by rosswcalvin | Oct 25, 2021 | Architecture, Morocco
“It’s alright for the beggar to brag that he is a King today. His royal tent is a shadow thrown by a cloud; his throne room is a sown field.” -Hafez In Persian poetry and North African architecture, the garden is forever celebrated. The supreme setting for the art of...
by rosswcalvin | Sep 11, 2021 | Aesthetics, Architecture
There was a joke on the Soviets: as the West invented the personal computer, the USSR reached its greatest cement production in history. China now produces more cement than the rest of the world combined. We are left with the sense that our modern brand of...