It will soon be a new year and we are almost a quarter of the way into the first decade of the new century. Where are we heading now? What will happen to the human race? Will it overcome its shadow side and migrate to the stars, a vision of Star Trek, or will it annihilate itself, the way the Roman empire, the greatest empire on earth, the pride of the ancient world, whose brilliant legislature, political organization, unrivaled military might, grand architecture, innovative engineering and artistic achievements have now been relegated to dusty archives?
Ecological Architecture – Divine Order
Posted by admin in Architecture for Humanity on October 4, 2011
All architecture, even the most sophisticated, is a product of the Earth in one form or another. We might call this the ‘soil’ of architecture. People travel the world to visit beautiful cities: Siena, Venice, Rome, Krakow, Prague. We fall in love with the Italian hill towns and the beauty and simplicity of African mud buildings, but we fail to explain to ourselves why our ‘advanced’ society cannot create such buildings, towns and cities for itself. If the failure of these buildings and cities is that they lack soul, how can we add soul to the soil of architecture?
Arts, Humanities, and Architecture
Posted by admin in Architecture for Humanity on October 4, 2011
These days, many students opt to study overseas. Some do this for the experience, others do it for opportunity to travel. Some even do it for the food, shopping or plain old site-seeing. Then there are those who opt to study abroad because an overseas program can truly enhance their education. This is particularly true for people majoring in art, architecture, and the humanities.