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CITY OF EARTH 
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Sat, 20 Dec. 2008
Some many years ago, I found myself—by accident or coincidence—in a strange country, of which I knew nothing of its customs, culture, or language. As I was free to travel around for a while and was very taken with the rugged landscape and especially the unusual (yet uncannily familiar, in some aspects) buildings and their groupings, I decided to record in drawings what I sa
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(interlude in A-minor)
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Wed, 10 Dec. 2008
(notes from a hermitage)
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Alone and not,
in the space shared
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TIMESQUARE
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Mon, 08 Dec. 2008
The abandoned New York Central railyards, between 57th and 72nd Streets on the Hudson River, were—in 1987—one of the last remaining Manhattan sites ripe for large-scale commercial and residential development.
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MANUEL DELANDA: Matters 1
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Tue, 02 Dec. 2008
Over the next month or so, this blog will post a series of articles written by Manuel DeLanda, the influential philosoper, originally for Domus magazine, under the rubric, Matter Matters. Given his lucid writing style and their relevance for thinking creatively about architecture, I am happy to be able to post them here, with his generous permission.
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BAD FAITH 2
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Sat, 29 Nov. 2008
I am deeply appreciative of the seriousness and directness of those who have commented on the BAD FAITH post so far. Each deserves an individual response. Still, one underlying question is clear: if architects are not to be the mere servants of developers, what are they to do? Because I have raised that question, I feel obliged to attempt an answer.
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DEAD WORDS
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Thu, 18 Sep. 2008
There are words and terms that once had currency in architecture but have become, in effect, dead. This short, annotated list contains a few, but I’m sure there are more, and I invite readers to submit their own in the comments section. The point here is not merely academic, but rather to note the shifts in thinking that impact the nature of our field’s development. The wor
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LINE
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Mon, 05 May. 2008
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Even though I am best known for my drawings, and have spent many years as a teacher of ar
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LINE
lebbeuswoods via LEBBEUS WOODS on Mon, 05 May. 2008
D. Libeskind, Micromegas, 1981. One of the greatest architectural drawings in line.
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