akio:
… each human groups have reached the point or stage that they build such intricate, complex, dynamic artifacts (architecture) which requires and involves attention for balance and placements and combination of materials - to incredible level. but that still doesn’t afford us real pluralism and coexistence with other tribes, sects, nationals/nations. what are we? inside of the cathedral and then outside can be coldblooded bloodbath.
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New York architect Daniel Libeskind has driven a pointed steel and glass shard through the heart of the war museum in Dresden, Germany (The sharp tip of the structure points eastwards, to the source of firebombs dropped during the war), which reopens on October 14 after a 22-year closure.
The five-story triangular wedge extends the existing galleries of the Museum of Military History, making it the largest museum in Germany. Incredible…we think!
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That’s fucking architecture.
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“Russian architect, Alexander Remizov, is the mastermind behind the project, he believes that his floating “slinky,” which can hold up to 10,000 people can have multiple uses, including a safe house for disaster relief. The prototype’s main materials are timber, steel ,and high-strength ETFE plastic and it is built to handle land and/or water.”
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Cologne, Germany
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