architecture

Shop Fronts | Alan Powers, Shelley Powers

#BookHaul
Our last stop off in Wales was Bodnant Gardens, which, as many National Trust properties do, has a second hand book room, where I picked up these treasures ?
Shop Fronts is a book of interesting store facades (the word "interesting" could be doing some heavy lifting there!).
The Tolkien study was more to compare to other ME guides I have, but I find that Duriez is an Inklings scholar, so it may be better than I'd anticipated.
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Bookwomble The Simenon's will probably be best. I picked them up on his name without looking too closely, assuming they were all Maigret stories, but each volume has one Maigret novel (only one of which I've already read) and two non-Maigret novels, none of which I've read! 😆 6h

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Robotswithpersonality

The LEGO Architect | Tom Alphin

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A good place to start. Considering the ratio of educational descriptions of architectural styles to depicting examples made in real life and models in Lego, to actual instructions on how to build some of those examples in Lego, with a short builder's guide with model builder profiles in the back, I see this more as a source of inspiration than a how-to manual, but I do enjoy how it was presented as a whole. 1/?

Robotswithpersonality 2/? Turns out:
I'm not too fussed on Neoclassical (maybe as a Greek and Roman studies aka Classics major I'm biased to the original?).
I can take or leave Prairie, though there is something nostalgic about a sprawling ranch house amidst the green that just appeals to someone living in an urban setting, raised in a rural setting. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 3/? I LOVE the ornamentation of Art Deco, but I already knew I loved Art Deco in art/jewelry, so that's no surprise.
Similar to Prairie, Modernism only works for me when it's wedged into a deeply natural setting, i.e. Fallingwater
I only dig Brutalism when it's pushing the envelope into Deconstructivism. 2w

Robotswithpersonality 4/4 I think Postmodernism is pretty ugly across the board. 🤷🏼‍♂️
High-Tech Deconstructivism: my beloved. 🤩 I definitely need to find works, not Lego focused, that go into more visual examples about this architectural style. 2w

Cuilin Would you say this is a good introduction to architecture? For like a classrooms library? not that I teach anymore but I find this interesting. I‘m curious about architecture. 2w

Robotswithpersonality @Cuilin Wish I had enough knowledge to gauge knowledge receptivity/reading age, they're fairly brief descriptions of each architectural style, 3-5 pages plus photos and instructions, but they don't shy away from the big words, so I don't know if they'd be of enough benefit/a good match for a particular classroom library - maybe if teacher introduces the concept and then the kids all build using the instructions? 🤷🏼‍♂️ 1w

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Robotswithpersonality

The LEGO Architect | Tom Alphin

Today I learned...

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Robotswithpersonality

The LEGO Architect | Tom Alphin

Call me a philistine for not previously recognizing the “creative potential of reinforced concrete“, but I'm pretty sure it's the Wabi Sabi that's getting me more more than the Brutalism. Aka, I think I love the depicted Palace of Assembly because it's contrasting the warm, creamy, clean, smooth base colour where the light hits directly with the parts that are weathered/dirty?!

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neosartre

A Pattern Language: Towns, Buildings, Construction | Christopher Alexander, Sara Ishikawa, Murray Silverstein

Alexander championed systems designed to resonate with human needs and emotions, a philosophy that inspired the human-centric and participatory elements of Agile.

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Abe

Cultural Gems: An Eclectic Look at Unique United States Libraries | Mary Buckingham Maturi, Richard J. Maturi

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Great collection of libraries from around the USA!

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bibliothecarivs

English Cottages | Tony Evans, Candida Lycett Green, T Evans

Random book from our personal library.

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bibliothecarivs

The Cathedrals of Britain | David Lawrence Edwards

Recent acquisition for our personal library.

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GingerAntics

Minnesota's State Capitol: The Art and Politics of a Public Building | Neil B. Thompson

I am absolutely heart broken. Three children are having the WORST day of their lives today, for WHAT? Two children are orphans. Is this really what people voted for? THIS. IS. NOT. OKAY. 68 other people and organisations are on a hit list by this gunman.
NO. KINGS.
End the madness.
#MelissaHortman #MarkHortman #JohnHoffman #YvetteHoffman #Minnesota #NoKings #Heartbroken

Ruthiella ❤️❤️❤️ 3mo

Karisa 🤍 3mo

IriDas Having grown up in the alt-right, I can assure you, this is exactly what they voted for. When 9/11 happened all my family said was “why didn‘t they fly some planes into the UN buildings.” I mean, these people don‘t even care when it happens to a classroom full of children. 3mo

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Deblovestoread It‘s devastating. 💔 3mo

GingerAntics @IriDas you know, nothing should surprise me with the right. They really don‘t care when it‘s a classroom full of children. The only thoughts they have are that they‘re going to have to talk about gun control again, and their prayers are that they won‘t have to. 🙄 Why would they care about this. You‘re right. The 9/11 thing is creepy as hell. Please tell me you have gotten as far away from those nut jobs as possible. 3mo

AnnCrystal 😢🙏🏼🇺🇲. 3mo

TheBookHippie It‘s so so sad. It did not have to be like this. I saw this pure hatred yesterday in our counter protestors. It‘s just astounding. 3mo

IriDas @GingerAntics Yes, I cut them off years ago. But now most of them are dead (old age). It was such a sad shock when I heard their voices coming out of Trump‘s mouth back in 2016. Every interview with one of them is like a flashback to my childhood. Sometimes I laugh because they all are saying the same exact things my family and neighbors were saying back in the 70s. The Right truly has no new ideas. 3mo

GingerAntics @IriDas not surprising! They‘ve been saying the same old tired bs for ages! 3mo

GingerAntics @TheBookHippie the hate is just astounding. It‘s not surprising, because they‘re very honest about their hate (possibly the only thing the ARE honest about), but the lengths they will go to, the total lack of limits or humanity in their hate is always jolting when they are so open about that. 3mo

TheBookHippie @GingerAntics it is jolting. 3mo

CarolynM 💔 3mo

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Susanita

Unpacking My Library: Architects and Their Books | Jo Steffens

1. My library is about 300 books. Yes, I track it on a spreadsheet. Over the weekend I acquired two more books at Malice Domestic that I still need to incorporate.
2. I think I‘m still reading it.
#two4tuesday

TheSpineView

TheSpineView Thanks for playing!📚📚📚 4mo

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