<span style="font-weight: bold;">when structure becomes us</span> (the room)<br /><br />vs<br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"</span><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">we have never been modern</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">"</span><span style="color: rgb(102, 102, 102);"> - bruno latour</span><br /><br />aka<br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"></span><span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">if a room became a puzzle.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6109866176_58d42b4c2d_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6198/6109866176_58d42b4c2d_b.jpg" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 700px; height: 960px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6109318575_470496775d_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6065/6109318575_470496775d_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 699px; height: 931px;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6109318371_0f0d2b0ba0_b.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" src="http://farm7.static.flickr.com/6190/6109318371_0f0d2b0ba0_b.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: center; cursor: pointer; width: 701px; height: 898px;" /></a><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-weight: bold;">when structure becomes us</span> (the room)<br /><br />vs<br /><br />"<span style="font-style: italic;">we have never been modern</span>"<span style="color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"> - brun0 latour</span><br /><br /><br /><br />Perhaps I've spent too many lazy afternoons engaged with<a href="http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/search/label/smoke%20at%20lacma%20tony%20smith%20presences"> Tony Smith's massive Smoke</a>, studying the black angles and smooth surfaces. Whenever I encounter spaces & rooms as above, I consider the pure joy of solving a puzzle of space and time. <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">A state of stacking, and balance!</span></span> If a room becomes a puzzle. An empty box, waiting to be filled with mass, volume, structure, and a sky to see the stars above. <span style="font-weight: bold; font-style: italic;">Welcome to the weekend, warriors, pt 458.</span><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);"><br /><br />images....</span><br /><br />1. Room from <span style="font-weight: bold;">Elle Decor UK</span>, via <a href="http://insideinside.tumblr.com/">insideinside</a> <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(153, 153, 153);">(now in Echo Park!)</span><br /><br />2. <a href="http://www.embaixada.net/"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Embaixada Arquitectura</span></a> "<span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(102, 102, 102);">After Embaixada Arquitectura were commissioned to create a new exhibition space in the Portuguese city of Tomar, the Lisbon-based practice took the existing building back to a shell, then infilled it with a series of angular constructions.</span>"<br /><br />3. <span style="font-weight: bold;">K Studio</span>,<a href="http://www.journal-du-design.fr/index.php/architecture/architecture-homme-par-k-studio-13817/"> via here</a>. <span style="font-style: italic; color: rgb(51, 51, 51);">"we are an architecture practice based in athens, greece.Our contextual approach to individual projects seeks to produce <span style="color: rgb(51, 102, 102);font-size:130%;" ><span style="font-weight: bold;">unique architectural experiences.</span></span>"<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><span style="color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">--------------------------</span><br /><br /></span>

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