Just for a little Friday fun, take a look at these fantabulous images of the vertical spiral of the Helix Hotel on the Persian Gulf in where but Abu Dhabi. The description of how the sun, wind and ocean water interact with the building by design (Leeser Architects) is interesting, too. I love the 4th [...]
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Here’s a catchy little TGIF distraction to keep your neurons busy until quittin’ time: a NYT review of the Endless Forms exhibition about Charles Darwin, his sense of beauty, and the influence of his natural science work on the visual arts, complete with slide show in color. For whatever reason, it never ever in all [...]
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Seth Godin is talking about beauty today, and ultimately seems to equate it with expensive. I’m not so sure about that. In nature, as he notes, there are reasons for improved symmetry or colorful plumage and resulting preference. But when he gets to talking about architecture, as in an expansive atrium is beautiful because it [...]
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Motivation/Inspiration