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As with all prejudices, [colour’s] manifest form, its loathing, masks a fear: a fear of contamination and corruption by something that is unknown or appears unknowable…

”Modernisternas misslyckande berodde på bristande insikter om…

”Invånarna har aldrig förlåtit de politiker som ledde rivningarna under förra seklet. Varför skulle de förlåta företag?” Per Gudmunson SvD 24/2 angående Länsförsäkringars dotterbolag Humlegården AB´s rivningsplaner av huset vid Nybrogatan

Marble, I perceive..

“We were showing the Dylans these books of architectural features like arches,” he recalls. “In architecture, there are seven classic arches, and Bob said, ‘Just use them all.’ That was kind of his attitude.” Martin Newman, designer           Bob Dylan, rockikon, musiker, poet och nobelpristagare i litteratur 2016 Kommentarsregler: För att …

“I don’t know what London’s coming to — the higher the buildings the lower the morals.”

”The point is that there is a deep human need for beauty, and if you ignore that need in architecture, your buildings will not last, since people will never feel at home in them. Indeed, the only beings at home in the decaying part of Reading I visited were the pigeons fouling the pavements.”   …

“Chicago has so much excellent architecture that they feel obliged to tear some of it down now and then and erect terrible buildings just to help us all appreciate the good stuff.” Audrey Niffenegger  The Time Traveler’s Wife                   Läs The Eight Most Endangered Buildings in Chicago här Läs Urban Remains …