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Luc Schuiten – ‘archiborescence’

By mpomo | Published: June 4, 2010
You have to admire a man who has invented his own “new way of building” and called it archiborescence. For three decades, this eco-visionary has been imagining and realizing homes, urban landscapes, cities… inspired by all he has been able to observe in natural environments. There are several things I love about Schuiten’s work. Cosmetically, the [...]
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The Primitive Hut

By mpomo | Published: February 24, 2010
The primitive hut has been a standard architectural concept since at least the time of Vitruvius (a Roman writer and architect who died circa 15 BC). As a concept it came to prominence in the eighteenth century when Laugier used an image of it on the frontis piece of the second edition of his Essay [...]
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