Friday, February 12, 2010

Quotes and Thoughts on Architecture and Urbanism at Architects for Peace

A number of important thoughts are grouped and displayed in the Architects for Peace website. These are of A. Pérez-Gómez, Alexander Cuthbert, Ananya Roy, Ashraf Salama, David Harvey. David Orr, Edward Said, Esra Akcan, Fredric Jameson, Henry Sanoff, James Mayo, Jane Jacobs, John Clarke, Laurie Baker, Margaret Mead, Mies van der Rohe, Necdet Teymur, Peter Slezak, Richard Sennett, Spiro Kostof, Thomas Fisher, ...

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http://arch-peace-thoughts.blogspot.com/
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