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Architecture is a little like tantric sex. It's kind of an interesting subject, but really you're terrified of even mentioning it in public, in case you end up looking like the moron who picked up a book on the subject once because "the pictures looked nice". |
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However, there are people who are trying to make architecture less scary and won't mock you, even if you think that a 'hipped roof' is a roof that's just a bit cooler than all the other roofs. The Architecture Foundation's Winter Nights programme
was established in order to provide "a platform for smaller, independent
practices to inspire and provoke," and as a result they don't just
concentrate on the Norman Fosters of this world, but on the up-and-coming
crowd whose works don't necessarily live in the shadow of their names. |
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So if you've got a few Wednesdays free over the next month or so, then this might be the best place to start your education. And, at £3 a pop, you're getting a cut price beginner's guide to architecture without having to watch a single Open University programme! Probably best not to mention tantric sex thing though. Let's just keep that little analogy to ourselves, shall we? Architecture
Foundation Winter Nights - from Jan 17. 16 Brewhouse Yard, EC1. |
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