Interview with Joseph Rykwert, architectural historian


	Interview with Joseph Rykwert, architectural historian

wildcat

6-15-2008 4:18 AM

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joseph rykwert, architectural historian, tragic

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6-15-2008 7:40 PM

syncopath

The growth of security areas is something which is a reflection on our society. We are a frightened lot in a way that the people of the 1920's and 1930's were not.

modern society: less space; more what 2b afraid of ?? ....

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<STRONG>JR:</STRONG> I think it is a tragic development. I think it cuts a swathe out of public space. In a way, I think the American Embassy in London led the way but other institutions have followed. It has blocked off a bit of London.
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Whether embassies are entitled to do that or not, I don't know. But it certainly presents itself as a fort or a castle. That's the metaphor that occurs to one going past it.
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In a way, it suggests foreign domination in a way that embassies never did before. There are other embassies on the square and they are very modest by comparison.
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