen to inspire others to build in mud brick. His son Hamish suggested that Alistair was far more interested in helping aspiring do-it-yourself mud brick home builders than talking to paying clients. Amongst his unpublished papers is a book he was preparing called 'The Home Builders Manual of Mud Brick
... See moreBut physical places are not scalable.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
The Poetry of Architecture Or, the Architecture of the Nations of Europe Considered in its Association with Natural Scenery and National Character
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Thus the cycle of aesthetic optimization and homogenization continued.
Kyle Chayka • Filterworld
He was conservative because he cared for their past, and liberal because he cared for their future. But he was much more than this.