Buildings, details, geometry, and the ways places announce themselves in stone, steel, and light.
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Basilica di Santa Maria della SaluteA Theory of AscentRepetition makes its case against gravity.The Long ArgumentWhat carries us forward also divides the sky.Terms of PassageDistance makes its demand; steel answers in vertical lines.Civic GeometryCities rarely agree on a single century. Fortunately, geometry is willing to negotiate.LightwellWalls, windows, and drainpipes narrow the sky to a single white opening.The Larger AuthorityA pedestal is an argument made vertical.Sacré-Cœur Basilica — Montmartre, Paris, FranceAgainst the GlassArchitecture has spent centuries attempting to persuade stone to look upward. Occasionally, stone agrees.
