Mando, I was thinking of this example as well as I was writing. La Sagrada Fammlia by the architect Antonio Gaudi is extraordinary, but I know that almost no client will put up with a construction project lasting, if estimates are accurate, approximately 150 years. It was begun in 1882 and is expected to be completed around 2025. I admire those behind this venture.
Integration of architecture and the arts can occur much faster, and create incredible results; compressed within normal building timeline standards. Luis Fontanills Architect Miami/Dade Counties, Florida In a message dated 5/10/2009 10:43:14 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: The architecture that i have been following in it creation over my life time and admire the most because of total dedication to aesthetics is Goudi's " La Sagrada Familia". Over the years, I'm been up and down those precise steps that produce a sound not found any where else. mando On May 10, 2009, at 6:47 AM, [email protected] wrote: > In a message dated 5/7/2009 5:48:44 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > And one of the first uses of art was to adorn and be integrated with > architecture. Maybe architecture is the main art form since all > the other arts > take place in its context. > > wc > > > > William, I agree with this. I feel that an intensification and > reintegration of those arts that complement architecture is an > extremely worthwhile > endeavor. It would be beneficial for all involved: architects, > artists, and > society at large. > > > > Luis Fontanills > > Architect > Miami/Dade Counties, Florida > **************Recession-proof vacation ideas. Find free things to do in the U.S. (http://travel.aol.com/travel-ideas/domestic/national-tourism-week?ncid=emlcn tustrav00000002)
