In a message dated 6/4/2009 7:25:28 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
So, the question of what buildings "should look like" has been around for a long time, and the discussions take a turn into semiotics, i.e., what does a certain style or look convey, betoken, imply, etc. These questions are at least 100 years old in practical discussions by architects, but after almost 2/3 of a century of the influence of the International Style and PostModernism in architecture, "what a building should look like" is a wide-open topic. | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | Michael Brady [email protected] I agree with Michael, what an architectural construct should or could be has exploded in every direction and is accelerating at a quickening pace - like our universe. One of the latest directions is architecture made possible by computer technologies - organic free flowing forms that merge and twist. Examples, both under construction: _http://www.arcspace.com/architects/nox/Son-O-House/index.htm_ (http://www.arcspace.com/architects/nox/Son-O-House/index.htm) _http://www.arcspace.com/architects/hadid/guangzhou/guangzhou.html_ (http://www.arcspace.com/architects/hadid/guangzhou/guangzhou.html) Luis Fontanills Architect Miami/Dade - Broward Counties, Florida **************We found the real bHotel Californiab and the bSeinfeldb diner. What will you find? Explore WhereItsAt.com. (http://www.whereitsat.com/#/music/all-spots/355/47.796964/-66.374711/2/Youve -Found-Where-Its-At?ncid=eml cntnew00000007)
