"<span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I have always aimed for simplicity.</span></span><br />For me simplicity is searching for the most simple means to achieve <span style="color: rgb(51, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">the most essential functions</span></span>."<br /><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">- Juliaan Lampens</span></span><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6291940036_04f6265429_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6095/6291940036_04f6265429_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 900px;" /></a><br /><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);"><span style="font-style: italic;"><br /><br />Take a trip to the mountain, take a moment to breathe and to enjoy books. A book that I received last week</span>,<span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-weight: bold;"> <a href="http://www.uitgeverijluster.be/">"Belgian Architects and Their Houses"</a><span style="font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-style: italic;">published by Luster is an absorbing exploration of architect's private homes.<br />Enjoy the weekend with a book. <span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">- David John</span></span><br /></span><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"Our own house in Eke was built in 1960,<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"> it was an experiment in my new style</span></span>. It shocked a lot of people because it didn't conform to the idea of a normal house with a number of rooms with walls and doors, linked by corridors. For me a house is an open concept where everything is joined up with everything else..."</span><br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 0, 0);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">I have always aimed for simplicity. For me simplicity is searching for the most simple means to achieve the most essential functions. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> The function should dictate the beauty of the form, and not the other way around."</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /><span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">-Juliaan Lampens</span></span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6291979306_4181d401b3_b.jpg"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6218/6291979306_4181d401b3_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 813px; height: 1024px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"The interior decoration blends into the architecture, and the architecture blends into the environment. </span><span style="font-style: italic;font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;"><span style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51);"> </span>This vision of architecture is linked to a way of life where people are close to nature, nature teaches us to appreciate the beauty of the weathered, the imperfect, and the asymmetrical. </span></span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> The patina is the result of a process of becoming, a principle that is strongly present in vernacular architecture."</span><br /><span style="font-size:130%;"><br /></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;font-size:130%;" >-Eddy Francois and Caroline Dewolf</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">-------------------</span>

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