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The Bruder Klaus kapelle designed by Peter Zumthor was constructed by local farmers using a technique the architect calls “rammed concrete”, a variation of the age-old “rammed earth” technique known for its ease of building, durability and low cost.
First, the chapel interior was formed by 112 tree trunks configured as a teepee, leaving an oculus at the top....
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LIVING, BREATHING →
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MADE IN TOKYO: GUIDE BOOK, Kaijima, M., Kuroda, J., & Tsukamoto, Y. (2001). Kajima Institute Publishing Co., Ltd. PET ARCHITECTURE GUIDE BOOK, Atelier Bow-Wow (2002). World Photo Press.
“The buildings we were attracted to were ones giving a priority to stubborn honesty in response to their surroundings and programmatic requirements, without insisting on architectural...
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SILHOUETTED SKY, RYAN MCGINLEY. UNTITLED, HANNAH ELISABETH.
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Come and See (Elem Klimov, 1985) →
It is, of course, impossible for cinema to accurately portray the horrors of life during wartime, though that never seems to stop directors from trying. In a century of harrowing, brutally realistic war pictures, from The Battle of the Somme to Saving Private Ryan, no one has come closer to achieving this goal than Elem Klimov in Come and See.
The history behind the film is almost...
