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POPSNew fantastic bulidings We are facing a new era in architecture where the limits of the creation is pushing to the limit. This must be due to the new technologies and architects criativity.
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POPSOn Architecture and Elegance bridge is endowed with a subcategory of beauty we can refer to as elegance, a quality present whenever a work of architecture succeeds in carrying out an act of resistance—holding, spanning, sheltering—with grace and economy as well as strength; when it has the modesty not to draw attention to the difficulties it has surmounted. From philosophical historian Alain de Botton's inimitable The Architecture of Happiness , itself a paradigmatic illustration of the aesthetic elegance of well-engineered minimalism (be it architectural or textual). The NYRB's synopsis of de Botton's work makes note of this: The simplicity of his writing is not the product of a simple mind.... In The Consolations of Philosophy (2000) he remarked that "there are...no legitimate reasons why books in the humanities should be difficult or boring; wisdom does not require a specialized vocabulary or syntax."
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POPSMytago tags connects the offline and online worlds This could get interesting, once higher-resolution camera mobiles and fast mobile internet connections become standard. Would be nice, to see it in tourism as well: Think of tagged bulidings, streets, statues,... and getting the info you want about them. I hope, there will be mobile clipping as well then...