Why Does Place Matter?

Saffron Woodcraft on 20th Apr 12

 

The idea of ‘community’ has gone in and out of fashion in the past few decades. In the 1980s and 1990s, commentators on globalization suggested that places, and, in particular, cities would no longer matter if people and organizations could be connected anywhere and everywhere.

Image courtesy of Crispin Hughes

Two decades of change has shown this picture to be only partially accurate. Global connectedness has transformed the way businesses operate, and how people relate to each other and to places. Yet, cities have become more, not less, significant.

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shapes of hardocore architecture

A few images of hardcore architecture for archinect news

hard–core
adj \-ˈkȯr\
1: a : of, relating to, or being part of a hard core
2: of pornography : containing explicit descriptions of sex acts or scenes of actual sex acts
3: characterized by or being the purest or most basic form of something

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