Amazing photos... a stunning display of muscular nationalism in the form of architecture both new and demolished. The vestigial architect in me is simultaneously awed and dismayed.
And even though close up (see last photo in series) the British pavilion is exquisite in it's concept and execution, all I could think of when I saw the first two photos was "Wow. The Brits have a giant hedgehog as their national image." (AP Photo)
I started blogging when I wearied of racing purebred gerbils in the Large Hadron Collider.
Why "truth & beauty"? Here's the story:
In my former career as an architect, I worked in the London office of an American architectural firm for a while.
The project architect for the project that I was working on was a tall lanky lad from the USA, who was personally responsible for checking every single steel reinforcing drawing that came across his desk for a particular international bank's renovation. A lot of responsibility and no nourishment for the soul.
One morning when I came into work I found him surrounded by about 10 stacks of steel reinforcing drawings, all about three feet high. I asked him how he was, and his mournful response was:"Hell, Lysa, I went to school to learn how to create Truth and Beauty and look what I'm doing now."